DEPLOY/24
Social Hive (Harney First Floor)
Friday, November 08
Sunday, November 10
Social Hive (Harney First Floor)
Friday, November 08 – Sunday, November 10
compsigh's second annual hackathon, and our biggest event of the semester. A not-to-miss, hype weekend for meeting cool people && building cool things.
Eligibility
DEPLOY/24 is geared towards CS and our friends from other creative areas of study like design, engineering, and E&I, but all USF students are welcome and encouraged to participate!
Anyone is welcome to come hang out and hack, but only USF students who register for the event will be eligible to win.
Participants can form teams of 1–4.
All team members must be on stage on presentation day to be eligible to win.
| Deadline | Closes |
|---|---|
| Registration | November 08, 08:00pm |
| Team Formation | November 08, 11:59pm |
| Project Submission | November 10, 11:30am |
Submissions
Only one team member has to submit the project on behalf of the team.
Project submissions are not limited to a theme — build whatever you like! Common project formats:
- Mobile app
- Desktop app
- Applet
- Game
- Web app
- Website
- Open source contribution
- Hardware/robotics
Please do not start actively building your project (brainstorming is great though) 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! What worked? What didn't? How would you continue to develop the project?
Presentations
- Your team presents: 5 minutes
- Judges ask questions: 2 minutes
- Audience asks questions: 2 minutes
You're welcome to spend your presentation time in whichever way you see fit. We highly encourage creative presentation formats! Some ideas:
- Audience interaction
- Fictitious product launch trailer
- Skit between users and problem solvers
In your presentation, please make sure your team members' roles in bringing the project to life are clearly articulated.
How to win
Teams can earn a People's Choice, 3rd, 2nd, or 1st Place victory.
An array (lol) of professors — primarily from computer science — will be joining us on Sunday to judge presentations.
Event organizers will not participate directly in judging — with the exception of any tiebreakers — but may adjust points as needed.
Here is the full rubric judges will be using:
| Criterion | Points |
|---|---|
| Despite the time limit, the team showcased their effort in creating a polished solution, with attention to detail and user experience. | 4 |
| The team presented their project in a creative and engaging way. | 4 |
| The team defined the problem they sought to solve, identifying a clear and focused target user, need, and context. | 4 |
| The team showcased their prototype solution, mentioning whether or not they accomplished their goal. If the project was incomplete, the team mentioned what worked, what didn't, and how the team would continue to develop the project. | 4 |
| The team took on an ambitious challenge, through the scale & scope of the problem, their tech stack, or otherwise impressive medium. | 4 |
Points will be weighed based on the average grade level of your team.
For example:
- All 4th-year team: 1.00x multiplier: 16.0 → 16.0 out of 20 points
- All 3rd-year team: 1.10x multiplier: 16.0 → 17.6 out of 20 points
- All 2nd-year team: 1.15x multiplier: 16.0 → 18.4 out of 20 points
- All 1st-year team: 1.20x multiplier: 16.0 → 19.2 out of 20 points
- One out of each: 1.1125x multiplier: 16.0 → 17.8 out of 20 points
Prizes
| First place |
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| Second place |
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| Third place |
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Agenda
Click to add DEPLOY/24 to your calendar!
Friday, November 08
| 06:00pm | Doors open, check-in & late registration begins |
| 06:30pm | Opening keynote |
| 07:00pm | Dinner & looking-for-group begins |
| 08:00pm | Registration deadline |
| 11:59pm | Team formation deadline |
Saturday, November 09
| 11:00am – 04:00pm | Office hours: chill social, light lunch, and getting help/advice from organizers/other teams on React & Next.js, design, presentations, and other topics of interest |
Sunday, November 10
| 11:30am | Project submission deadline |
| 12:00pm | Lunch & presentation day check-in begins |
| 01:00pm | Presentations begin |
| 02:00pm | Intermission |
| 02:20pm | Presentations continue |
| 04:00pm | Closing keynote; results announced |
Breakout Spaces
These rooms will be available throughout the weekend for teams to work in:
- LS 103
- LS 209
- LS 210
- LS 303
- LS 307
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. :)