DandyHacks, the University of Rochester's annual, student hackathon.
DandyHacks is University of Rochester’s annual 36-hour long hackathon. The event brings together not only college students from different campuses but also tech companies from across the nation. Our event is a free, open event to students and a great way to strengthen the computer science community. We will have prize categories for specific topics as well as the use of technologies, and a general category.
Register at DandyHacks.netSchedule
Friday | |
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5:00pm | Registration |
6:00pm | Opening ceremony |
6:30pm | Dinner sponsored by Tandor of India |
7:00pm | Team formation |
8:00pm | Hacking starts |
12:00am | Insomnia cookies! |
??? am | Sleep! |
Saturday | |
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8:30am | Breakfast sponsored by Bruegger's |
12:00pm | Lunch sponsored by Deli Sandro's |
1:30pm | Cup Stacking |
3:00pm | 1010Data Tech Talk |
4:00pm | Writing Dynamic Websites with FactSet Engineers |
5:00pm | UR Robotics Demo |
7:00pm | Dinosaur BBQ Dinner |
8:00pm | Devpost Submissions Due |
9:00pm | Slideshow Karaoke |
11:00pm | Tai Chi Bubble Tea |
!?!? am | Sleep...! |
Sunday | |
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8:00am | Hacking ends |
8:00am | Breakfast sponsored by Bruegger's |
9:00am | Hacking Ends |
9:10am | Shirts & Swag |
9:30am | Presentations & Preliminary Judging |
11:00am | Final Presentations |
12:00pm | Lunch |
12:30pm | Closing ceremony |
1:00pm | That's all folks!! |
Prizes
$1,130 in prizes
First Place
4 Kindle Paperwhites. Prize sponsored by the Gwen M. Greene Career & Internship Center.
Second Place
4 Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kits.
Third Place
1 $100 Amazon gift card sponsored by the Computer Science Department at the University of Rochester.
Best Use of Data (1010Data)
Sponsored by 1010data. Prize TBA.
Best use of an API (FactSet)
4 $50 Amazon gift cards sponsored by FactSet
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Eligibility
DandyHacks is open to all students of ages 18+
Requirements
Submissions must require a description of the project and a link to the code (via GitHub or other services). Desciptions should detail what your project is, how you made it, what technologies you used, and anything else you would like the judges to know.
Demos and videos are not required but are encouraged.
How to enter
Make sure to register soon at DandyHacks.net!
Once you submit an application, you will later be notified of a decision. Be quick to apply before we run out of spots!
Judges

1010data

FactSet
Judging Criteria
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Technology
How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"? -
Design
Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS or graphics are. For a hardware project, it might be more about how good the human-computer interaction is. -
Creativity/Innovation
Is the project fun? Did you have a good reaction? Is it something interesting that you haven't seen before?