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.

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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

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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

Taimur Abdaal
OxHACK

James May

James May
OxHACK

Joyce Stack

Joyce Stack
Mendeley

James Milner

James Milner
Esri UK

Eddie Zaneski

Eddie Zaneski
Sendgrid

Lilit Darbinyan

Lilit Darbinyan
Bloomberg

Bilawal Hameed

Bilawal Hameed
MLH

Paul Jolly

Paul Jolly
GoCardless

Danny Hakimian

Danny Hakimian
Yo

Ruhul Amin

Ruhul Amin
Onfido

Tomas Halgas

Tomas Halgas
OxHACK

Judging Criteria

  • 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?

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