2 months ago
Judging Complete!
Judging is officially complete for the CSC Summer Impactathon! Go to the CSC Summer Impactathon gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all the submissions. Thank you to everyone who built, submitted, judged, supported, and followed the Impactathon. With 196 builders and 104 projects, this became far bigger than we imagined when we started and was a dream to host.
Congratulations to our winners:
🥇 Gold - NakshaBot
🥈 Silver - Explainify
🥉 Bronze - Stoolum
Honorable Mentions
SONAR · XRPLOT · ClearRoute · Ghost Watt · Umbra City
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon,…
2 months ago
CSC Summer Impactathon Certificate Info
We are offering certificates for the CSC Summer Impactathon!
Award certificates will be sent directly to all winners. If you participated in the Impactathon and would like a participation certificate, please email us at [email protected] or ask us on Discord.
Thank you again for being part of the CSC Summer Impactathon!
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon, please email [email protected] or ask them on Discord.
2 months ago
CSC Summer Impactathon: Thank You & Stay Connected
And that's a wrap on the CSC Summer Impactathon: 196 builders, 104 projects.
Thank you to every participant who brought an idea to life, every judge who gave their time, and everyone who supported and shared the event. Whether you won an award, submitted your first project, or simply tried something new, we hope you leave with something worth continuing.
We will be highlighting winning projects and more from the Impactathon on our Instagram, so follow along to see what the community built.
You can also join our Discord to stay connected with CSC, meet other builders, share your…
3 months ago
Late Award Opt-In Grace Period
We’ve received a few questions from participants who submitted their projects on time but may have missed the award opt-in. To make sure everyone has the same opportunity, submitted projects may request to opt in for award consideration until 11:59 PM PT today, August 11.
To opt in, please email us before the deadline with:
- Your project name
- A statement that you would like to opt in for award consideration
This grace period is only for award opt-in. Projects must already have been submitted by the original hackathon deadline, and no other changes to submissions will be considered.
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3 months ago
Judging Begins
Submissions for the CSC Summer Impactathon are now closed.
Winners are scheduled to be announced on August 17 at 8:00 a.m. PDT.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to identify a local problem, develop an idea, learn new skills, and build something to address it.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon, please email [email protected] or ask them on Discord.
3 months ago
Less Than 12 Hours Left: Opt In to Awards
Less than 12 hours remain in the CSC Summer Impactathon!
Right now, only about 60% of submitted projects have opted in to be considered for an award. If you want your project to be eligible for the Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Honorable Mention awards, make sure you select the award option(s) when submitting.
Opting in is completely optional, but projects that do not opt in cannot receive an award. Please also make sure you agree with the award eligibility requirements listed in the Prizes section.
Good luck finishing your projects, and thank you for all the incredible submissions so far!
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3 months ago
Reminder: AI Use Disclosure & Awards
Please include a brief AI Use Disclosure in your project description, even if it is only one or two sentences explaining which AI tools you used and how you used them. If you did not use AI, simply state that.
Also, remember to opt in to award consideration when submitting if you agree to the requirements listed in the Prizes section. Opting in is optional, but required to be eligible for awards.
Thank you for the amazing amount of support so far. We hope to end the Summer Impactathon on a high note!
Questions?
If you have any questions…
3 months ago
3 Days Remaining
There are only 3 days left to complete your submission!
Before the deadline:
- Publish your project rather than leaving it only as a draft
- Test every submitted link another window
- Make sure judges can clearly understand the problem, solution, and demonstration
- Include your tools, technologies, and AI-use disclosure
- Confirm that all team members have been added
- Select the applicable awards you would like to be considered for
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon, please email [email protected] or ask them on Discord.
3 months ago
The Final Week Is Here: Submission Checklist
Submissions close at 12:00 a.m. PDT on August 10. Before submitting, please make sure your project includes:
- A clear explanation of the local problem you are addressing and who it affects
- An explanation of what your project does and how it works
- A demo link, website, video, screenshots, photos, or another way for judges to understand the project
- A list of the tools, technologies, APIs, datasets, hardware, and AI tools used
- An AI-use disclosure explaining which AI tools you used and what you used them for
- All team member names
- Source code, build…
3 months ago
Reminder: Opt In to Awards Before Submitting
If you would like your project to be considered for the CSC Impact Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Honorable Mention Award, make sure you select the applicable prize(s) in the Sponsor / Special Prizes section of your Devpost submission.
Opting in is always optional, but projects selected for these awards must meet the prize requirements, which generally include keeping the project publicly viewable and allowing CSC to feature/promote the project. For the full requirements, please see the Prizes section on the Devpost page.
If you have already submitted, you can still edit your submission and opt in before the submission deadline.
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3 months ago
Judging Panel Update
We are excited to welcome Sarvesh Gupta, Consulting Member of Technical Staff at Oracle America, to the CSC Summer Impactathon judging panel.
With experience across distributed systems, cloud platforms, data infrastructure, and AI, Sarvesh will bring an industry technical perspective to the final stage of judging, where he will review and provide feedback for the five finalist projects.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the hackathon, please email us at [email protected].