► DEPLOY/23

Friday, November 17th
Sunday, November 19th

Friday, November 17th – Sunday, November 19th

DEPLOY/23 — compsigh's first hackathon, and our biggest event of the semester. An interdisciplinary three-day event, bringing together the best minds in CS, design, and engineering to hack on a project for a weekend.

Eligibility

DEPLOY/23 is geared towards CS, design, and engineering majors, but all USF students are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Anyone is welcome to come hang out and hack, but only those that register for the event will be eligible for victory.

Teams (no solo participants) can have a maximum of four members.

All team members must present their project for the entire team to be eligible for victory.

Registration Deadline       >> November 17th, 8pmTeam Declaration Deadline   >> November 17th, 11pmProject Submission Deadline >> November 19th, 11:30am
Registration Deadline>> November 17th, 8pm
Team Declaration Deadline>> November 17th, 11pm
Project Submission Deadline>> November 19th, 11:30am

Submissions

Only one team member should submit the project on behalf of the team.

Project submissions are not limited to a theme, and the mediums are open-ended. We suggest one of the following:

  • Mobile app
  • Web app
  • Website
  • Open source contribution
  • Design system
  • Hardware/robotics

Please do not start working on your project (coding/designing/building, but ideas are great) until after the Opening Keynote on Friday.

For any submission, before you present your project, please ensure it is open-source or otherwise publicly accessible. You're welcome to keep it private until project submissions close.

Submissions don't have to be complete. In that case, what would be interesting to hear is what worked, what didn't, and how you would continue to develop the project.

Presentations

When your team submits your project, you'll be asked to input:

  • A team name
  • A song to walk out on stage to (the walkout won't count against time)

Teams will have a maximum of five minutes to present, with questions from judges to follow. You're welcome to spend the majority of that time on background, a live demo, or whichever way you see fit. We highly encourage creative presentation formats. Some ideas:

  • Fictitious product launch trailer
  • Skit between users and problem solvers
  • Audience interaction (though remember to keep time in mind)

In your presentation, please make sure your team members' roles in building the project are clearly articulated.

Victory

Teams fight for a People's Choice, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Place victory.

Projects will be evaluated on Craft & Polish, Presentation & Delivery, and Ambition & Technical Complexity.

Here are some tips based on what judges will be looking for:

  • Be creative and engaging — see some ideas above
  • Clearly define the problem (and target users for whom) you sought to solve
  • Really take some time to prepare. This is one of the reasons there is an hour between the submission deadline and check-in!

Judging

An array of professors from the CS, design, and engineering departments will be joining us on Sunday to watch project presentations and assess them in the categories mentioned above.

To ensure a fair point count, judge evaluations will be tabulated and averaged.

Event organizers will not participate directly in judging — with the exception of any tiebreakers — but may adjust points as needed.

Prizes

All teammates of the winning teams will receive the prizes below:

1st Place    >> $100                Semester access to club AI resources                Discord Nitro                Recognition on compsigh platforms2nd Place    >> $50                Discord Nitro                Recognition on compsigh platforms3rd Place    >> $25                Recognition on compsigh platformsPPL'S CHOICE >> Cat-shaped pillow 🐱
1st Place
  • $100
  • Semester access to club AI resources
  • Discord Nitro
  • Recognition on compsigh platforms

    • 2nd Place
  • $50
  • Discord Nitro
  • Recognition on compsigh platforms

    • 3rd Place
  • $25
  • Recognition on compsigh platforms

    • PPL'S CHOICE
  • Cat-shaped pillow 🐱

    • Prize distribution will take place after the event.

    Agenda

    Friday, November 17th • The Hive (Harney 1st Floor)

    6pm     — Check-in6:30pm  — Opening Keynote7pm     — Dinner & LFG8pm     — Registration Deadline11pm    — Team Declaration Deadline
    6pm
  • Check-in

    • 6:30pm
  • Opening Keynote

    • 7pm
  • Dinner & LFG

    • 8pm
  • Registration Deadline

    • 11pm
  • Team Declaration Deadline

    • Saturday, November 18th • LS 103

    10am    — Mario Kart12pm    — Just Dance2pm     — Super Smash BrosTBD     — Kahoot
    10am
  • Mario Kart

    • 12pm
  • Just Dance

    • 2pm
  • Super Smash Bros

    • TBD
  • Kahoot

    • Sunday, November 19th • McLaren Conference Center

    11:30am — Project Submission Deadline12pm    — Check-in12:30pm — Presentations Begin1:30pm  — Intermission2pm     — Presentations Continue3pm     — Closing Keynote // Results Announced
    11:30am
  • Project Submission Deadline

    • 12pm
  • Check-in

    • 12:30pm
  • Presentations Begin

    • 1:30pm
  • Intermission

    • 2pm
  • Presentations Continue

    • 3pm
  • Closing Keynote
  • Results Announced

    • Check-in

    During check-in on Friday, we'll ask for:

    • Your Hacker ID, which you'll see on the console after registering
    • A picture of you — this is for presentations on Sunday, but let us know if you wouldn't be comfortable doing this

    Breakout Spaces

    These rooms will be available throughout the weekend for teams to work in:

    • LS 103
    • LS 209
    • LS 210
    • LS 303
    • UC 402/403
    • UC 4th Floor Lounge

    Resources

    Whether it's your first-ever hackathon, or you're a seasoned hacker, we hope you'll enjoy the event. To get the most out of the experience, here are some pieces of advice compsigh members have contributed:

    Challenge yourself: in 72 hours, I learned more about React & Next.js than I did in the 3 months prior. Don't be scared to pick a stack you're not familiar with. You'll learn more than you think.

    Don't be afraid to mess up or not having something functioning as long as you took something out of it!

    Go in with a plan to learn, and have fun. It's a good place to network, meet new people, and explore different opportunities as well.

    Check out GitHub's design system for hackathons.

    Document your process! Not just for the presentations, but for the camera roll too. :)