Welcome to GunnHacks 11.0!
GunnHacks 11.0 (or GunnHaXI) is the 11th iteration of Gunn High School’s annual, student-run hackathon, running from January 25th to January 26th, 2025. Due to district guidelines, only PAUSD students are eligible to attend.
We emphasize learning through doing, and welcome students regardless of programming experience. Mentors, workshops, activities, and swag will be provided!
Requirements
Hackers must submit a public link to their code (i.e., GitHub/GitLab/Replit). Hackers will then give a roughly three minute presentation to a panel of judges.
Prizes
Top 3 Overall
Most Technically Impressive
Most Creative
Best UX
Best User Experience
Best Presentation
Best Beginner Hack
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Jean-Yves Bouguet
Director of Perception, Cruise
Lawrence Chang
Co-Founder, Exemplar.ai
Ashly Joseph
Software Engineer, Cisco Systems Oren Yair
Jithu Paulose
Cisco Systems
Vincent Scheib
Software Engineering Manager, Google
Oren Yair
Technical Program Manager, Google
Judging Criteria
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Technical Difficulty
Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? Is it just some lipstick on an API, or were there real technical challenges to surmount? This is the most important criterion that your hack will be judged upon for the general prizes. -
Practicality
Is the hack practical? Is it something people would actually use? Does it fulfill a real need people have? -
Creativity
Is the hack more than just another generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem? -
User Experience
Is the hack polished? Is it free of bugs, easy and straightforward to use, and/or aesthetically pleasing? Is there effort put into the hack dedicated to improving the end-user experience?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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