QHacks 2018 is back for another year of collaboration, ideation, and creativity! More than 500 students from across North America will come together on February 2nd-4th for a weekend of awesome hacking. Attend workshops, play with hardware, take part in hacker challenges, and meet some new friends while turning your dreams into reality. Out-of-the-box thinkers, creatives, and innovators from all faculties and skill levels are encouraged to apply. We can't wait to see you there!
Eligibility
Any college or university student at any skill level! All you need is a passion for design/data/tech, and a willingness to learn! We welcome applicants from all fields of study.
Unfortunately we cannot accept any high school students to our event as result of liability issues within our school. We are sorry if this disappoints anyone but we encourage you to apply when you done high school.
Prizes
$14,900 in prizes
QHacks Finalists
(4)
The top teams at QHacks will be awarded the following. Each member of a winning team can choose one of the following:
- Nintendo Switch Console
- Xbox One S Console
- PS4 Console
- Apple AirPods
- Audio Technica M50x
- Sennheiser HD 598
- Hoverzon S Electric Hoverboard
- Polaroid Drone
- Rasberry Pi Kit
- Asus Chromebook C202SA
- $300 Amazon Gift Card
- Monoprice MP Select Mini 3D Printer
In addition to this each member will be given an official MLH finalist medal!
StdLib Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive Nintendo Switch consoles!
Awarded for best use of StdLib API.
Kwikee Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive Google Homes and swag in addition to an internship opportunity!
Awarded for best way to extract product info and packaging details from hi-res photos. Attributes can include, tagging, brand, colour, nutrient/ingredient info etc.
Sun Life Financial Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive $50 Amazon Gift Cards.
Awarded as a prize for the SunLife Scavenger Hunt.
TELUS Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive an Amazon Echo, a $100 Best Buy gift card and an invitation to a Telus Innovation Centre!
Awarded for best Long-Range IoT Hack.
Deloitte Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive Google Home Minis!
Awarded to the team with the best pitch!
Microsoft Prize
(2)
Each member of the winning team will receive an Acer VR Headset!
Awarded for best app integrating one of the following Microsoft products/services: Microsoft API, Microsoft Azure cloud, Hololens/Microsoft Mixed Reality.
IBM Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive a LiteHawk BURST Quadcopter Drone with Camera!
Awarded for best use of Watson APIs.
Scotiabank Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive a WASD Mechanical Keyboard and Google Cloud Platform credits!
Awarded for best use of AI/Machine Learning tools.
TD Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive $50 in cash!
Awarded to team with the best "green" hack.
Avanade Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive Amazon Echo Dots!
Awarded for best developer too.
RBC Prize
(2)
Each member of the winning team will receive $50 Amazon gift cards in addition to a guaranteed interview for a co-op/summer student position at RBC in the role for Process Automation within the Digital Cheque Processing Team.
Awarded for best use of Process Automation and Robotics.
Queen's Master of Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship Prize
(2)
The winning teams will be rewarded with a $250 Amazon gift card to be divided amongst team members.
.TECH Domains Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive $75 Amazon Gift Cards!
Awarded to best hack hosted using a .TECH domain.
Indico Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive $500 worth of API credits!
Awarded for best use of Indico's machine learning API.
RLSolutions Prize
Each member of the winning team will receive a drone!
Awarded for the best improvement of the walk-in waiting room experience.
Balsamiq Prize
Each member of the winning team will get access to the Balsamiq Cloud Platform in addition to Sketch licenses!
Awarded for the best designed hack!
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
$30 Amazon Gift Card
Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device
DragonBoard 410C for each team member
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Keith Horwood
Founder and CEO - StdLib
Olivier Giner
Vice President and Principle - iGan Partners
Mike Welsh
Head of Mobile Engineering - Ritual
Jason Miller
Software Engineer - Google
Jessica Bredschneider
Kingston Chapter Lead - Ladies Learning Code
James Simpson
Software Engineer - IBM
Zak Hemraj
Co-Founder and CEO - Loopio
Alvin Xu
Arfront Technologies - AR Developer
Enoch Tam
Software Engineer - Nest
Dana Lee
Software Engineer - Spotify
Pablo Eder
CEO - Lani Labs
Damon Richardson
CTO - PropertySpark
Mike King
Director (Strategic Accounts) - iTMethods
Matas Sriubiskis
CEO - RockMass Technologies
Derek Vogt
Co-Founder and CTO - Mosaic
Robin Dawes
Associate Professor - Queen's Computing
Julie Driver
Founder - ARtefactVR
Judging Criteria
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Technicality
What type of technical challenges did the group deal with? -
Uniqueness
Is the project a unique, breakthrough, or innovative idea that pushes beyond the problem to be solved? -
Design
Does the output possess remarkable, clean overall design that engages users? Is the user interface efficient and easy to use? -
Practicality
How useful is this demo based on the problem they are trying to solve? -
Wow Factor
Are you blown away by what you see? -
Note:
The potential for your hack to become a company/startup will receive no special consideration. You are not allowed to use a powerpoint/slides during judging; you must do a live demo of what you made.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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