The following rubric will be used by the judges to grade your project:

• Innovation: How innovative is the project compared to existing solutions.

• Technical prowess: How technically difficult the project is.

• Impact: How much real-world impact does the project have.

• Creativity: How creative the project is: this includes stylistic choices, the focus of the project, and any whimsical/fun aspects of the project.

• Fit to a track: intended to promote projects that would be good fits to winning a specific track (such as proof-of-personhood or hardware tracks).

• Judge’s pick: Holistic review of the project and personal preference of the judge.

Each section of the rubric will be graded out of 5 possible points. The top 12 teams by points will move forward to the next round. In the case of a tie, the project most likely to win a track would move forward.

Judging will occur in a two-round system: the first judged by undergraduate and PHD students from ML@P and a final round judged by professors and industry representatives.

First round:

The first round will be judged solely from video submissions on the Catapult Devpost. The videos should be 5 minutes long at max (ideally 3-5 minutes) and demonstrate the project as accurately as possible including impact, technologies used, and the final result.

Second round:

The top 12 teams from the first round will be announced at the beginning of the second round in front of the audience. They will then have 5 minutes to deliver a Shark Tank style pitch about their projects to a panel of judges and the audience.

The judges for this round are Purdue professors and company representatives. Teams should come prepared with a slideshow or demo to get the best chances at winning categories.