SF Hacks is an entirely student run, student driven hackathon that hosts over 600 of California's most talented collegiate engineers, designers, and developers in a 24-hour hackathon.
Here, students are given the opportunity to create, learn, and experiment. Students are encouraged to create websites, mobile apps, games, and more. This is where we will turn cutting-edge ideas into reality.
Eligibility
- Only students may participate, a student is anyone who has enrolled in an educational program within the last 12 months.
- All participants of SF Hacks are required to sign a Hold Harmless Agreement waiver as directed per San Francisco State University policy.
- Any participants under the age of 18 are required to have an additional parent/ guardian signature.
Prizes
$1,815 in prizes
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Best Mobile Hack
Best Hardware Hack
Best User Experience (UX)
Best Use of Twilio's API
Best Use of Lyft's API
Social Media Raffle #sfhacks2019 and @sf.hacks
Best use of Google Cloud Platform
Google Home Minis for each team member
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Raspberry Pi for each team member
Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device
410C Dragonboard for each team member
Snap Kit Prize
Use Snap Kit's web or mobile SDK in your hack. Each winning team member will receive a casio calculator watch.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
We're is partnering with Jumpstart!
We'll be using their platform to check in all of our hackers Saturday morning, so make sure to make an account and RSVP. The Jumpstart platform is entirely for your benefit and we're super excited to have y'all utilize it for recruiting during and after our event. Make sure to:
Judges

Abeer AlJarrah
SFSU

Nemi McCarter
Berkeley Labs

Vidhyacharan Bhaskar
SFSU

Abdur Sikder
SFSU

Xiaorong Zhang
SFSU

Fatemeh Tehranipoor
SFSU

Charu Sharma
Next Play

Ashish Bansal
Twitter

Angela Liu
Macy's Tech

Nawar Nory
Next Play

Ruofei Du
Google

Grace Hu
Google

Isabel Song
SFSU

Chalie Tuttle
SFSU

Brian Parra
SFSU

Vidya Sagar
Plate IQ

Micaela Lopez
Autodesk

Gurgen Tumarnyan
Walmart

Jay Shah
Walmart
Judging Criteria
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Product Viability
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Creativity/ Novelty
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Technical Difficulty
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Presentation/Pitch
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Polish and Appeal
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Usability
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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