January 25-26, 2020
Texas A&M University
Connect with hackers!
Connect with hackers!
*Free in unmarked spaces EXCEPT Saturday, 12:30PM - 3:30PM will charge $5 for each entry during that time due to a basketball game.
*Main hacking location will be in the Bethancourt Ballroom (room 2300), quiet hacking in room 2400, and workshops in West Wing
*While you do not have to sleep at the MSC, if you leave the venue after 12AM, you cannot re-enter until 7AM.
Hackathon 101
Room 2502 | TAMUhack
Three Powerful Google Cloud Products for Your Project
Room 2500 | Google Cloud
Crash Course: Hackathon Project to Funded Startup
Room 2501 | Contrary
Day in the Life of a Software Dev
Room 2502 | State Farm
Intro to Containerization Using Docker
Room 2500 | USAA
Programming with RESTful API: How to Interact with Servers at Scale Using Python
Room 2500 | HPE
Fireside Panel with American Airlines Head of Emerging Technologies
Room 2500 | American Airlines
Breakout Session: Fly the Drone!
Room 2502 | PwC
Starting a MongoDB Container
Room 2500 | Southwest Airlines
Recruiting Panel/Tech Event
Room 2500 | JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Airplane Throwing Competition
Check-in Area | American Airlines
How Machine Learning is Driving PropTech
Room 2500 | CBRE
Women in Computer Science/Ladies Storm Hackathons Meet-Up
Room 2500 | AWiCS/LSH
Gartner Chatbot Workshop
Room 2501 | Gartner
Workshop
Food
Mini-Event
More details can be found on our 2020 Devpost.
iPads (Latest Gen) + Apple Pencil
Glorious GMMK Keyboards
Philips Hue White LED Smart Button Starter Kits + Echo Dot (3rd Gen)
Nintendo Switches + Mario Kart 8 Download
Logitech MX Master 2S Wireless Mouses
JBL Charge 3s
Bose QC 35-2s + Fitbit Inspires
DJI Tello Drones + Extra Battery
$20 Visa Giftcard
iPads (Latest Gen) + Apple Pencil
Nintendo Switches + Mario Kart 8 Download
Bose QC 35-2s + Fitbit Inspires
Glorious GMMK Keyboards
Logitech MX Master 2S Wireless Mouses
DJI Tello Drones + Extra Battery
Philips Hue White LED Smart Button Starter Kits + Echo Dot (3rd Gen)
JBL Charge 3s
1st Place — 50,000 AAdvantage miles, one round trip international or two round trip within the US
2nd Place — 35,000 AAdvantage miles, one round trip US, Canada or Mexico
3rd Place — 25,000 AAdvantage miles, one round trip US
Thousands of people fly American each and every day. This awesome responsibility opens the door to incredible opportunities. Help us elevate the customer travel experience, boost operational efficiences and employee performance (baggage handling, gate agents, etc.), or enhance American's brand image with your innovative hacks!
Apple AirPod Pros
Build a solution that would help the Australian public or government with the current bush fires. Use any technology to provide the information needed to be safe.
Gartner-branded Weekender Bundles
Challenging Chatbot Challenge
By 2020, 85% of our engagement with businesses will be done without interacting with another human. Instead, we'll be using self-service options and chatbots.
Our research concludes that the future of technology will yield advancements in automation where chatbots will be the norm for user engagement. We challenge any willing attendees to participate and have an active role in this ongoing evolution!
Objectives:
1st Place — Nintendo Switch Lite
2nd Place — Apple Airpods
3rd Place — Google Home Minis
Given the dataset, can you come up with an Application, Visualization, Machine Learning Model, or anything you may want to learn, to help State Farm to get more people to “Live Life Confidently”.
More details for the challenge can be found here. The full State Farm dataset can be accessed here.
$50 Amazon Gift Cards
Hack that best helps serve the Bryan/College Station community
One-on-one meeting with Contrary Capital founder Eric Tarczynski
Most business viable hack
All participants get a free year of Voiceflow Business!
Bose SoundLink Wireless Headphones
Information on Accessibility: Develop a web or mobile app that helps incentivize people – with and without disabilities – to provide more structured information on accessible spaces.
1st Place — Apple Airpods with Wireless Charging Case
Most Impact — Tello Drone Quadcopter Elite Combo
Breakout Session (Fly the Drone) — Tello Drone Quadcopter Elite Combo
We believe that technology, when used responsibly, can be a force for good. We challenge you to live out our purpose and hack for the future by developing a prototype that addresses one of these major societal challenges:
$50 Gift Cards
Best hack to build an efficient building with healthier indoor climates and user convenience
Nintendo Switch Lites
1/5th of US adults have never traveled on a commercial airline, and only 1/3rd of US adults have flow in the past year. Create a product that makes the air travel experience easier for those who don’t travel often or at all.
Google Home Minis
Best mobile app (either native or a multi-platform framework)
Exclusive Lunch + Tour at Baker Hughes Headquarters & Super Swag Bags
Create an innovative solution to how you would take energy forward that supports one or more of our core values: Grow, Collaborate, Lead, and Care.
Wolfram | One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram | Alpha Pro to Top 40 Teams
Best hack using Wolfram | One.
For more information on how to compete in this challenge, click here.
1st Place — Google Nest Mini, Cloud Patagonia Backpack, Cloud Pillow, Acrylic Trophy, and Cloud Water Bottle
2nd Place — Google Nest Mini
3rd Place — Google Home Mini
Best use of Google Cloud
Use any Google Cloud product in your project (Firebase counts!) to be eligible.
