About the challenge (In person only)
CogniHacks is an open community for high schoolers, college students, and others curious about Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI's) and neurotechnology in general. We show the profound applications of BCI's in important fields like Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and GenAI. Our goal is to introduce BCI's, HCI, and how its emergence in the CS world can solve new problems. Whether you're new to coding/neurotechnology or already a pro, our goal is to invite you to help us pioneer the future of neurotechnology in creating new projects powered by both mind control and GenAI.
We keep things interesting with hackathons, learning tracks, and friendly competitions that build teamwork and creative problem-solving. Join us to learn, experiment, and get inspired by the possibilities of Brain Computer Interfaces, Human Computer Interaction, and GenAI. This is a great way to geek out with friends over cool BCI projects!
Get started
Don’t know about Brain Computer Interfaces? No problem! We’ll host tutorials on how a BCI collects data form its users, get sent into the computer, and is ultimately used to control a device with the mind. This will happen before hacking so everyone has all the info they need about BCI's! Don’t have a team? Upon registering, you’ll join our Discord server to connect with others and form your team. Let’s build together!
Schedule
| Time | Event | Details |
| 07:30 | Check-in & Breakfast | Registration desk open, coffee & snacks, Find/FInalize Groups |
| 08:30 | Opening Ceremony | Introducing Sponsors, Schedule, Keynote Speaker(10 min) |
| 09:15 | Learning Track | Demonstrate and Enable attendees to learn coding fundamentals pertaining to the field via a Learning Track Project |
| 10:30 | Start Hacking | Lock in on Projects |
| 12:30 | Lunch Break | Get food after initial projects launch and also network with others |
| 01:30 | Optional Product Demos | Parallel with hacking, 30 min |
| 02:00 | Hack | Continue Hacking |
| 06:30 | Hack | Finalize demos & prepare pitches |
| 06:45 | Judges deliberate | Light dinner/snacks while judges go from project to project and deliberate. 3-5 min per team |
| 07:45 | Awards & Closing Ceremony | Announce Winners and Close |
| 08:00 | Wrap up | End the Day |
Requirements
A laptop, and a developer profile with Emotiv if you are joining the BCI Track:
https://www.emotiv.com/pages/developer
Also, going through Emotiv Academy will greatly prep you for whats to come on the day off.
https://www.youtube.com/@EmotivAcademy/playlists
We will have time to help you register on the day of but if you wanted to get ahead, feel free to register now!
Prizes
Awards
All prizes total to 1050. They include custom CogniHacks T-Shirts, Headphones, PowerBanks, Lanyards, Stickers, free frood, and many other commodities for participating and winning the hackathon.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Tanmay Kejriwal
MakeX Founder
Varun Turlapati
Chaanakya Capital Managing Partner
Nicholas Berry
Onairos Co-Founder
Robert H Lee
COO at SV Accell
Kartheek Medathati
Handybot CEO
Bella Hofflich
PhD Candidate at Stanford
Naved Merchant
Amazon Lab 126 Sr Software Development Engineer
Haoyuan He
SWE at Netflix
Ganpati Goel
Zero Motorcycles
Pratik Sheth
Technical Lead At Google
Judging Criteria
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BCI Track Winner
The BCI Project that is most impactful in terms of its usage and applications in improving overall human computer interaction. -
GenAI4Humans Track Winner
The GenAI Project that is most impactful in terms of its usage and applications in Human Computer Interaction
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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