Welcome to HackRice X! Come design, build, and code while meeting sponsors and peers and having fun! Check out everything you need to know at hack.rice.edu! (You must apply through our website in order to participate!)
This year, our official theme is health and sustainability - that of social, environmental, public, community, and personal. We're so excited to see the projects you will build!
Eligibility
All college students are eligible. Since HackRice will be virtual, we are allowing minors 15 years and older to apply.
Teams can have a maximum of 4 students.
Prizes
$19,000 in prizes
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Top 5
(2)
Track: First Timer's
Track: Finance
Track: Biomedical
Facebook
D2K
Google Cloud
Chevron
(2)
Bill.com
Domain.com
Vedo Systems
Energy Transfer
Cognite
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Timothy Goh
Hannah Lei

Claire Xu
Caleb Solano
Waseem Ahmad

Sal Testa
Michael Schwartz

Shashank Mahesh

Seyed Parvasi

Alex Stevens

Katy Depena

Mark Gibb

James Cha
Amanda Acevedo

Su Chen

Andy Adams

Manasa Murthy

Jun Too
Jacob Burger
Arko Barman
Judging Criteria
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Technical Difficulty
We are looking for technically advanced solutions to technically challenging problems that make use of hardware and API’s. However, if you can solve a technically challenging problem with a simple solution, we will be just as impressed! -
Creativity
We are looking for original ideas or new angles on existing ideas. For example, using an API in a unique way. We know API’s work - we want to see if you can do something new and awesome with them! -
Design and Polish
We are looking for aesthetically pleasing projects with smooth and clear user experience -
Practicality and Usefulness
We are looking for socially good projects that people would use. Additionally, we would like to emphasize that we will extensively check to make sure that your project doesn’t only work on the cases you demo.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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