Defined

This TRL Fall Online Hackathon is defined very broadly:

  • Hacking is creative problem solving. (It can be in any industry)
  • The event duration (see details below) will be 48 hours from 10AM of October 1st through 10AM of October 3rd where people can (individuals and/or groups) collaborate online to solve problems.
  • For this online hackathon, all topics and ideas are welcome
  • Application to participate and all forms and important links will be provided through the www.therocketlounge.com/hackathon ;

Program

There is no specific program as all collaboation happens online and judging of all projects happen online as well.

Eligibility

1) individuals over 18 years of age

2) teams including up to 4 people

Requirements

There are three standard requirements from every project:

  • Business model canvas (standard form will be provided to fill out)
  • 5 slide standard presentation (5 standard slides will be provided with every slide of defined content)
  • Submit the hyperlink (wherever your code is) of your source code (and canvas plus prezi in a zip file) through DevPost (trl-fall-hackathon-2016.devpost.com) but make sure that it is publicly accessible

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,500 in prizes
TRL Prizes
2 winners

> SCENIC FLIGHT FOR 2 SPONSORED BY PARAGON FLIGHT (1 HOUR - www.paragonflight.com)
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> PARTICIPATION IN THE NEXT TRL PITCH EVENT (1-3 projects/startups may be chosen)

Sponsor Prize
1 winner

Free Class at the Cyber Training Center of CyberSecurity Defense Corp

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

The registration form accessible through www.therocketlounge.com/hackathon to fill out by every participants (even if come as part of a team):

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Job title
  • What is the name of your team you are a part of?
  • Are you new to hackathons?
  • What kind of hacker are you? (Examples: Developer. Designer. Data Scientist. Domain Expert. Government Staff. Communicator. Project Manager. Advocate.)
  • What are you interested in hacking on? (free form question)
  • How did you hear about the event
  • Special needs/requests

Judges

Andy Crossen, PhD

Andy Crossen, PhD
R&D Dir/Twelvefold

Paul Shahriari

Paul Shahriari
CEO/Ecomedes

Chris Schoensee

Chris Schoensee
VP/Paragon Flight

Greg Scasny

Greg Scasny
CEO/CyberSec Def

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
    20%
  • Feasibility
    20%
  • Scalability
    10%
  • User experience
    20%
  • Originality
    20%
  • Completeness
    10%

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