A beginner-friendly, 12-hour hackathon held at UC Riverside.
Here's a short and sweet hackathon for beginners and veterans alike. Cutie Hack promises to be welcoming of all skill levels and hack ideas. Come and build whatever you can imagination!
Prizes
$5,338 in prizes
First Place
4x Amazon Fire Tablet
4x 1 year subscription to Wolfram|One Personal Edition
4x 1 year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro
Second Place
4x Gigabyte M8000X Mice
4x Gigabyte Jacket
4x 1 year subscription to Wolfram|One Personal Edition
4x 1 year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro
Best Beginner Hack
4x Fluffy Blanket
4x 1 year subscription to Wolfram|One Personal Edition
4x 1 year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro
Best Hardware Hack
4x Amazon Echo Dot
Best UI/UX Hack
4x R2-D2 Coffee Press
Best .TECH
1x $150 Amazon Voucher
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Eligibility
- Participants: Any admitted student
- Teams: Team membership is capped at 4 members
Requirements
It is the responsibility of the teams to opt in to judging criteria categories on Devpost.
Judges

Jiasi Chen
Assistant Professor at UC Riverside (Graduate level Networks, Virtual Reality)

Paea LePendu
Assistant Professor at UC Riverside (Formal Languages and Automata, Natural Language Processing)

Vagelis Papalexakis
Assistant Professor at UC Riverside (Introduction to Data Mining, Advanced Data Mining Techniques)

Manuel Sanchez
Software Engineer at Google. Former director of Citrus Hack. UC Riverside - Class of 2015.

Jed Schwendiman
Senior Director of Development for BCOE, UC Riverside

Zach Zimmerman
UC Riverside Computer Science PhD Candidate (GPUs, Machine Learning)
Judging Criteria
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Beginner Hack
Cutie Hack 2018 must be the first hackathon for the majority of the team. (3 out of 4, or 2 out of 3) -
Hardware
The project must utilize external hardware. -
UI/UX
The project has a clean, easy-to-use interface. Design is an important aspect here. -
1st Overall
Awarded to the most impressive hack overall, beginners and veterans alike. -
2nd Overall
Awarded to the most impressive runner-up hack, beginners and veterans alike. -
.Tech Prize
The project shows exceptional use of a .tech domain