2 day virtual weekend event (April 10 - 11) where UChicago students form interdisciplinary teams (any UChicago school, any major) to identify and propose creative solutions to some of the major issues in tech.

Teams will submit a slideshow presentation, quick summary, and a 3 minute recorded video of an elevator pitch for the problem they chose to address and their corresponding solution.

Judges will review the videos and give a numerical score from 1-10 for creativity, implementation, presentation, and design. After a week of judging, winners will be annouced. It is possible for one team to win more than one category of prizes as winners are selected as the highest scoring teams in the respective rubric category (e.g. best design team received the highest total design score).

 

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Prizes

$900 in prizes
Best Overall
1 winner

Most Creative
1 winner

Most Impact
1 winner

Best Design
1 winner

Best Presentation
1 winner

Best Implementation
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

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Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
    How unique and differentiated is the proposed idea?
  • Implementation
    What considerations were given to execution and overcoming implementation risks?
  • Impact
    How well does the idea address the defined problem it sets out to solve? Did the team outline and evaluate the ethical implications of their proposed solution?
  • Presentation
    How clear was the idea framed, articulated, and presented in the video pitch?
  • Design
    How intentional and detailed was the team in constructing their proposed solution? Was it evident from the presentation and product that multiple angles were considered?

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