About Hacklytics 2025: Jurassic Age

Get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey through the prehistoric past at Hacklytics 2025: Jurassic Age! Unleash your creativity and innovation as you tackle real-world challenges across diverse industries. By looking into the past, we hope to inspire you to create bold solutions for the future. Bring your skills, unique perspectives, and adventurous spirit to solve problems, make an impact, and soar through this epic hackathon experience!

Find out more about our hackathon at our website!

Tracks

  • Sports: Take your data science and machine learning skills to new heights as you dive into sports analytics challenges, uncovering insights that shape the world of sports.
  • Healthcare: Apply your expertise to solve pressing problems in public health and biomedical sciences, making a real difference through data-driven solutions.

  • Finance: Conquer challenges in the finance world, from market forecasting to sentiment analysis, and help tackle the toughest problems in banking and investment.

  • Cybersecurity: Safeguard sensitive data and protect digital systems by developing solutions to cybersecurity challenges, detecting threats, and ensuring online security.

  • Generative AI: Explore the power of Generative AI, creating groundbreaking AI-driven projects that solve real-world problems and push the boundaries of innovation.

Requirements

Only one member from each team must submit all of the following items:

  • A 2-minute demo video explaining the project and highlighting its main features. This can be submitted as a URL to a video on YouTube/Google Drive, etc. Please ensure that your video is listed as “Public.”
  • A brief project write-up outlining your ideation and development process. This can be submitted as a word document.
  • A link to your GitHub repository containing all the code for your project, with an (optional) README. Please ensure that your GitHub repository is public.
  • You also need to submit a Google Form containing your Devpost link, Project name, team members' details, your chosen track, and your chosen challenge(s), a link to your video, and your write-up.
    • The submission of this form along with the Devpost submission is REQUIRED for the project to be considered valid.
    • The Google Form will be released on the hackathon Discord prior to the submission time.

You must submit all materials to Devpost and on the Google Form by 9:00 AM on Sunday, 2/23. No submissions will be accepted after this deadline!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,100+ in prizes
+ other prizes
Best Overall Hack
$1,000 in cash
1 winner

2nd Place Hack
$625 in cash
1 winner

3rd Place Hack
$400 in cash
1 winner

MLH - Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
1 winner

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.

MLH - Best Use of Streamlit
1 winner

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 an Arduino Tiny ML Kit for you and each member of your team.

MLH - Best .Tech Domain Name
1 winner

Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years!
Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

MLH - Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
1 winner

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 (create Cloudflare command line) instance deployment to object storage. You can even run GenAI (LLMs, text to image, Voice to text etc..) in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Kits for you and your team!

MLH - Best Use of AI powered by Reach Capital
1 winner

AI has upended what we can accomplish with technology. Reach Capital invests in the next generation of founders and technical talent, and they want you to use AI to transform the future of learning, health, and work. Build a project that impacts one (or all!) of these areas for a chance to win a Logitech webcam for each member of your team and the exclusive opportunity to discuss your creation with Reach Capital’s team of expert investors. The winning team will also be considered for a grand prize — if chosen you’ll be flown out to San Francisco to meet with the Reach Capital team in person!

Amazon: Best Use of AWS
1 winner

In this challenge, you are tasked with harnessing the full power of AWS to solve real-world problems. Design, build, and deploy an innovative solution that showcases the most effective and creative use of Amazon’s cloud services.

Assurant: Revolutionize AI Solutioning with Multimodal Agentic AI or Accelerate Predictive Insights-at-Scale with Multi-Agent AI Systems
2 winners

Develop and deploy a Multimodal AI agent that generates real-time, actionable insights from raw data in sub-seconds. Your solution should deliver descriptive, predictive, or prescriptive insights to accelerate AI development and reduce time-to-market.

Develop a Multi-Agent AI System that leverages mathematical reasoning, real-time market insights, and macroeconomic indicators. Your solution should support smarter decision-making in areas such as pricing optimization, demand forecasting, inventory management, and risk assessment

GrowthFactor AI Impressions
3 winners

Create a function that takes in a store and returns a score representing the total impressions of the storefront. All implementation details are open.

This is an open-ended problem—there is no "right" answer. The winner will be determined by the clarity, creativity, and scalability of your solution.

Create X - VC
1 winner

Selected teams will be invited to a final interview, offering a unique opportunity to launch your startup. Show off your innovative ideas and business potential in this exclusive challenge.

Best Sports Hack
1 winner

From historical data and fundamental scorekeeping to algorithmic performance and player statistics, data analytics is an integral part of sports. In this track, you will be working on sports analytics challenges that will take your data science and machine learning skills to the next level.

