# Hack Upstate XIII

## Advancing Upstate New York's Technology Community
Apr. 6th and 7th, 2019  //   Syracuse, NY

# What To Expect

## Share Ideas
Bring an idea that you have and the skills you are looking for. You'll be able to pitch your idea to everyone at the event kickoff around 12:30 on Saturday.

## Form Teams
Teams tend to form organically around the pitched ideas. You can also go solo if you'd like. There is no limit to members on a team!

## Build Projects
Hack away! Work on whatever you want for the duration of the hackathon. All types of projects are encouraged.

## Win Prizes
After 24 hours of hard work, you'll present your projects to everyone. Judges will then select some winners to take home some awesome prizes.

# Sponsors

## Presenting Sponsor

## Supporting Sponsors

# Prizes

## Top Prize Winners

### Grand Prize

#### American Py Language
$1000 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/american-py-language)

### First Runner Up
#### Parking Assistant
$500 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/parking-assistant)

## Themed Prize Winners

### Best Use of Collectible Gaming Data
[**Project Lord Falcon**](https://devpost.com/software/projec-lord-falcon)
$200 in amazon gift cards per person [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/projec-lord-falcon)

### Best use of Stae's API using a Syracuse dataset
#### Parking Assistant
$200 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/parking-assistant)

### Best use of LLVM
#### American Py Language
$75 amazon gift cards (4x) [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/american-py-language)

# Judges

## Pamela Puri
CEO / Teacher
[Tech4Kidz](https://tech4kidz.net/)

## Andrew "Doc" Docherty
Vice President of Engineering
[Covey CS](https://coveycs.com/)

## John McDonald
GM of Buyer Services
[TCGplayer](https://www.tcgplayer.com/)

## Phil Zaengle
Founder / CTO
[Zaengle](https://zaengle.com/)

## Stacey Smith
Assistant Director
[thINCubator](https://thincubator.co/)

## Judging Criteria

## 20% - Originality & Creativity & Novelty
Is the project new and something that hasn't been attempted before? How does this approach a unique solution to a problem?

## 20% - Wow Factor
Subjective and buzz-wordy, huh? That's what makes it fun :) We know you have something up your sleeve that's going to knock our socks off!

## 20% - Polish / Design / Execution
Did your team successfully execute your project concept? Is it usable? Does it work? Is it well designed? Is the user experience smooth?

## 20% - Demo / Presentation
You'll have 2-3 minutes for a demo to tell the judges about your project, followed by a Q/A. We're interested in the problems you solved, API's you leveraged, technologies used, and lessons learned. We recommend a quick powerpoint.

## 20% - Multidisciplinary project
We encourage and applaud interdisciplinary projects fueled by eclectic teams with diverse backgrounds.

# Open Data Sets
[View Open Data Sets](/content/open-data/index.html)