About the challenge

Welcome to Laf Hacks! This year Laf Hack is open-ended. If you have an app, a website, or any other personal project that you've wanted to build, this hackathon is the perfect space to do so. During the hacking period we'll have delicious food and fun mini games! Laf Hacks will conclude with a science-fair style presentation of projects where 4 judges will award fun awards and prizes to teams.

 

Best Hack Overall

Awesome idea and amazing execution. We were very impressed that your ambitious dream came true. The implementation is sound and the hack is functional. We’ll send your Stanford acceptance letter in the mail.

 

Most Technically Impressive Hack

Wow! You blew us away with your code and your technical prowess. You learned to use technologies that you weren’t super familiar with at the beginning of the hackathon.

 

Most Creative Hack

The most creative solution! You really thought out of the box and addressed an interesting problem.

 

People's Choice Award

All hackers will get to cast votes for their favorite hack! Make sure to take some time to see what other people are doing during the hackathon and presentation period.

Requirements

What to Build

A web app, mobile app, or a coding project that addresses any problem in the world in a creative way :) 

What to Submit

  1. A link to your hackathon github repo or a zipped file of your code.  
  2. A ReadMe which describes how to run your code . 
  3. Paragrahs about your Inspiration for your project, what your project does, how you built it, challenges you ran into, accomplishments that you're proud of, what you learned, and what's next for your project. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

4 non-cash prizes
Most Technically Impressive Hack
1 winner

Wow! You blew us away with your code and your technical prowess. You learned to use technologies that you weren’t super familiar with at the beginning of the hackathon.

Best Overall Hack
1 winner

Awesome idea and amazing execution. We were very impressed that your ambitious dream came true. The implementation is sound and the hack is functional. We’ll send your Stanford acceptance letter in the mail.

Most Creative Hack
1 winner

The most creative solution! You really thought out of the box and addressed an interesting problem.

People's Choice Award
2 winners

All hackers will get to cast votes for their favorite hack! Make sure to take some time to see what other people are doing during the hackathon and presentation period.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Jia Tao

Jia Tao
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Lafayette College

Jonathan Dahl

Jonathan Dahl
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Lafayette College

Jeffrey O. Pfaffmann

Jeffrey O. Pfaffmann
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Lafayette College

Ge (Frank) Xia

Ge (Frank) Xia
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Lafayette College

Judging Criteria

  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack?
  • Design
    Does your design make sense?
  • Completeness
    How far were you able to get?
  • Innovation
    Does your project offer an original idea to an existing problem in the world?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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