NOTE to hackers: all the information here can be found on the Hacker Guide! Refer to the Hacker Guide first (as that is more frequently updated).

Dates

  • Check-in: 9 AM, Oct. 24
  • Hacking starts: 11:30 AM, Oct. 24
  • Hacking ends: 11:30 AM, Oct. 25
  • Awards: 3:30 PM, Oct 25

Eligibility

All currently enrolled (or very recently graduated) undergrad, master's, and PhD students are eligible to apply to compete. All accepted and confirmed participants who have been assigned a challenge are eligible to make a submission. All participants who make a submission are eligible for (1) sponsor challenge prizes, (2) MLH track prizes, and (3) grand prizes.

Project and Submission Requirements

Your project should follow the prompt(s) of either the Introductory or Standard track of your assigned challenge (distributed as either a full repository, a Jupyter Notebook, or a PDF/Markdown). You MUST build according to your assigned challenge.

Hackers should prepare and submit the following, no later than 11:30 AM (U.S. Eastern time) on Sunday, October 25th.

  • Prepare a live presentation / demo of your project of no more than 7 minutes, given to representatives from the company sponsoring your challenge, and judges from DuQuantum.
  • Submit your full project repository to Devpost.
  • Submit a video demo of your project of length no more than 4 minutes to Devpost.

Prizes

  • Sponsor Challenges, Introductory Track: prizes are provided by sponsor representatives
  • Sponsor Challenges, Standard Track: prizes are provided by sponsor representatives
  • MLH tracks: prizes are provided by MLH
  • Grand Prizes, Introductory Track:
    • 1st prize: $2000
    • 2nd prize: $1000
    • 3rd prize: $500
  • Grand Prizes, Standard Track:
    • 1st prize: $500
    • 2nd prize: $400
    • 3rd prize: $300

Judging Criteria

  • Sponsor Challenges, Introductory Track: rubrics are given as part of the challenge material
  • Sponsor Challenges, Standard Track: rubrics are given as part of the challenge material
  • MLH Tracks: See Hacker Guide (will be copied over here eventually for record keeping)
  • Grand Prizes, Introductory Track: See Hacker Guide (will be copied over here eventually for record keeping)
  • Grand Prizes, Standard Track: See Hacker Guide (will be copied over here eventually for record keeping)