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.

Hackathon Sponsors

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:  

  • Create a profile on the Jumpstart platform here
  • RSVP to our SF Hacks event here

Judges

Abeer AlJarrah

Abeer AlJarrah
SFSU

Nemi McCarter

Nemi McCarter
Berkeley Labs

Vidhyacharan Bhaskar

Vidhyacharan Bhaskar
SFSU

Abdur Sikder

Abdur Sikder
SFSU

Xiaorong Zhang

Xiaorong Zhang
SFSU

Fatemeh Tehranipoor

Fatemeh Tehranipoor
SFSU

Charu Sharma

Charu Sharma
Next Play

Ashish Bansal

Ashish Bansal
Twitter

Angela Liu

Angela Liu
Macy's Tech

Nawar Nory

Nawar Nory
Next Play

Ruofei Du

Ruofei Du
Google

Grace Hu

Grace Hu
Google

Isabel Song

Isabel Song
SFSU

Chalie Tuttle

Chalie Tuttle
SFSU

Brian Parra

Brian Parra
SFSU

Vidya Sagar

Vidya Sagar
Plate IQ

Micaela Lopez

Micaela Lopez
Autodesk

Gurgen Tumarnyan

Gurgen Tumarnyan
Walmart

Jay Shah

Jay Shah
Walmart

Judging Criteria

  • Product Viability
  • Creativity/ Novelty
  • Technical Difficulty
  • Presentation/Pitch
  • Polish and Appeal
  • Usability

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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