Oxford's first ever hackathon.
Welcome to OxHACK 2014, Oxford's first ever hackathon. We have attendees from over 50 universities across over 10 countries including the UK, US, France, and Germany, and more.
This event wouldn't have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors, including Google, Facebook, Bloomberg, and more.
Build something amazing!
Prizes
$2,347 in prizes
Grand Prize
£1000 cash + 4 Treehouse annual subscriptions
Runner-up Prize
£500 cash + 4 Treehouse annual subscriptions
Google API Prize
4 Chromecasts (1 per team member)
Bloomberg API Prize
4 Parrot Mini Drones (1 per team member)
Esri API Prize
£200 Amazon voucher (for the whole team) + Raspberry Pi for each team member
Mendeley API Prize
4 Sennheiser headsets + swag bags (1 per team member)
Best First-Time Hackers
4 Treehouse Annual Subscriptions
Best First-Time Coders
4 Treehouse Annual Subscriptions
Eligibility
- Prizes are catered towards teams of 4, so if you have more than 4 people on your team then we recommend splitting up into 2 groups, unless you're happy to share the prize
- Teams containing anyone who isn't a student or a recent graduate (graduated in the past year) aren't eligible for prizes :( Talk to one of us if you're not sure whether you're eligible
Judges
Taimur Abdaal
OxHACK
James May
OxHACK
Joyce Stack
Mendeley
James Milner
Esri UK
Eddie Zaneski
Sendgrid
Lilit Darbinyan
Bloomberg
Bilawal Hameed
MLH
Paul Jolly
GoCardless
Danny Hakimian
Yo
Ruhul Amin
Onfido
Tomas Halgas
OxHACK
Judging Criteria
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Idea
Ratings can be based on coolness, usefulness, creativity, humour, etc. -
Idea
Ratings can be based on coolness, usefulness, creativity, humour, etc. -
Execution
Does the hack work? Does it run smoothly? Did they present it well? -
Execution
Does the hack work? Does it run smoothly? Did they present it well? -
Design
How well designed is the hack? Is the design style appropriate for the idea? What's the user experience like?