Welcome to the MOSA Fall Hackathon 2024! 

This is an exciting opportunity for Penn Engineering Online students to work together on a technical project for a chance to be recognized as a winner.  It is a great experience to connect with fellow students, add a standout project to your resume, and showcase your innovation skills. 

 

REGISTRATION:

To get started, please register here.

  • Registration deadline:  9 December, 2024, 11:59 pm EST

 

WHAT'S NEXT?

Once registered, please join us on the slack channel #mosa-hackathon-event to meet other hackers and for the latest updates.

  • Hacking starts: 10 December, 2024
  • Submission deadline:  17 December, 2024, 11:59 pm EST
  • Updated Submission deadline: 31 December, 2024, 11:59 pm EST
    • Groups will have an extra 2 weeks to complete their projects

 

Eligibility & Rules:

  • Participants must be Penn Engineering Online Students.
  • Each student can only join one team.
  • Each team can only submit to one track.
  • Each team can have 2-4 students.

Requirements

What to Build

In this open-ended hackathon, you are free to choose a project of your choice using any programming language, with the primary goal being to learn and build something new and valuable to add to your portfolio.

You can submit to one of the following themes: AI for good, Finance, Climate action / Water or Agriculture, Tools for Frontline Workers (Healthcare, Transport, Food supply, Emergency services, Education / Special education professionals, etc), and General. 

 

To be considered for a prize, you will need to do 4 things:  

  • Complete registration before December 9th, 2024, 11:59 pm EST. 
  • Submit the GitHub repo to Devpost using the official README.md template by December 31st 17th, 2024, 11:59 pm EST.
  • Submit a 2-5 minute max demo video to Devpost by December 31st 17th, 2024, 11:59 pm EST.
  • Submit a write-up for your project via Devpost by December 31st 17th, 2024, 11:59 pm EST.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$280 in prizes
Category 1 - AI for Good
$40 in cash
1 winner

The focus of this track is to create projects that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to solve problems that affect the world.

Category 2 - Finance
$40 in cash
1 winner

This track could involve diverse projects ranging from improving the users' financial wellbeing, personal finance management to those enhancing broader financial services.

Category 3 - Climate action / Water / Agriculture
$40 in cash
1 winner

Build innovative solutions to track carbon footprints, enhance water resource management for aquaculture, or improve agricultural sustainability.

Category 4 - Digital Tools for Frontline Workers (Healthcare, Transport, Food supply, Education / Special education professionals, etc.)
$40 in cash
1 winner

Create technologies that improve efficiency, enhance well-being, or address the unique challenges faced by those who keep our world running every day.

Category 5 - General
$60 in cash
2 winners

Have an idea that doesn’t quite fit with the themes above? Submit a project of your choosing that solves a challenge.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Brandon Krakowsky

Brandon Krakowsky
Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Science / Director of Data Computing and Research Support, Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative

Tom Farmer

Tom Farmer
Program Director, Online Master of Computer and Information Technology / Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering & Department of Computer and Information Science

Judging Criteria

  • Project idea / Innovation (10 points)
    How well does the project address/solve a need or problem in any field/community? Does it have any interesting design/novel features or is it something known to all?
  • Implementation (10 points)
    How technically challenging is it to solve the problem? Does the software have any critical errors, many bugs or minimal to no bugs? Any use of architecture/software design patterns in the code?
  • Design (5 points)
    Did the group consider carefully the user experience? How well is the user interface designed?
  • Scalability / Ease of adoption (5 points)
    Does the project have the potential to scale? What is the likelihood of its adoption by stakeholders, intended users, etc.?
  • Presentation (5 points)
    Did the group provide a thoughtful elevator pitch that explains the problem statement and how their project can be useful to others in comparison to other interventions? Did the group explain the logic behind the code in a methodical manner?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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