GUH Challenges
Quality Education:
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. By 2030, if nothing is done, 300 Million students will lack basic numeracy and literacy skills and 84 Million Children will be out of school.
Things to note:
The pandemic caused learning losses in 4/5 countries - of 104 countries studied. LIC and MIC face a nearly $100 Billion gap in annual financing to reach their goals. Globally, in 2020, over 14% of teachers are still not qualified according to national norms Only 50% of primary schools currently have access to facilities such as computers.
Sustainable Cities & Communities:
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. The global average waste collection in cities was 82%, with uncollected waste being a source of plastic pollution, GHG emissions and sources of incubation for infections. So far, only a third of countries have met the criterion for making considerations for `increased local fiscal space` which calls for setting up of more financing mechanisms for local implementation of sustainable urban development. Roughly half of all countries have local governments with risk reduction strategies.
Life On Land:
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. From 2015-2019, 100 Million Hectares of healthy productive land was degraded affecting both food and water security globally. Human Activities are main drivers of this land degradation. The world’s forests continue to decline.
MUDDS (UoM Data Science Society) Challenge:
Prize: TBD
Prompt Engineers your way to win!!
In this challenge, you are required to work on Generative AI (AI Image Generation, Text -to-Video and Music Generation!!). We are providing you with some models to start out with but you can use ANY OPEN-SOURCE model you want !! We have some broad categories you can work on based on modalities, i.e. mages, video and audio. At the end of the hackathon we will crowd source our voting by the participants themselves !
Check out the GitHub for more information!
BNY Challenge:
Prize: TBD
Challenge TBC
UniCS (UoM Computer Science Society) Challenge:
Prize: TBD
The Bug in the Web Challenge
It's a challenge where the ordinary has no place, and absurdity reigns supreme. Create a website that defies every rule of design, navigation, and functionality, all in the name of amusement. Let your imagination run wild, embrace the unconventional, and craft a website that's so wonderfully ludicrous, it's unforgettable. The goal here, is not to create a website with random irritating bugs, but to intentionally design a fun and confusing user experience. It is still a website, so it shouldn’t just be made of 404 errors! We encourage you to push the limits of conventional web design. Here, there is no such thing as Ben Schneiderman’s 8 Golden Rules… Or is there?
Capital One Challenge:
Prize: TBD
Make Credit Simple" - best financial hack using the Developer API.
Good credit is important, especially given the Cost of Living Crisis. We'd love to see some hacks that would help us to help customers with their credit.
Most of all, we'd love to see some creativity! We're excited to see what you come up with!
Developer API provides mock financial data giving hackers a platform and rich dataset upon which they can build innovative prototypes and Change Banking For Good. If you're keen to see what you can do here is a link to the documentation:
Requirements
What to Submit
- For a video demonstration, please take a look at this: Submissions (Video)
- For a step-by-step guide, please take a look at this: Submissions (Instructions)
Prizes
1st Overall
1st Overall for Great Uni Hack Challenges
Sony WH-1000XM5 Headphones
1 for each member in the team
MLH Winner Pins
2nd Overall
2nd Overall for Great Uni Hack Challenges
Polaroid Now Instant Camera
1 for each member in the team
MLH Winner Pins
3rd Overall
3rd overall for Great Uni Hack Challenges
Kindle (2022 Release)
1 for each member in the team
MLH Winner Pins
Runners Up
10th to 4th runners up for Great Uni Hack Challenges
Vouchers will be given to each member for places 4-10
MUDSS (UoM Data Science Society) Challenge
In this challenge, you are required to work on Generative AI (AI Image Generation, Text -to-Video and Music Generation!!). We are providing you with some models to start out with but you can use ANY OPEN-SOURCE model you want !! We have some broad categories you can work on based on modalities, i.e. mages, video and audio. At the end of the hackathon we will crowd source our voting by the participants themselves !
Check out the GitHub Gist for more details: https://gist.github.com/SauravMaheshkar/17bebb4b71d5fd0c754611fc6ee49080
BNY Melon Challenge
The Bug in the Web by UNICS (UoM Computer Science Society) Challenge
It's a challenge where the ordinary has no place, and absurdity reigns supreme. Create a website that defies every rule of design, navigation, and functionality, all in the name of amusement. Let your imagination run wild, embrace the unconventional, and craft a website that's so wonderfully ludicrous, it's unforgettable. The goal here, is not to create a website with random irritating bugs, but to intentionally design a fun and confusing user experience. It is still a website, so it shouldn’t just be made of 404 errors! We encourage you to push the limits of conventional web design. Here, there is no such thing as Ben Schneiderman’s 8 Golden Rules… Or is there?
Make Credit Simple" - best financial hack using the Developer API by Capital One Challenge
Good credit is important, especially given the Cost of Living Crisis. We'd love to see some hacks that would help us to help customers with their credit.
Most of all, we'd love to see some creativity! We're excited to see what you come up with!
Developer API provides mock financial data giving hackers a platform and rich dataset upon which they can build innovative prototypes and Change Banking For Good. If you're keen to see what you can do here is a link to the documentation: https://hackathon.capitalone.co.uk/docs
Hackiest Hack by Hackathons UK
Build something over-the-top, over-engineered, or held together with bits of string. Use your imagination!
Winners will each receive a 55cm Plush Shark
Best Use of Google Cloud by MLH
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Learn more about the tools and opportunities with Google Cloud by joining the Google Cloud Student Innovators program - goo.gle/student-innovators. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!
Be sure to redeem your Google Cloud Credits as soon as possible through the Google Cloud Credit Form. Use the promo code in your pre-event email to access the form!
Best Use of MongoDB Atlas by MLH
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.
Link: http://hackp.ac/mongodb
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry by MLH
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.
Best Use of Auth0 by MLH
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including an Auth0 branded Rocketbook and Rubik's Cube!
Link: http://hackp.ac/auth0
Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade (by MLH)
Avanade has put sustainable tech at the forefront of their ongoing mission! Sustainability is about conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources and focusing efforts to reduce and improve the environmental impact of technology, processes, and operations on our planet and society. For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!
Link: http://hackp.ac/avanade
Best Use of Streamlit by MLH
Want to take your Python skills to the next level? Streamlit is an open-source Python library that makes it easy to share and build custom web apps for machine learning, data science, and more. Instead of writing Python scripts without a UI, you can create a beautiful web app, complete with widgets and data visualizations, and deploy it for free to the Streamlit Community Cloud. You can even build a fully functional LLM-powered app with just 25 lines of code! Hack with Streamlit this weekend for your chance to win some awesome tech hardware for you and each member of your team.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Dr. Duncan Hull
Lecturer @ UoM
Dr. Louise Dennis
Senior Lecturer @ UoM
Professor Darren Dancey
Head of Department for Computing and Mathematics @ MMU
Judging Criteria
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Effort
Team project time? Problem-solving efforts with examples? Task division or one person? Version control and organization used? -
Innovation
New vs. familiar tech? Original ideas noticed? Unique use of existing tech? Solution's usefulness and potential uses? Technology choice rationale? -
Feasibility
Product's usage consideration? Sustainability in the intended environment? Practicality assessment? -
Design
End-user presentation? NOTE: Aesthetics not priority, focus on other metrics. -
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