PeddieHacks is a 24 hour online hackathon hosted by The Peddie School Computer Science Club in Hightstown, NJ. It's open to all high school students and is a competition where experienced and novice computer programmers work together to design solutions for real world problems and participate in knowledge-based workshops. Even though we are unable to host an in-person hackathon, we hope to make this just as interactive and exciting, so sign up for 24 hours of coding, learning, and fun!
Please make sure to fill out this Google form as well when registering: https://forms.gle/gg1nF12N1dKuDtCe9Schedule
Sat 2:30 PM EDT Opening Ceremony
Sat 3:00 PM EDT Hacking begins
Sat 3:00 PM EDT Team formation session
Sat 4:00 PM EDT Workshop: echoAR: Build a Cloud-Connected AR/VR App in 15 Minutes or Less
Sat 6:00 PM EDT Workshop: Fundamentals of Internet Security (Certificates 101)
Sat 9:00 PM EDT Workshop: A Brief History of Internet Money
Sun 12:00 AM EDT Games (TBD)
Sun 9:00 AM EDT Games (TBD)
Sun 11:00 AM EDT Workshop: Hack the Technical Interview
Sun 3:00 PM EDT Project Deadline
Sun 3:00 PM EDT Project Demos
Sun 3:00 PM EDT Raffle + Games (TBD)
Sun 3:00 PM EDT Judging
Sun 6:30 PM EDT Winners Announcement and Closing Ceremony
Be creative, communicate with friends and have fun coding!
Eligibility
PeddieHacks is open to any high schooler, and teams are made up of 2-4 people. You do not need to have a team beforehand; we will have a team forming session at the beginning of the hackathon. If you would like, you can also compete individually.
PeddieHacks is open to both novice and experienced programmers who want to use their skills to help solve real problems in the world. Programming experience is not required, and you can totally learn to program on the spot or can contribute to your team through graphic design, interface design, etc!
Requirements
The theme will be announced at the opening ceremony on August 22. Please make sure to submit all your code, documentation (notes with summary of project, etc.), and a video of your demo. Additionally, you will also have to do a live presentation in front of the judges after the project deadline.
Prizes
$12,381 in prizes
1st Place
- $150 Amazon gift card
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro per person ($375/person)
- $400 Bugsee credits
2nd Place
- $100 Amazon gift card
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro per person ($375/person)
- $300 Bugsee credits
3rd Place
- $75 Amazon gift card
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro per person ($375/person)
- $200 Bugsee credits
Honorable Mention
- $50 Amazon gift card
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro per person ($375/person)
- $100 Bugsee credits
Best Hack Using EchoAR
- $50 Amazon gift card
- 1 month echoAR Business Tier access per person
- feature in echoAR newsletter (sent to investors and AR/VR ecosystem)
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro per person ($375/person)
Best Presentation
- $50 Amazon gift card
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro per person ($375/person)
Most Unique Idea
- $50 Amazon gift card
- 6 months free 1Password tokens per person
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition and a 1-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro per person ($375/person)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Alexandra Wolfe
Engineering Manager - Coinbase
Tommy Ho
Principle Software Engineer - Oracle
George Huo
Founder - PayGarden
Alon Grishpoon
CEO and Founder - echoAR
Martha Ho
Principal - Nutshell Technologies
Judging Criteria
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Relevance to Theme
How funny the project/component is. Entire project doesn't need to be related to the theme, but it can. What we mean by that is you can have a project that solves a real world problem, but it must include a fun component to it. -
Creativity/Originality
Scale and novelty of the technology being used, and/or the architectural approach taken. -
Technical Advancement
complexity of problem and code -
Presentation
How entertaining the presentation was and the ability for the judges to clearly understand (a) what the desired functionality is, and (2) see that the functionality is behaving as expected. -
Prototype Completion
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