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With SigmaHacks 3, our team's mission is to provide hackers around the world with the resources and opportunities they need to solve a socioeconomic problem affecting a specific region, allowing us to foster innovation, encourage diversity, and make progress in areas that are typically overshadowed and overlooked.

As with all of our events, SigmaHacks 3 will feature unique experiences and opportunities available to all participants, in addition to engaging activities and thousands of dollars in both cash and technology prizes.

We hope you enjoy the event!

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Prizes

$78,048 in prizes

Best Overall

- US $250 to each person in the winning team, accompanied by a donation to a public charity by SigmaHacks
- US $125 in DigitalOcean credits to each person in the winning team

Best Health Hack

- US $125 to each person in the winning team, accompanied by a donation to a public charity by SigmaHacks
- US $125 in DigitalOcean credits to each person in the winning team

Best Education Hack

- US $125 to each person in the winning team, accompanied by a donation to a public charity by SigmaHacks
- US $125 in DigitalOcean credits to each person in the winning team

Best Environment Hack

- US $125 to each person in the winning team, accompanied by a donation to a public charity by SigmaHacks
- US $125 in DigitalOcean credits to each person in the winning team

Runner Up Health Hack

- US $50 to each person in the winning team, accompanied by a donation to a public charity by SigmaHacks

Runner Up Education Hack

- US $50 to each person in the winning team, accompanied by a donation to a public charity by SigmaHacks

Runner Up Environment Hack

- US $50 to each person in the winning team, accompanied by a donation to a public charity by SigmaHacks

MLH: Best Domain Registered with Domain.com

Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger & Domain.com Backpack.

MLH: Best Use of Google Cloud

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google branded backpack.

MLH: Best Hardware Hack, Sponsored by Digi-Key (2)

Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with an embedded Arduino compatible board. 1 prize for each winning team member with 2 winning teams per event!

Best Use of echoAR

- US $50 Amazon gift card to the winning team
- 3 months of Business Tier access to echoAR for each person
- Featured on echoAR's website

Best Use of SashiDo

- Custom SashiDo Prize
- Recognition on SashiDo's website
- Recognition on SashiDo's social media channels

All Attendees

- $100, 60-day free trial of DigitalOcean
- 90-day extended trial of Balsamiq Cloud
- 45-day free trial of SashiDo
- $20 worth of credits for Linode

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Judges

Anu Parthasarathy

Anu Parthasarathy
Founder & CEO at AnuPartha (Global Executive Talent, Inc.)

Venkata Maram

Venkata Maram
Founder & CEO & Managing Director at AI-TechPark Malaysia

Dilip Varadarajan

Dilip Varadarajan
VP of Commerce & Identity at Electronic Arts

Aparna Sharma

Aparna Sharma
Worldwide VP of Sales & GTM, Cloud Services at IBM

Eravi Gopan

Eravi Gopan
SVP of Solutions & Ecosystems at Headspin

Venu Pemmaraju

Venu Pemmaraju
Co-Head and Vice President at Wipro Ventures

CS Swaminathan

CS Swaminathan
Co-Founder & Director at Founding Fuel

Anita Ganti

Anita Ganti
Investor & Board Director at Various Companies

Ravi Mikkilineni

Ravi Mikkilineni
Sr. Director, Data Engineering & Integrations at Oracle

Dr. Pradeep Subrahmanyan

Dr. Pradeep Subrahmanyan
Sr. Director of Strategic Marketing at Applied Materials

Robert Mangrobang

Robert Mangrobang
Creative Director, User Experience at TIBCO Software Inc.

Pundalik Kudapkar

Pundalik Kudapkar
Director, Software Architecture SaMD at BrightInsight

Jeff Rosen

Jeff Rosen
Software Architect at SquareTrade

Judging Criteria

  • Impact
    Does the project have any feasible application and/or have a social impact that goes above and beyond? Will this help the community with a real problem they are facing? Can this realistically be implemented?
  • Functionality & Quality
    Is the project free of major bugs? Does it look appealing? The UI/UX doesn’t have to be totally perfect, but if we're having a hard time understanding and/or navigating the project by looking at it, that is an issue.
  • Creativity
    Is this project unique and innovative? Is it a solution or creation we have never seen before? Does it improve upon a current solution or is it a better way of doing something?
  • Technical Complexity
    The team should display a good level of knowledge in terms of the technology they’ve used in implementing their project. The project should also be technically interesting and use appropriate technology to meet product needs.

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