Welcome to Hack Western! From November 27th to 29th, 450 students across Canada and the U.S. from diverse backgrounds will come to Western University to create interdisciplinary solutions to real world problems. Hack Western provides a welcoming atmosphere for students to create a web, mobile, or hardware hack. Teams can work on their hacks from 11:30pm on Friday to 10am on Sunday. All projects must be submitted here on Devpost by November 29th at 10am. 

Eligibility

Any student who has been accepted to participate and hacked at Hack Western is eligible to submit a project. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$9,450 in prizes
1st Place
1 winner

Presented by MLH: Each member of the team will receive a Dell Venue 10 Tablet.

2nd Place
1 winner

Presented by GDLS: Each member of the team will receive a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.

3rd Place
1 winner

Presented by Startech: Each member of the team will receive a laptop dock and a prize of their choice valued at $100.

Finalists
3 winners

Each member of the team will receive a prize of their choice valued at $100.

Best Bitcoin/Blockchain Project
1 winner

Presented by Green Brick Labs: Each member of the team will be awarded a USB with Armoury Wallets loaded with $100 bitcoin.

Best Data Visualization
1 winner

Presented by Info-Tech: Each member of the team will receive a Nabu Smart Band.

Best Demonstrated Security Implementation
1 winner

Presented by Digital Boundary Group: Each member of the team will be awarded a DBG branded sweater, a laptop bag, and a $100 Best Buy gift card.

Best Domain Name
1 winner

Presented by Namecheap: $150 Namecheap credits for the best domain name.

Best End to End Implementation
1 winner

Presented by GLDS: Each member of the team will receive a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.

Best Game
1 winner

Presented by Big Viking Games: Each member of the team will be awarded a Razer mechanical keyboard and mouse.

Best Hack for Social Impact
1 winner

Presented by Magnet Forensics: Each member of the team will be awarded Sony MDR-10 Bluetooth headphones.

Best Hardware Hack
1 winner

Presented by Particle: Each member of the team will be awarded a maker kit and t-shirt.

Best Life Hack
1 winner

Presented by Tech Alliance: Each member of the team will be awarded Apple TV.

Best Use of Estimote Beacons
1 winner

Presented by Estimote: Each member of the team will receive an Estimote Developer Kit.

Best Wolfram Project
1 winner

Presented by Wolfram: $300 cash prize for the team with the best Wolfram project.

Best Use of AWS
1 winner

Presented by Major League Hacking: Each member of the team will be awarded a Dell 1TB hard drive.

Best Use of BITalino
1 winner

Presented by BITalino: Each member of the team will be awarded a BITalino kit.

Best Use of Domain.com
1 winner

Presented by Domain.com: Each member of the team will receive a Domain.com swag bag.

Best Use of Open Source Technology
1 winner

Presented by Engine SevenFour: Each member of the team will receive a drone.

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Judges

Mike Almond

Mike Almond
Lead Developer at Race Roster

Albert Lai

Albert Lai
Co-Founder & CEO at Big Viking Games

Jon Seigel

Jon Seigel
Application Security Specialist at DBG

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
  • Technical Difficulty
  • Polish
  • Usefulness

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