For submission help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PThK3n9M_d0
Hack@Brown is all about learning. Spend a weekend with us and 350 other students to take a step out of your comfort zone. Make Hack@Brown your event by experimenting with a new platform, API, or that idea that’s always been on the back of your mind.
Whether you’re building your first website, dabbling in Photoshop, or hacking with an Oculus Rift, Hack@Brown is for engineers and designers at all levels. We’ve got everything you need to carry out your craziest ideas—amazing mentors, yummy food, and did someone say swag? :)
Prizes
Best Overall
We're giving a prize for the most creative, impressive and innovative project.
Best User Experience
pMD is offering a prize to the team behind the product with the best user experience.
Best Previous Project
Want to build off an existing project? No problem! This prize honors those who want to take anything they've worked on to the next level.
To be eligible, please apply for the prize on the submission form.
Best First-Time Project
Calling all first time attendees! Linode wants to award the best first time hacker award for the most innovative projects.
To be eligible, >50% of your team should be attending their first hackathon. Please apply on the submission form.
Best Real World Application
Building something with potential for real-world impact? Palantir is sponsoring a prize for the best hack with the potential to change the world.
Best Hardware
MLH is giving out prizes for the best hardware project.
Best Data Analysis or Visualization
Love D3, Beaker, or interacting with complex data sets? Two Sigma is sponsoring a prize for the best use of data visualization.
Best Use of Public Cloud
Does your project utilize the cloud? Bracket is excited and awarding the best project using any kind of cloud hosting service (Amazon Web Server, Azure, Linode, DigitalOcean etc.) The sky is literally the limit with cloud!
Most Elegant Backend
Is your backend well-designed? Scalable? AppDynamics is sponsoring the best project that knows whatever happens behind the scenes is just as important as what we see.
Best Microsoft Project
The best project using Azure web services, Microsoft platforms (Office, etc), Kinect, or the Bing APIs gets a special prize from Microsoft.
Best Out-of-the-Box Financial Application
CapitalOne will be giving out a prize for best financial application with an out-of-the-box idea! Consider using CapitalOne's Nessie API (although it's not necessary to use the API to be eligible for this prize).
Best Mobile App
Andreessen Horowitz is awarding a prize for the best mobile app, across any platform.
Honorary Mention
(3)
A little gift for all remaining finalists from us!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Melissa Withers
Managing Director, Betaspring
Peter Norvig
Director of Research, Google
Stephanie Castilla
Adjunct Faculty of Industrial Design, RISD
Jeff Huang
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Brown University
Peter Boyce II
Founder, Rough Draft Ventures; VC, General Capital
Judging Criteria
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Creativity, Execution, Impact
Judges will walk around during the expo and pick their favorite projects. Judges come from a variety of backgrounds — engineering, design, business, social impact, and more. Each team will be judged by at least two judges.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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