Coventry University Computer Club (CUCC) presents our First annual Hackathon . University Students (18+) can apply to take part in the Hack in teams of 6 people.

The Theme of the Hack is Entrepreneurship, and teams will be required to produce an marketable end product and a fictitious company to present at the end of the 24 hour period. This could be a purely software implimentation (website service, app, software, game) or could use a variety of hardware available. 

Eligibility

To take part you must be a current University Student

Requirements

Hackers will be building a End user product with a ficticious company to market the product. Hackers will need to submit images/video of their demo along with code. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

4 non-cash prizes
Parrot Night Drones
1 winner

First Prize Sponsored by BCS. One drone will be given per member of the winning team.

Arduino Kit
1 winner

Second Place Prize

Minecraft Picaxe
1 winner

Third Place Prize, Sponsored by IET. One per team member!

Github - Developer's Prize
1 winner

Prize for the best developer's tool! An Octocat figurine for each member of the team.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Hackers need to register Via Eventbrite linked on our website http://cucomputerclub.com/?page_id=11 by 13:00 on 17/03/2016 for individual registration (To be joined to a team) or 12:00 on 16/03/2016 for Group Registration. 

Registration MUST be completed through this method. Devpost registered teams will not be accepted and will be turned away. This is due to a security requirement.

Judges

Irene Glendening

Irene Glendening
British Computing Society

Margaret Low

Margaret Low
BCS / Warwick University

Robert Low

Robert Low
Coventry University

Alex Bucknal

Alex Bucknal
MLH

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Complexity
    Judges will look at how technically complex your Hack is, and how much work went into technically creating your demo.
  • Completeness
    Judges will Judge you on how complete your Hack is. Is it a fully working end product, or a partially working proof of concept.
  • Creativity
    How creative is your Hack. Is it an amazing new product never before seen on the market, or an innovative take on an existing product? Judges can use this criteria to judge the Hack idea you have come up with along with how good the product looks/feels.
  • Marketabiity
    How marketable is the product you have created. Did the fictitious company you created sell the product to our judges?

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