Cal Hacks is the world's largest collegiate hackathon with ~2000 attendees held annually at UC Berkeley and run by the student group Hack the Bay in partnership with CITRIS Foundary.
For this year, Cal Hacks 6.0, we've amped up the hackathon to bigger and better than ever. We'll have more swag, more events, more sponsors, and more prizes than ever before!
To claim your reimbursement for In State Hackers and Out of State Hackers, you MUST submit your Devpost link at: https://calhacks.org/ch6-reimbursement
Eligibility
Any degree seeking student who is currently enrolled in a high school, college, or university, and is over the age of 18.
Requirements
A valid submission is a software or hardware hack produced at Cal Hacks 6.0, from start to finish.
This includes a Devpost submission to Cal Hacks and a demonstration during the Hack Expo on Sunday, October 27th, 2019.
Remember to include all your team member names, up to 4 people.
Be sure to indicate what category you are competing for, as well as if you want to be a part of the Cal Hacks Fellowship program
Prizes
First Place Prize
Apple iPad Pro A12X
Second Place Prize
Nintendo Switch
Third Place Prize
AirPods with wireless charging case
Best Beginner Hack
24oz Hydro Flask
Best Hardware Hack
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (B Plus) with Premium Clear Case and 2.5A Power Supply
Best Health Hack
Sony Extra Bass Bluetooth Speaker SRS-XB31
Best Education Hack
$50 Amazon Giftcard
Best Financial Technology Hack
Sony Extra Bass Bluetooth Speaker SRS-XB31
Cal Hacks Fellowship Program
mentorship/support + grant opportunities + acceptance into the 12-week fellowship program during the Spring 2020.
Qlik API Prize
$250 Amazon gift cards
Weights and Biases API Prize
A DJI Spark drone ($550) for each member of the team with the best use of the Weights & Biases API.
rideOS API Prize
Drones + rideOS t-shirt
Goldman Sachs
Nintendo Switch
BlackRock API Prize
BlackRock swag
Microsoft API Prize
$1,000 USD to be donated to an approved charity of their choice to support our joint initiative – social good! Prioritized entry in the upcoming Imagine Cup Semi-Finals with two chances to become one of the few elite teams at our regional finals! Surface Go’s plus keyboards will be given to each team member!
Walmart API Prize
Polaroid Cameras
DocuSign eSignature API Prize
1st Place wins $1000 and automatic internship/job interview and 2nd place wins $500
The DocuSign eSignature API lets you eSign documents, request signatures, automate your forms and data, accept payments, verify identity and much more! You can integrate the eSignature REST APIs into any app, website, or embedded system that can make https requests.
For more information, go to https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/code-examples/quickstart-overview
DocuSign Click API Prize
1st Place wins $500 and automatic internship/job interview and 2nd place wins $250
Our Click API provides an extremely easy interface through which to create, manage, and modify clickwrap agreements.
For more information, go to https://developers.docusign.com/click-api/guides
Ford Motor Company
Nintendo Switch, Bose noise canceling headphones, Oculus Go and AirPods
Cockroach Labs API Prize
iPad 7th Gen. 32 GB
Eluvio API Prize, 1st place
Jabra AI Noise Cancelling Headphones, Eluvio open house, priority for internship
Eluvio API Prize, 2nd Place
Eluvio Backback, Eluvio open house, priority for internship
Google / MLH - Best Use of Google Cloud API, 1st Place
Use any Google Cloud product (cloud.google.com/products) to be eligible. Google Home Mini, Cloud Patagonia Backpack, Cloud Pillow, Cloud Trophy, and a Cloud Water Bottle.
Google / MLH - Best Use of Google Cloud API, 2nd Place
Use any Google Cloud product (cloud.google.com/products) to be eligible. Google Home Mini.
Google / MLH - Best Use of Google Cloud API, 3rd Place
Use any Google Cloud product (cloud.google.com/products) to be eligible. Google Home Mini.
MLH - Best Domain Registered with Domain.com
Domain.com provides all the domain services you need from registration to hosting to SSL certificates and beyond. Each hacker will receive a FREE domain name and year of domain privacy from Domain.com for their project this weekend!
MLH - Best UiPath Automation Hack
Build an automation hack using UiPath! Each winning team member will receive a UiPath/MLH Branded Backpack and an opportunity to interview for a UiPath Internship in 2020 with high recommendation!
MLH - Best Use of Transposit
Only 36 hours to create your project? No problem, Create an app and compose different APIs together with the world's first API composition platform, Transposit. Each winning team member will receive a $50 Amazon gift card, max 4 per team
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Jiazi Guo
LEGO Ventures
Atin Batra
Twenty Seven Ventures
Thibault Corens
Presso
James Carr
Google
Gary Teh
GetData.IO
Lillian Seu
Johns Hopkins University
Puneet Anand
Cisco AppDynamics
Vincent Diallo
Interlace Ventures Management LLC
Vincent Sun
ThriveCash
Dylan Jhaveri
Mux
Paulius Dragunas
Loom
Ron Bhattacharyay
Masonic
Vivek Vinodh
Independent
Nitish Khadke
Shape Security
Anupam Jindal
Sentry
Sierra Park
Wayfair
Jonathan Lynch
Softheon
Serhiy Konyk
Softheon
Chintan Patel
BlackRock
Gurudutta Ramanathaiah
Sonder
Kevin Shen
Independent
Kalpit Jain
EdCast
Udit Jain
Snackpass
Vinay Hiremath
Loom
Dylan Chiu
Ironfire Ventures
Robert Yu
Independent
John Qian
Weights & Biases
Chelsea Goddard
Weights & Biases
Nicolas Raga
Independent
Kimberly Howell
Wayfair
Ted Sourgkounis
Wayfair
Andrea Guatemala
Wayfair
Kevin Lee
Wayfair
Arthur Chan
Leapyear.ai
David Carr
Independent (I work at Twitter)
Blake Brown
Facebook
Cindy Gu
Wayfair
Rey Riel
Qlik
Michael Mattheakis
Independent
Kira Noodleman
Bee Partners
Kevin King
Mux
Divy Shrivastava
Independent
My Doan
BlackRock
Michelle Munson
Eluvio
Matthew Roknich
DocuSign
Jayarami Reddy
Cisco
Christian Gonzalez
MODE
Sheng Gao
RAVV Inc.
CT Rhude
Ring (Amazon)
Marc Lusinchi
Eluv.io
Jessica Jiang
Goldman Sachs
Caroline Winnett
Berkeley SkyDeck
Fabian Hansen
Presight Capital
Summer Fang
Cisco
Adam Williams
Agora
Zixuan An
RAVV Inc.
Judging Criteria
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Application
Does the project have any feasible application in real life? Does it seem like something that someone could use or would actually have a benefit in the real world? -
Functionality/Quality
Is the project free of major bugs? Does it look appealing? The UI/UX doesn’t have to be absolutely perfect, but if we're having a hard time understanding the project by looking at it, there may be a problem. -
Creativity
Is this project unique and innovative? Is it a solution to a problem we have never seen before? A better way of doing something? -
Technical Complexity
The team should display a good level of knowledge in terms of the technology they’ve used in implementing their project.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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