ACM's 24-hour hackathon, TrojanHacks is back! TrojanHacks welcomes USC students of all experience levels, including beginners!
Our mission is to create a safe and collaborative environment for USC students to explore all their hacking dreams. Get ready for a weekend filled with workshops, hacking, and creative problem solving!
Schedule (PST):
Saturday, Apr. 23th:
| 10:00AM-11:00AM | Check-in with donuts & coffee (EEB 132) |
| 11:00AM | Welcome Presentation (EEB 132) |
| 11:15AM | Team matching |
| 11:30AM | Hacking begins! |
| 11:30AM | Making a Successful Hackathon Project Workshop (EEB 132) |
| 12:30PM | Intro to Web Development Workshop (EEB 132) |
| 1:30PM | Intro to Git and Github Workshop (EEB 132) |
| 2:30PM | Intro to Figma and UI Design Workshop (EEB 132) |
| 5:00PM | Scavenger Hunt (EEB 248) |
| 6:00PM | Pizza Dinner (EEB 248) |
Sunday, Apr. 24th:
| 11:30AM | Hacks due |
| 11:45AM | Demos and Judging (EEB 132) |
| 1:00PM | Snacks (EEB 132) |
| 1:30PM |
Prize Ceremony (EEB 132) |
While most of our activities (other than dinner and the scavenger hunt) take place in EEB 132, we also have reserved EEB 248, so teams are welcome to work there throughout the hackathon as well!
Requirements
- Team sizes are limited to up to 4 students
- Start and complete your hack during the 24 hours of TrojanHacks starting Saturday, April 23 (11:30am), and ending Sunday, April 24 (11:30am)
- Make sure to create a DevPost profile for your hack and submit it by 11:30am on Sunday, April 24th.
- Include screenshots, pictures, and/or videos of your hack in your DevPost submission
- If your team is unable to present during the Project Demos (Sunday at 11:45am), we recommend a more detailed devpost submission. You can include lots of pictures, explanations, and screen records in your submission and mention anything you would want to say in front of the judges!
Prizes
First Place
Amazon Echo Dot (1 per member)
First place goes to the team with the overall best hack the judges have seen in TrojanHacks Spring 2022. This hack is complex in a unique way, functions smoothly, innovative, pleasing for users to use, and overall WOW-ed the judges.
Second Place
Multipurpose Backpack (1 per member)
Second place goes to the team with the second-best project of TrojanHacks Spring 2022!
Third Place
Programming-themed Keychain (1 per member)
Third place goes to the third-best project of TrojanHacks Spring 2022!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Victor Adamchik
USC Professor of Computer Science
David Kempe
USC Professor of Computer Science
Keith Burghardt
Computer Scientist at the USC Information Sciences Institute
Saty Raghavachary
USC Associate Professor of Computer Science
Seon Kim
Associate Director of Integrated Media Systems Center @ USC
Judging Criteria
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Complexity
How difficult was it to produce the hack? Are the technical aspects of the hack complex or surface level? -
Functionality
Does the hack serve a useful purpose? Will the hack be useful for its target audience? -
Innovation
Does the hack bring a fresh new idea to the hacking community? Is the hack unique and groundbreaking? -
Design and User Experience
Is the hack polished? Is the hack intuitive to use and does it function well? -
Awesomeness
Overall WOW Factor.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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