# Hack Upstate XIV

## Advancing Upstate New York's Technology Community
**Oct. 5th and 6th, 2019  //  Syracuse, NY**

[Results](https://medium.com/@hackupstate/10819971c8de) [Photos](https://www.facebook.com/pg/hackupstate/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1892348314231527) [Devpost](https://hack-upstate-xiv.devpost.com/) [Demos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSwX50xGJp0&feature=youtu.be)

# 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.

# Schedule

### Saturday, October 5th

#### Day 1

- **Doors Open**: 11:00 AM  
- **Intro and Kickoff**: 12:00 - 12:45 PM  
- **Idea Pitching**: 12:45 - 1:15 PM  
- **Form Teams, Begin Hacking**: 1:15 PM  
- **Lunch**: Provided by TCGplayer  
- **Syracuse iSchool Talk**: 3:00 - 3:30 PM  
  *Smart City Secure Cloud Architecture*  
- **TCGplayer Talk**: 4:00 - 5:00 PM  
  *TCGplayer: Where Play is Encouraged and Development is Key, introduction to APIs and website monetization*  
- **TCGplayer Office Tour**: 440 S Warren St  
- **Dinner**: Provided by Syracuse iSchool  
- **Coffee Arrives**: 9:00 PM

### Sunday, October 6th

#### Day 2

- **Breakfast**: Provided by Le Moyne, AT&T, G&C, PUBG Madglory, AIS  
- **Stop hacking, Submit Projects**: 11:45 AM  
- **Intro, Welcome judges**: 12:00 - 12:15 PM  
- **Demos**: 12:15 - 1:45 PM  
- **Judge Deliberation**: 1:45 - 2:00 PM  
- **Award Ceremony**: 2:00 PM

# Sponsors

## Presenting Sponsor

## Supporting Sponsors

# Prizes

## Top Prizes

### Grand Prize
**Fat Foot Feetball**  
$1000 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/fat-foot-feetball)

### First Runner Up
**Drone Visualization Environment**  
$500 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/drone-visualization-environment-managed-by-a-database)

### Best Effort Hack
**Glance**  
$100 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/glance-y13hgq)

### Best Hardware Hack
**WhaccAttacc**  
$100 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/whaccattacc)

## Themed Prize Winners

### TCGplayer API Prize
[**TCGplayer API Demo**](/#)  
$200 Amazon Gift Cards for each team member [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/tcgplayer-api-demo)

### Best Use of Open Data
[**DriverPal**](/#)  
$100 [View Project](https://devpost.com/software/driverpal-idheuk)

# Judges

## Joshua Burdick
**Developer Evangelist**  
[TCGplayer](http://developer.tcgplayer.com/)

## Raj Suchak
**CEO**  
[Grit Seed](http://www.gritseed.com/)

## Velizar Demirev
**Software Engineer**  
[Jorsek](https://easydita.com/home-2/?utm_expid=.yg3z4Iw4Rb-cPtUcGIOzSQ.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F)

## Annalena Davis
**Web Developer**  
[Syracuse University](https://www.syracuse.edu/) [Women in Coding](https://womenincoding.com/)

## Judging Criteria

1. **20% - Originality & Creativity & Novelty**  
   Is the project new and something that hasn't been attempted before?
2. **20% - Wow Factor**  
   Subjective and buzz-wordy, huh?  
3. **20% - Polish / Design / Execution**  
   Did your team successfully execute your project concept?
4. **20% - Demo / Presentation**  
   You'll have 2-3 minutes for a demo.
5. **20% - Multidisciplinary project**  
   We encourage and applaud interdisciplinary projects.

# Open Data Sets

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