Welcome to VandyHacks X - Vanderbilt University's annual student-run hackathon! We welcome hackers of all skill levels and backgrounds to attend our event.
Learn new techniques, meet new friends and mentors from around the work, and build a project you're passionate about! On top of our cool industry sponsors and our hacker-focused mini-events, we have some of the coolest prizes around.
For any other inquiries or to view the schedule, please visit vandyhacks.org.
Prizes
1st Overall - Glorious Gold
For our glorious first place winners, each member of this team will receive a Meta Quest 2 and MLH Winner Pins!!
2nd Overall - Shining Silver
For our shining second-place winners, each member of this team will win a Nintendo Switch Lite and MLH Winner Pins!
3rd Overall - Brilliant Bronze
For our brilliant third-place winners, each member of this team will receive Hexagon LED Lights and MLH Winner Pins!!
Best Use of Tech - Luminous Learner
For those with the best use of workshop tech, each member of this team will receive a Razer RGB Keyboard!!
Best Rookie Hack - Radiant Rookie
Cheers to these radiant rookies, each member of this team will receive Customizable Neon LED Signs!!
This prize requires at least 50% of the teams' hackers to be participating in a hackathon for the first time.
Social Impact - Brighter Tomorrow
For those who care about social impact, each member of this team will receive a Bedroom Star Projector and Speaker!
Most Creative - Neon Unicorn
For those who care with that creative spark, each member of this team will receive a Jellyfish Lava Lamp!
Patient Safety Tech Challenge
Patient Safety invites any of you to come up with a novel solution at the upcoming hackathon with the winner taking home a $500 prize.
Do you want to learn more about the Patient Safety problem that kills more than 200,000 Americans each year and harms millions? Are you interested in building a project Patient Safety Tech track at VandyHacks and win the $500 prize? Join Patient Safety’s workshop for a crash course on patient safety and some potential topics to explore on Oct. 28th 12:30pm at VandyHacks!
If you are interested, check out Patient Safety’s website here and please fill out this form.
Best Use of Google Cloud
Google Cloud Backpack
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Learn more about the tools and opportunities with Google Cloud by joining the Google Cloud Student Innovators program - goo.gle/student-innovators. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!
Be sure to redeem your Google Cloud Credits as soon as possible through the Google Cloud Credit Form. Use the promo code in your pre-event email to access the form!
Most Creative Use of GitHub
GitHub Swag
GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!
Best Use of Auth0
Exclusive Auth0 Swag made for MLH
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including an Auth0 branded Rocketbook and Rubik's Cube!
Best Accessibility Hack sponsored by Fidelity
Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger
At Fidelity, accessibility is viewed as a major key to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to make tech more accessible! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put opportunities and resources within reach for all communities. The team with the best accessibility hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!
Best Use of Circle
Circle Branded Hardware Wallet
With Circle, you can embed secure wallets into your app in just minutes. Circle Web3 wallets are compatible with multiple blockchains and are supported by over a dozen programming language SDKs. Circle’s programmable wallets will enable you to add secure transactions to your hackathon project using RESTful APIs, with options for both user and developer controlled transactions. If your hackathon idea involves in-app purchases, user to user payments, app to user payments, or all of the above, integrating Circle programmable wallets to your Web2 or Web3 tech-stack may be the perfect solution.
Sign up for a developer account and start using Circle’s APIs today, for a chance to win a Circle Branded Hardware Wallet for you and each of your teammates!
Best .Tech Domain Name
Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for Life!
Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!
Most Creative Use of Redis Cloud
Libre Mini Computer with Redis Stack Server Pre-Installed
Redis Cloud is the easiest way to build and scale real-time applications - Period! It includes Redis Stack, adding indexing, querying, full-text search, JSON, time-series, and probabilistic data structures to the already-rich set of features of Redis.
Redis Stack works with all of your favorite programming languages and can be added to any existing application. It’s the easiest way to build real-time applications that scale and perform.
Show us how you’ve used Redis Cloud in a way that showcases your unique and specific data structure needs and each member of your team could win a personal, portable Redis Stack server IOT hardware unit to keep developing on the go. Find out why Stack Overflow Developers have voted Redis their “most loved and admired” noSQL database for years-running by rolling Redis into your MLH Hackathon project.
Sign up for your free Redis Cloud account, and head over to the MLH jump off page on Redis University for more info and docs links. Enter coupon code MLHFall2023 to claim your Redis Cloud credits and get started for free!
CareYaya Best Elder Tech
CareYaya Health Technologies, a premier US Health-Tech startup, is funding transformative ideas in healthcare. Transform Health, a subsidiary of CareYaya Health Technologies, is a venture lab with a focus on generative AI and the impacts it can have on US health outcomes.
We’re challenging hackers to create a web-based application that will enhance the well-being and quality of life for elderly individuals. Participants are encouraged to leverage open-source technologies and consider the feasibility of implementing the product in real-world scenarios. Bring your own idea, or focus on one of Transform’s Pilot Innovation Projects (PIPs) like ImmortalAI, DreamScape, SkinGuard, and more! Read PIP descriptions and learn more about CareYaya and Transform here:
https://linktr.ee/careyaya
1st: $500 + straight to final round interviews for a paid internship position.
2nd: $300 + straight to final round interviews for a paid internship position.
3rd: $200 + straight to final round interviews for a paid internship position.
Winners of CareYaya’s challenge will be awarded the opportunity to join the W23 cohort of Transform Health. Students in the cohort will receive hands-on guidance and support from industry experts, and a direct investment of $10,000+ to pursue their venture.
Novel ideas or those focused on one of Transform’s PIPs will be judged equally.
We look forward to seeing your innovative solutions that improve the lives of seniors through technology! Good luck!
L3Harris Sponsor Challenge
Create an app or website that will indicate risk factors for vets in a (ex...PTSD) mental health crisis and show available resources based distance and location. Create a logo, a slogan, and name for project. When people sign up for an account, they fill out a questionnaire that asks medical history, diagnoses, family history, etc. They also give their personal information, work info and address. This allows the data entered to narrow down the best help centers needed based on data entered.
Nice to Haves:
Self-diagnoses questionnaire that leads to google maps
Drop down for articles - "How to Identify if Someone Needs Help"
Other features for a user-friendly experience and easy to read website for people with disabilities
AWARD: 4 lower level tickets to a Nashville Predators game at Bridgestone Arena. Date TBD – Either November or December depending on team game choice. https://www.bridgestonearena.com/calendar
Asurion - Outstanding Prize
For those outstanding project, Asurion has sponsored a last minute prize for you!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Thilo Womelsdorf
Douglas Schmidt
Aniruddha Gokhale
Shilo Anders
Ray Arceanaux
William Richardson
William Burgess
Tyler Derr
Xia Wang
Judging Criteria
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WOW Factor
First Impression. -
Presentation
Quality of UI and presentation of your project at the expo. -
Creativity
The originality of the project idea as well as of the solution to the identified problem. -
Technical Complexity
The technical difficulty level and risk factors associated with the project. -
Impact
The expected or demonstrated amount of real-world impact or business value.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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