Dates

Hackathon will run from October 23, 4 PM, through October 25, 4 PM.

 

Eligibility

College students currently enrolled in US universities and willing to participate in person during the hackathon weekend. Participants must be at least 18 years old. Participants must attend the hackathon in person.

Students of any discipline may participate. Because this hackathon uses raw photo and video data to tackle deep social issues like Youth Resilience and Wellbeing, we need more than just coders. We need artists, psychologists, and creative problem-solvers to form teams with students skilled in AI solution engineering. If you care about social good, your perspective is vital to teaching AI to understand human emotions, interpret the performing arts, and design tools that real community organizations can actually use.

 

Team Size

Participants are expected to form a team of 1 to 3 individuals. We encourage you to form a diverse team of passionate individuals.

 

Project and Submission Requirements

Originality: New projects only. You must complete the entire project during the hackathon. Submissions must be the original work of you and your team. While participants may not use pre-existing projects, they are encouraged to brainstorm ideas and do some research in advance.

Solution Submission: All projects must be submitted before 10 AM on October 25. Teams that miss the deadline can still demo their projects, but they will not be judged.

Judges will evaluate projects based on the specified evaluation criteria.

Solutions must be submitted to this Devpost Hackathon site.

 

Prizes

First place award: Each participant in the winning team will receive a $500 gift card

Second place award:  Each participant in the winning team will receive a $300 gift card

Third place award: Each participant in the winning team will receive a $200 gift card

 

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Each participating team will be evaluated on their model generation, innovative solution approach, model performance, and presentation of the results. Winners will be determined based on the evaluation factor weightings and scores below.

Presentation (20%)

  • Delivery of content (articulation, composure)
  • Appearance of content (clear and helpful visuals)
  • Organization of content
  • Q&A responses
  • Explanation of impact on stakeholders (e.g., The Performance Academy and Dreams Come True)
  • Suggested next steps

Model Performance (40%)

  • Communicate performance results
  • Interpretation of results
  • Technical terms explained
  • Model generation process
  • Model performance metrics

Solution Approach (40%)

  • Originality/Creativity
  • Clearly defined positive impact on the environment
  • Feasibility to scale solution
  • Operational Impact on problem partners

 

Code of Conduct

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience of mutual respect and tolerance for everyone, regardless of the following: gender, gender identity, and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, previous hackathon experience or lack of, chosen programming language, or tech stack.

We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Inappropriate or sexualized language and imagery are not permitted anywhere at this event. This policy applies to all project submissions, presentations, demos, workshops, associated social events, and digital media channels.