About the challenge
SillyHacks is a 12-hour hackathon where beginners are encouraged to utilize skills learned in our SillyHacks workshops as well as existing skills to create a project. Teams and individual participants are encouraged to collaborate, create meaningful impact, and challenge other teams.
Requirements
What to Build
Feel free to build whatever you like! We will be providing workshops throughout the day for you to learn and apply to your projects :D
What to Submit
- You MUST submit a GitHub link
- To showcase your project you must do a live presentation (3-5 mins) for 2-3 pairs of judges in SUB Ballroom (5th Floor), and answer a live QnA (max 2 mins) from the judges
- Only at least 1 member is needed to present the project, the entire team does not need to present for the project to qualify
Prizes
Surge Choice (best overall)
$100 gift cards ($25 per person)
Most Creative Idea
$100 gift cards ($25 per person)
Best UI
$100 gift cards ($25 per person)
Best Solo
$50 gift cards
Best Hardware Project
$100 gift cards ($25 per person)
Best Game
$100 gift cards ($25 per person)
MLH: Best use of Gemini
Google Swag Kits
CSSS: Rube Goldberg track
$100 gift cards
SSSS: Software Systems Award!
GIFT CARDS!!!
IATSU: Cursed UI
$40 gift cards
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Jon Andre Briones
Webmaster @ CSSS
Jill Ference
SWE @ Rivian & Volkswagen Group
Diyadeep Bal
Advanced Manufacturing Co-op @Ballard Power Systems
Sukhraj Purewal
Incoming SWE Intern @ Google, Software Team Lead @ Robot Soccer
Chloe Yip
SWE Intern @ Kardium
Anthony Leung
Electronic Arts, Software Engineer
Zachary Chan
Amazon + Jr SDE / 6th + Computing Science
Isabelle Kwan
CS @ SFU | HCI Research | GHC ‘25 | RTC | Undergraduate Entrance Scholar
Vincent Liu
GeoComply - SWE Intern, 5th year GIS major
Philip Ho
Co-director of Technology @SFU Surge
Karen Yao
Software Engineering Intern @ Rivian-VW / 4th year CS Student
IATSU Delegation
Interactive Arts and Technology Student Union
Judging Criteria
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Pitch
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Design
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Creativity
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Technical Complexity
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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