About the challenge

Hey! We’re CodeKong, a hackathon that encourages any sort of application and development that makes a tangible impact on the real world. We’re looking for full-stack applications to be submitted. Go apes and start coding!

 

This is run by a student-led organization.

 

Requirements

What to Build
We’d like you to build a full-stack application that has an impact on the real world. Try to integrate upcoming technologies that you find interesting and simply wow the judges. We’d ideally like it to be a web application for ease of access for judges, but it's ultimately up to you.

 

What to Submit
We’d like you to submit your GitHub repository for the code, a video of the app demo, and the link to the application.

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Prizes

$300+ in prizes
+ other prizes
1st place
$180 in cash
1 winner

2nd place
$80 in cash
1 winner

3rd place
$40 in cash
1 winner

Sponsor Prize - nexos.ai
6 winners

The top 6 submissions will receive 3-month access and €200 credit for nexos.ai

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Judges

Shamak Agarwal

Shamak Agarwal

Senthilkumaran Rajagopalan

Senthilkumaran Rajagopalan
Tech Lead Manager at Meta

Ram Joshi
Staff Engineer at The Climate Corporation

Ashwini Joshi

Ashwini Joshi
Machine Learning Engineer at Warner Bros. Discovery

Naveen Kolli
Vice President and Enterprise Business Intelligence Lead at Bank of America

Sravan Reddy Kathi
Software Developer at SAP

Jui Hanamshet

Jui Hanamshet
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Jay Rungta

Jay Rungta
Engineering Manager at Google

 Bright Ojo

Bright Ojo

Abhi Desai
Lead Data Analyst at Saks Fifth Avenue

Archana Rajendran
Software Engineering Manager at Meta, Youth and Well Being

Jyoti Kunal Shah

Jyoti Kunal Shah
Director at ADP Technologies, USA

Pearl Li
Co-Founder at Read Bean

Chirag Kumar

Chirag Kumar
Co-Founder at Lumion

Venkat Poosapati

Venkat Poosapati
Senior Data Engineer at Meta

Niravkumar Prajapati
System Engineer at eRevival LLC, Baltimore, MD

Venkat Alluri

Venkat Alluri
Lead Principal DevOps / MLOps Consultant at J.Crew

Ankush Tyagi

Ankush Tyagi
Software Engineering Manager at Ericsson R&D,

Nihar Karra

Nihar Karra
Principal Cloud Engineer at Amazon

Kaarthikeyan S
Senior Product manager at Microsoft

Praveen Kumar Ilamurugan
Director of Software Development at Oracle

Priyanka Kukreja
Tech Lead at Stripe

Apoorv Birthare
Head of Engineering at Earnifi

Praneetha Kotla

Praneetha Kotla
Contracted by Johnson & Johnson

Nilesh Bhandarwar
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Mansi Desai

Mansi Desai
Engineering Manager at LinkedIn

Kathyayan Mula
Engineering Manager at Chime

Ganesh Nerella
Sr. Database Administrator at ARCH CAPITAL SERVICES Inc.

Venababu Chekuri
Oracle Application Database Engineer at XGear Tech

Judging Criteria

  • Impact
    Does the project make a tangible difference in the real world? /10
  • Technical Complexity
    How technically impressive is the full-stack application? /10
  • Use of Emergency Tech
    Does the project integrate innovative or upcoming technologies meaningfully? /10
  • Functionality
    Does the application run smoothly and fulfill its intended purpose? /10
  • Presentation & Demo
    Is the demo video clear, engaging, and informative? /10
  • UI/UX Design
    Is the user interface intuitive, accessible, and visually appealing? /10
  • Originality & Creativity
    How unique or creative is the idea or implementation? /10
  • Submission Quality
    Is the GitHub repo well-documented and is everything (code/link/video) provided? /10

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