LancerHacks VI is the sixth annual twelve-hour hackathon organized by SFHacks, the student-led programming club at Saint Francis High School. In partnership with the school, LancerHacks will take place in person on Saturday, February 11, 2023, and will host approximately 150 students from local high schools.

Each year we pick a carefully thought out theme. This year the theme for LancerHacks VI is “Upside Down.” We encourage attendees to think outside the box and reimagine the future by taking a disruptive leap instead of the same old thing. Feel free to interpret the prompt however you want -- get creative!

Supplementing the main project-development element of the hackathon through a variety of challenges and events, LancerHacks will continue to emphasize collaboration among attendees, mentorship by peers and industry experts, attendance at speaker sessions and workshops, and expanding the traditional understanding of computer science and its various daily-life applications.

We encourage interested students with all levels of expertise to attend the event to experience how the power of computer science can be leveraged in numerous fields and how this potential is enhanced when one applies a creative and personal touch. The underlying message of LancerHacks is that computer science is for everyone: it is not just for one type of person; it requires a variety of perspectives, an ability to think outside of the box, and a level of social awareness to identify communities that have the potential to improve in the field of computer science. www.lancerhacks.com

Requirements

Build any profile or solution to a problem. We encourage you to get creative and tie it with our theme this year!

  • Technical Presentation
    Is the project insightful, comprehensible, and professional? Does it show technical complexity?
  • Usability
    5 -> Final product is demonstrated as easy to use and functional Are there any bugs? Are they minor? Is product understandable? What is the level of functionality of the code?
  • Creativity
    5 -> New, fresh idea, solves or brings light to a previously unidentified problem, displays a cohesive mix of various topics/fields
  • Alignment with the Theme
    Does the project convey an understanding of contributing to advancement in a particular field in the future? Is it creative in doing so?

 

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Prizes

$12,020 in prizes

First Place

First-place participants win a Slingshot Paid Internship and Mini Drone!

Second Place

Second-place participants win an Arduino Starter Kit!

Third Place

Third-place participants win a JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth speaker!

Best Themed Hack

Best-themed hackers receive Crocheting Kit!

Best Middle School Hack

Best Middle School Hack receives a 3D Pen.

Best All-Girls Hack

Best All-Girls Hack receives a throw blanket.

Best Beginner Hack

Wolfram Alpha (7)

Best Use of CookieDB

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Yusuf Abdulghani

Yusuf Abdulghani

Lino Le Van

Lino Le Van

Anselme Le Van

Anselme Le Van

Michael Winton

Michael Winton

Amar Amarnath

Amar Amarnath

Megan Birdsong

Megan Birdsong

Vanessa Staton

Vanessa Staton

Anant Narayanan

Anant Narayanan

Dhruva Juloori

Dhruva Juloori

Shruti Parihar

Shruti Parihar

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
  • Technical Complexity
  • Usability

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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