Theme: Health & Wellness

Contact: Thrisna Singh (thrisna@seas.upenn.edu) & Dennis Wang (denwang@seas.upenn.edu)

Schedule:

January 23, 2025

Google Chrome Workshop

  • Skirkanich Hall 114 Greenberg Lounge at 3:30pm
  • Hosted by Prof. Jeremie Lumbroso

January 24, 2025

Insight into the Judging Process

  • Zoom at 5pm
  • Hosted by Norris Chen

January 25, 2025

In-person hacking

  • Active Learning Classroom (3401 Walnut St.) from 8am - 8pm
  • Come and go as you please

Meet a judge: Orren Saltzman

  • Active Learning Classroom from 1:30pm - 3:30pm

January 26, 2025

Coffee chat with a judge: Sarah Gray

  • Top Hat (3131 Walnut St.) from 11am - 12:30pm
  • Can pop in for chats

Hackathon Ends!

  • Coding ends at 12pm
  • Submissions due to DevPost by 1pm
  • Results showcased on Zoom later that night

Requirements

What to Submit

  • Make GitHub Repo PUBLIC
    • Make sure to include Team Member Information and Project Description in your README
    • Make sure to make your Github repository public and make sure that you delete any sensitive or private information on it.
  • Submit on Devpost (https://help.devpost.com/article/122-how-to-enter-a-submission)
    • Link to Video Presentation (Slides should take 4 -5 minutes and Demo should be 2 - 3 minutes). Everyone MUST present some part in the recording.
    • You can use the contents of your README for the About this Project Section

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

6 non-cash prizes
Top 3 Project Overall
3 winners

Best Presentation Award
1 winner

Most Artful Design Award
1 winner

AI Innovation Award
1 winner

Most Elegant Award
1 winner

Most Innovative Solution Award
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Orren Saltzman

Orren Saltzman
Senior Engineer at Webflow

Jérémie Lumbroso

Jérémie Lumbroso
Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

Norris Chen

Norris Chen
Software Engineer at Google

Sarah Gray

Sarah Gray
Senior Engineering Manager at Comcast

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation & Creativity
    Interesting solutions are rated higher. + points for creativity
  • Functionality & Usability
    Can the program run? Is it easy to use the program?
  • Technical Complexity
    What are the different technologies you utilized and implemented? Are there interesting algorithms and data structures you used?
  • Problem Solving
    Does your project actually answer the specific prompt? Throughout your hackathon, did you lose sight of your objective?
  • Presentation and Communication
    Well communicated and slides were on point.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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