Best Healthcare Hack
1 winner

Health data science is a growing field that incorporates health informatics, data science, analytics, and computational modeling to assess large volumes of data from healthcare-related sources. In this track, you will be analyzing some of these datasets to help solve crucial, real-world problems in public health or the biomedical sciences.

Best Generative AI Hack
1 winner

In this track, participants will delve into the exciting domain of Generative AI, exploring its potential applications. Whether you're interested in creating novel artworks, generating innovative solutions to complex problems, or pushing the boundaries of what AI can create, this track offers a unique opportunity to harness the power of Generative AI. Participants will work on projects with objectives ranging from designing generative models for creative endeavors to solving real-world challenges through innovative AI-powered solutions.

Best Finance Hack Sponsored by Capital One
1 winner

Develop a creative solution that leverages financial data and technology to tackle real-world challenges. Your hack should showcase innovative ways to improve financial services and simplify user experiences.

Best Cybersecurity Hack
1 winner

In this track, you will be tackling data-driven challenges in cybersecurity. You'll analyze and develop solutions to protect sensitive information, detect threats, and ensure the integrity of digital systems.

AggEquo: AI-Driven Worksite Productivity Metrics
$75 in cash
1 winner

Second in Cybersecurity
1 winner

In this track, you will be tackling data-driven challenges in cybersecurity. You'll analyze and develop solutions to protect sensitive information, detect threats, and ensure the integrity of digital systems.

Third in Cybersecurity
1 winner

In this track, you will be tackling data-driven challenges in cybersecurity. You'll analyze and develop solutions to protect sensitive information, detect threats, and ensure the integrity of digital systems.

Second in Finance
1 winner

Develop a creative solution that leverages financial data and technology to tackle real-world challenges. Your hack should showcase innovative ways to improve financial services and simplify user experiences.

Third in Finance
1 winner

Develop a creative solution that leverages financial data and technology to tackle real-world challenges. Your hack should showcase innovative ways to improve financial services and simplify user experiences.

Second in Sports
1 winner

From historical data and fundamental scorekeeping to algorithmic performance and player statistics, data analytics is an integral part of sports. In this track, you will be working on sports analytics challenges that will take your data science and machine learning skills to the next level.

Third in Sports
1 winner

From historical data and fundamental scorekeeping to algorithmic performance and player statistics, data analytics is an integral part of sports. In this track, you will be working on sports analytics challenges that will take your data science and machine learning skills to the next level.

Second in Generative AI
1 winner

In this track, participants will delve into the exciting domain of Generative AI, exploring its potential applications. Whether you're interested in creating novel artworks, generating innovative solutions to complex problems, or pushing the boundaries of what AI can create, this track offers a unique opportunity to harness the power of Generative AI. Participants will work on projects with objectives ranging from designing generative models for creative endeavors to solving real-world challenges through innovative AI-powered solutions.

Third in Generative AI
1 winner

In this track, participants will delve into the exciting domain of Generative AI, exploring its potential applications. Whether you're interested in creating novel artworks, generating innovative solutions to complex problems, or pushing the boundaries of what AI can create, this track offers a unique opportunity to harness the power of Generative AI. Participants will work on projects with objectives ranging from designing generative models for creative endeavors to solving real-world challenges through innovative AI-powered solutions.

Most Creative Hack
1 winner

A prize awarded to the project whose development team really thought outside the box.

Second in Healthcare
1 winner

Health data science is a growing field that incorporates health informatics, data science, analytics, and computational modeling to assess large volumes of data from healthcare-related sources. In this track, you will be analyzing some of these datasets to help solve crucial, real-world problems in public health or the biomedical sciences.

Third in Healthcare
1 winner

Health data science is a growing field that incorporates health informatics, data science, analytics, and computational modeling to assess large volumes of data from healthcare-related sources. In this track, you will be analyzing some of these datasets to help solve crucial, real-world problems in public health or the biomedical sciences.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Archie Goli

Archie Goli
Georgia Institute of Technology

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity and Originality
    Projects should demonstrate a unique, unexpected approach to the data analysis and/or solution development.
  • Impact and Relevance
    Projects should provide strong and adequate evidence that they present potential benefits to society, science, and/or policy. They should also align strongly with the goals of the competition.
  • Scope and Technical Depth
    Projects should utilize an adequate variety and complexity of data/tools. They should use these tools correctly and consistently within analysis and/or development.
  • Clarity and Engagement
    Projects should provide a well-organized, complete and clear description of the approach used, tools utilized, and conclusions made.
  • Soundness and Accuracy
    Projects' data analysis techniques used in projects should be consistent and correct; conclusions must also be logical.
  • Video Presentation and Communication
    Project video submissions should clearly explain the approach, tools, and conclusions while being engaging, enthusiastic, and well-structured to capture and maintain the audience's attention.

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