HackDTech's mission is to encourage a stronger community among scholars & associates throughout these unprecedented times, while also giving back to the Black community across as many intersections and areas as possible. Each team will be associated with a charity of their choosing and challenged to raise as much money as possible for that charity, up through the day of the Hackathon.

Eligibility

Any current DTech scholar or associate may take part in this hackathon.

Requirements

All submissions should include any code involved in the creation of the submission, along with either a powerpoint presentation or short video explaining the submission, the issue it addresses (within the scope of one of the three tracks: health, education, or inequality), and how it works to address it. It is probably easiest to put the video in Google or One drive, ger a shareable link (PLEASE check that any one can view it, and put that link in your ReadMe).

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Prizes

$4,000 in prizes

First Place

The first place winning project will win $2000 to donate to the charity they selected to raise money for.

Second Place

The second place winning project will win $1250 to donate to the charity they selected to raise money for.

Third Place

The third place winning project will win $750 to donate to the charity they selected to raise money for.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Amy Glass

Amy Glass
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat

Chloe Mawer

Chloe Mawer
Principal Data Scientist at Lineage Logistics

Connie Deng

Connie Deng
Investor at Emerson Collective

Dan Koch

Dan Koch
CTO at Tune

Donovan Bass

Donovan Bass
Product Marketing Manager at Zoox

Elise Brown
Incoming Masters Student at Georgia Tech

Kerri Devine

Kerri Devine
Engineering Manager at Arcadia

Linda Sanders
Professor at UNC

Lisa McCorckle

Lisa McCorckle
Learning Innovations Lead at BCBS NC

Nigel Malaba

Nigel Malaba
Solutions Engineer at Transmit Security

RoseAnne Amimo
Scientist at BD Technologies

Terri Mitchell

Terri Mitchell
Creator & Founder at Accelerate Success

Vaibhav K Vyahalkar

Vaibhav K Vyahalkar
Vice President at Credit Suisse

Varsa Chawla

Varsa Chawla
Sr. Systems Engineer at SAS

Vicky Szuflita

Vicky Szuflita
Campaign Manager / Data Director at NC Democratic Party

Judging Criteria

  • Track Relevance
    In a readme file, or some other equivalent documentation, you should include a statement (2-3 sentences) that describe the issue your team's project focuses on and how your project intends to address the issue.
  • Ambition & Complexity
    This criteria will be used to reward projects that are well thought out and prioritize critical features. It also will reward projects that have a strong potential to be continued and improved in the future.
  • Design
    This criteria will reward projects that are presented in an exciting and creative manner, along with any design aspects of the submission itself.
  • Functionality
    This criteria will be used to reward projects that have completed and usable features.

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