PCHacks 2019 is just around the corner and we want you to participate! This event is a 24-hour hackathon hosted at the University of Toronto at Mississauga between May 4 and 5. It is a Major League Hacking hackathon approved member event and is going to have lots of prizes, workshops, and the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals.

Eligibility

Any high school or university student can apply for our hackathon. Participants can form teams of up to 4 people to create their project.

Requirements

Competitors can create whatever project they want to make, but specific AWARDS will be offered for projects in the following categories.
1) Overall Best Project (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
2) Assistive Technology
3) Machine Learning and Big Data 
4) Smart City
5) IoT 
6) Robotics
7) Best Use of API

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Prizes

$2,080 in prizes

1st Place

- $500 of credit for Digital Ocean, split amongst team members
- Tour and lunch at Waterloo start-up Grobo with the CTO (Chief Technological Officer)
- Four Amazon Echo Dots
- Sammy t-shirts for the full team
- Four 1st place certificates

2nd Place

- $250 worth of credits towards DigitalOcean, to be split between team members
- One $50 Amazon gift card
- One $50 MEC gift-card
- One Amazon Echo Dot
- Four 2nd place certificates

3rd Place

- $500 of credit for Digital Ocean, split amongst team members
- Four Skyzone Indoor Trampoline Park passes
- Four 3rd place certificates

Best Smart City Hack

- $100 coupon for DigitalOcean
- Four City of Mississauga backpacks
- Four Smart City Hack Certificates

Best Machine Learning Hack

- Two rock climbing tickets
- One $25 iTunes gift card
- One BMW t-shirt
- Four Machine Learning Certificates

Best Internet of Things (IoT) Hack

- Four IoT certificates

Best Use of API

- Four API certificates

Best Use of Robotics/Hardware

- Four Robotics/Hardware Certificates

Best First Time Hacker

- One certificate

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Simply head to to the PCHacks Website, where you can review the schedule and scroll down to the "Apply Now" button, providing your email and officially signing up!

Judges

Ken Torii

Ken Torii

Rama Patel

Rama Patel

Jay Patel

Jay Patel

Ben Rottke

Ben Rottke

Ali Omar

Ali Omar

Adesh Kadambi

Adesh Kadambi

Chris Lomond

Chris Lomond

Krushna Patel

Krushna Patel

Mouhanad Kalas

Mouhanad Kalas

Chris Thiele

Chris Thiele

Riju Sikdar

Riju Sikdar

Lucy Li

Lucy Li

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
    Is your project an original use of a tool/API, something completely new, or just a remake of another piece of technology?
  • Impact and Sustainability
    Is your product practical? Do you have have a potential business plan?
  • Technical Innovation
    Shows understanding of a problem, makes smart use of available technology.
  • Execution
    Does your project work as intended? Products do not need to be fully complete but you should have a functional demo.
  • Polish/Design Quality
    Quality User Interface and User Experience, well designed demo, ease of use.
  • Technical Difficulty
    Is your project overly complex? Can you use a simpler solution.
  • "Wow" Factor
    How impressive is your project? Do the judges think it would be useful?
  • Category Awards
    The best projects in certain categories will get additional prizes.
  • Best Project Overall
    Goes to the project that gets the highest score from our judges.
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