Prepare for a weekend filled with learning new technologies, pushing your limits, and making new friends.

CodeRED Odyssey will feature three tracks: One General Track and Three Sponsored Tracks. Teams can submit their projects to one of these tracks for a chance to win one of the great prizes for that track. Teams will also have a chance to win Side Quests (more detail below).

See our website for more information at uhcode.red

Requirements

  • You are allowed to enter ONE (1) submission for consideration by the judges. 
  • Source code via GitHub repository (preferred) or compressed .zip
  • Please be prepared to demo your submission to the judges in-person.
  • Please include the following information in the description for your submission:
    • What your submission does
    • How you built it
    • Accomplishments that you're proud of
    • What's next for your product?
  • (Optional) Anything else you want to include

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Prizes

$10,350 in prizes
1st place ConocoPhillips Challenge
1 winner

iPad 9th Gen + Apple Pencil

2nd place ConocoPhillips Challenge
1 winner

Nintendo Switch

3rd place ConocoPhillips Challenge
1 winner

Conoco Swag + Tech Bag

1st place PROS Challenge
1 winner

Smartphone Projectors

2nd place PROS Challenge
1 winner

Beats Studio Buds

3rd place PROS Challenge
1 winner

Raspberry Pi

1st place LyondellBasell Challenge
1 winner

Logitech G Pro X Keyboard

2nd place LyondellBasell Challenge
1 winner

Echo Dot

3rd place LyondellBasell Challenge
1 winner

Blue Snowball Mic

1st place General Challenge
1 winner

Logitech G Pro X Superlight Mouse

2nd place General Challenge
1 winner

Logitech C920x Webcam

3rd place General Challenge
1 winner

Fire Stick 4k

Best UI | Side Quest
1 winner

Fujifilm Printer

Best Beginner Hack | Side Quest
1 winner

UE Wonderbooom Bluetooth Speaker

Best Use of Cloud | Side Quest
1 winner

Nest Hub

Best Initiative towards Sustainability | Side Quest
1 winner

Anker Powerbank or $100 Charity (Choice)

Best Use of Velo by Wix | MLH Side Quest
1 winner

Wacom Drawing Tablets

Best Domain from Domain.com | MLH Side Quest
1 winner

Domain.com Backpack

Best Use of Google Cloud | MLH Side Quest
1 winner

Google Cloud Swag or Backpack

Best Accessibility Hack (Fidelity) | MLH Side Quest
1 winner

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger

Best Use of Deso (MLH Web3 Sponsor) | MLH Side Quest
1 winner

$100 worth $DESO Coin, Tumbler, and a YubiKey

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Chance Walton

Chance Walton
University Recruiting Advisor at ConocoPhillips

Kelsey Crawford

Kelsey Crawford
Application Development Analyst at ConocoPhillips

Jorge Abarca

Jorge Abarca
Cloud Architect Principal at LyondellBasell

Zane Hasouris

Zane Hasouris
Lead Developer CoE at LyondellBasell

Fadi Yacob

Fadi Yacob
LyondellBasell

Jennifer Plummer

Jennifer Plummer
Manager, Product Development at PROS

Kurt Roy

Kurt Roy
Senior Software Architect at PROS

Michael Jeffries

Michael Jeffries
Senior Technical Lead at PROS

Ben Taylor

Ben Taylor
MLH Representative/Judge

Nadia Atiyeh

Nadia Atiyeh
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Michael Rodriguez

Michael Rodriguez
IT Specialist at CAM Consultants

Rabimba Karanjai

Rabimba Karanjai
Computer Science PhD. Student at University of Houston

Judging Criteria

  • Accessiblility
    How accessible is the project to the general public? Are there any limitations for certain geographic/demographic?
  • Innovation
    Was the project like nothing you have seen before? Did it use a particularly clever technique? Did it use many different components in a unique way? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"?
  • Scalability
    Is the project physically sustainable or on a path to become one to be given seed funding? Does the project have the capability to incorporate and support additional business processes?
  • Extensibility
    Is the project capable of incorporating new features and new technologies? Can it add/incorporate new features based on business/user requirements.
  • Presentation
    Did the team clearly explain the problem and their solution?

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