About the Funathon
The Funathon is a place where you can create whatever you want through the power of coding! Websites, machine learning projects, games, apps - you name it!
The Funathon is not designed to be just your average hackathon but rather a combination of a hackathon, mini projects, and multiple workshops to help participants learn more about coding. Funathon helps promote and foster both knowledge and love for coding throughout its entirety.
The Funathon will take place over four weeks, with a mix of programming workshops and guest speaker presentations. Participants will also have to develop something for a final project, using what they have learned throughout the event.
Schedule/Syllabus:
Week 1
| Monday, 8/15 | Tuesday, 8/16 | Wednesday, 8/17 | Thursday, 8/18 | Friday, 8/19 |
| Opening Ceremony @ 7 PM EST |
Speaker Event: Dr. Yinzhi Cao, Computer Science Professor at Johns Hopkins University @ 12 PM EST Networking Meet & Greet @ 12 PM EST Funathon Panel @ 4 PM EST |
Week 2
| Monday, 8/22 | Tuesday, 8/23 | Wednesday, 8/24 | Thursday, 8/25 | Friday, 8/26 |
| Python Workshop with Codology @ 7 PM EST |
Speaker Event: Dr. Leia Stirling, PhD, Industrial & Operations Engineering Professor at the University of Michigan @ 4 PM EST Python Workshop with Codology @ 7 PM EST |
Python Workshop with Codology @ 7 PM EST |
Week 3
| Monday, 8/29 | Tuesday, 8/30 | Wednesday, 8/31 | Thursday, 9/1 | Friday, 9/2 |
| HTML Workshop with Codology @ 7 PM EST |
HTML Workshop with Codology @ 7 PM EST |
HTML Workshop with Codology @ 7 PM EST |
Get Started:
Make sure that you develop your projects, for both the challenges and the final, through an IDE such as Visual Studio Code or Replit, with the exception of Scratch. Remember to submit the file of the final project before the deadline!
The Funathon will have several prize tracks that you can enter your project in. They are here to help jump-start your project development process. You can only submit a project for ONE track.
Project Tracks:
- Art/Entertainment
- Education
- Environment/Sustainability
- Healthcare
Requirements
What to Build
This competition is completely open-ended, and competitors can submit projects relating to problems in the four fields of art/entertainment, education, environment/sustainability, and healthcare.
Your project must incorporate one language taught in workshops.
What to Submit
Submit a file of your FINAL project that can be run in an IDE.
Submit a description of your project.
Prizes
Participation Prize
• Certificate of Participation
• Unlimited Taskade subscription code
• 20% off of annual Brilliant.org subscription (valued at $30)
• Vouchers for HoverRobotix hoverboards (valued at $130)
• Access to internship opportunities with HoverRobotix
All participants who attend the Funathon's workshops and submit a project will receive this prize.
1st Place Overall
• Certificate of Recognition
• Opportunity to Become an App Developer for YPStem
• Year of Wolfram One & Alpha Pro (valued at $375)
• Annual premium subscription to Brilliant.org (valued at $150)
• Access to exclusive workshops with HoverRobotix
• EdTech bundle (valued at $100)
2nd Place Overall
• Certificate of Recognition
• Opportunity to Become an App Developer for YPStem
• Year of Wolfram One & Alpha Pro (valued at $375)
• 3-month premium subscription to Brilliant.org (valued at $75)
• Access to exclusive workshops with HoverRobotix
• EdTech bundle (valued at $100)
• AoPs coupon (valued at $25)
3rd Place Overall
• Certificate of Recognition
• Opportunity to Become an App Developer for YPStem
• Year of Wolfram One & Alpha Pro (valued at $375)
• 3-month premium subscription to Brilliant.org (valued at $75
• Access to exclusive workshops with HoverRobotix
• EdTech bundle (valued at $100)
Funathon Track Winner
• Certificate of Recognition
• Opportunity to Become an App Developer for YPStem
• Year of Wolfram One & Alpha Pro (valued at $375)
• 3-month premium subscription to Brilliant.org (valued at $75)
• EdTech bundle (valued at $100)
Best Working Prototype
• Year of .xyz domain (valued at $10)
Most Creative Design/Idea
• Year of .xyz domain (valued at $10)
Most Potentially Impactful Project
• Year of .xyz domain (valued at $10)
Voters' Choice
• Year of .xyz domain (valued at $10)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
YPStem Team
Youth Pioneers in STEM
Azamat Nurkhojayev
Lead Developer - Home Credit Bank
Danylo Tolmachov
Head of Software Engineering at Techstack Ltd
Denis Matveev
System Administrator/DevOps at Ignitia AB
Alina Shesterikova
UI/UX designer
Pavel Terenin
Sr. Software Engineer at Juniper Square
Igor Lopushko
Back-end Team Lead at RBI Retail Innovation
Alexey Sutiagin
R&D Team Leader at Gett
Anton Kalik
Senior Software Engineer at CoverWallet, an Aon company
Fedor Yaremenko
Senior Software Engineer at Ultimeta
Max Kalik
iOS Engineer at Triumph Labs
Dmytro Budym
Software Development Engineer in Test, airSlate
Arman Murzabulatov
Senior Software Engineer at Rabobank
Judging Criteria
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Quality of Idea
How creative and unique is the project? Is it well-thought out and realistic to implement? -
Quality of Code
Does the project run smoothly with minimal errors? Does it utilize the languages taught in the workshops? -
Quality of Project
Is the project detailed and organized? Is it visually appealing? -
Project Impact
Does the project effectively address a problem in one of the tracks? If implemented, how impactful would it be?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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