1st Place — 50,000 AAdvantage miles, one round trip international or two round trip within the US
2nd Place — 35,000 AAdvantage miles, one round trip US, Canada or Mexico
3rd Place — 25,000 AAdvantage miles, one round trip US
Thousands of people fly American each and every day. This awesome responsibility opens the door to incredible opportunities. Help us elevate the customer travel experience, boost operational efficiences and employee performance (baggage handling, gate agents, etc.), or enhance American's brand image with your innovative hacks!
Bose SoundLink Wireless Headphones
Information on Accessibility: Develop a web or mobile app that helps incentivize people – with and without disabilities – to provide more structured information on accessible spaces.
Apple AirPod Pros
Build a solution that would help the Australian public or government with the current bush fires. Use any technology to provide the information needed to be safe
1st Place — Apple Airpods with Wireless Charging Case
Most Impact — Tello Drone Quadcopter Elite Combo
Breakout Session (Fly the Drone) — Tello Drone Quadcopter Elite Combo
We believe that technology, when used responsibly, can be a force for good. We challenge you to live out our purpose and hack for the future by developing a prototype that addresses one of these major societal challenges:
Gartner-branded Weekender Bundles
Challenging Chatbot Challenge
By 2020, 85% of our engagement with businesses will be done without interacting with another human. Instead, we'll be using self-service options and chatbots.
Our research concludes that the future of technology will yield advancements in automation where chatbots will be the norm for user engagement. We challenge any willing attendees to participate and have an active role in this ongoing evolution!
Objectives:
$50 Gift Cards
Best Hack to build an efficient building with healthier indoor climates and user convenience
1st Place - Nintendo Switch Lite
2nd Place - Apple Airpods
3rd Place - Google Home Minis
Given the dataset, can you come up with an Application, Visualization, Machine Learning Model, or anything you may want to learn, to help State Farm to get more people to “Live Life Confidently”.
More details for the challenge can be found here. The full State Farm dataset can be accessed here.
Nintendo Switch Lites
1/5th of US adults have never traveled on a commercial airline, and only 1/3rd of US adults have flow in the past year. Create a product that makes the air travel experience easier for those who don’t travel often or at all.
XBOX/4 Rasberry Pis
API challenge
Google Home Minis
Best mobile app (either native or a multi-platform framework)
$50 Amazon Gift Cards
Hack that best helps serve the Bryan/College Station community
Exclusive Lunch + Tour at Baker Hughes Headquarters & Super Swag Bags
Create an innovative solution to how you would take energy forward that supports one or more of our core values: Grow, Collaborate, Lead, and Care.
One-on-one meeting with Contrary Capital founder Eric Tarczynski
Most business viable hack
All participants get a free year of Voiceflow Business!
Wolfram | One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram | Alpha Pro to Top 40 Teams
Best hack using Wolfram | One
For more information on how to compete in this challenge, click here.
1st Place — Google Nest Mini, Cloud Patagonia Backpack, Cloud Pillow, Acrylic Trophy, and Cloud Water Bottle
2nd Place — Google Nest Mini
3rd Place — Google Home Mini
Best use of Google Cloud
Use any Google Cloud product in your project (Firebase counts!) to be eligible.
Any graduate/undergraduate student who is at least 18. Regardless of your experience, education, or background, as long as you are excited about learning, building, and having fun, we’d love for you to attend.
NOTE
We are able to admit minors only if they are accompanied by a college student (18+) who is planning on participating in the hackathon. Have additional questions? Email us at highschool@tamuhack.com
Nothing. Nada. Zilch. It's completely free for all accepted hackers. To make it even better, we'll throw in a ton of swag, food, WiFi, workspaces, and caffeine while you're here.
Teams are limited to 4 hackers. You don’t need to have a team before the event or have one at all, but hacking with friends is more fun! There will be plenty of time after the opening ceremony to form teams if you don't have one yet.
We will be providing gas reimbursement of up to $25 on a case by case basis to those that drive to TAMUhack from outside of College Station. Receipt required.
Please bring a valid student ID in addition to anything that would help you with creating your hack or making you comfortable. A laptop, charger, mouse, keyboard, hardware, light jacket, and any hygienic products should be helpful. Don't bring anything you wouldn't bring on an airplane.
Spaces—don't tabs make you practically unhirable?
Absolutely zero! We want you here because you have a passion for creating, not because you’re the most experienced hacker on the block. We’ll have lots of resources including workshops and a bunch of mentors to help beginners get started. There will also be plenty of people to learn from and help out!
We are looking for novices, experts, and everyone in between. In fact, we aim to have a very diverse set of of hackers who can show their passion for creation and learning.
Of course! We will have workshops running throughout the whole event. We will release the complete schedule on the website closer to the event.
What a great question! Check out the MLH Code of Conduct. Although we're all here to have fun, we want to create a safe environment for every hacker.
Yes! In addition to the MLH hardware lab, we have our own custom hardware available.
Email us with any questions, comments, concerns at hello@tamuhack.com.
Interested in sponsoring? Reach out to us at sponsor@tamuhack.com
At TAMUhack, teams spend the weekend working on innovative software and hardware solutions to real-world problems in a community full of mentorship.
We'll provide you with all the resources and mentors you need to work on something cool. You'll have the freedom to create a product, learn new skills or just have fun working on a project with friends. We'll also provide all the free food and free swag—just be sure to bring plenty of resumes for all of the awesome sponsors and mentors you'll meet! Check them out below!
