The BU Spark! Mini Hack is open to all students regardless of experience level; students just need an interest in computer science and/or engineering. Students will hear from upperclassmen computer science and engineering students , will have the option to participate in beginner and/or experienced programming workshops, and will be able to network with industry partners. Questions? Email buspark@bu.edu

Eligibility

You must be a Boston University student to participate!

Requirements

On your project include: 

  • Your name, other participant's names (if applicable), and your email address and those of your teammates (if applicable)
  • Test or Project Name
  • Explicit Hypothesis (Please include a hypothesis that states the problem and addresses the solution you are proposing)
  • Please provide the scope of your project
  • Example url of page where the test or campaign will run on (optional)
  • Primary goal of the project
  • Additional goals of the project
  • Platform (desktop, mobile, web, native app et...) the test or campaign will run on
  • Resources/skillsets (design, simple development, complex development) required for test setup
  • Why/how did you choose this project? 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

1 non-cash prize
JBL Charge 3 Waterproof Speaker
2 winners

2 Teams (minimum 1 person, maximum 5 people per team) will win, all participants receive the prize.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Ben Lague

Sarah Greisdorf

Sarah Greisdorf

Elizabeth Slade

Elizabeth Slade

Keshav Maheshwari

Melissa Lin

Elyse Kaczmarek

Elyse Kaczmarek

Ziba Cranmer

Ziba Cranmer

Hung Ching Lin

Hung Ching Lin

Michelle Lee

Soumya Suman

Natalia Frumkin

Natalia Frumkin

Devin De Hueck

Devin De Hueck

Victor Figueroa

Victor Figueroa

Rudhra Raveendran

Rudhra Raveendran

Caolan Disini

Robin Rhodes

Robin Rhodes

Joshua Isak

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Difficulty
  • Usefulness and Relevance
  • Creativity
  • Overall Polish

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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