Hack U at IIT Bombay 2017
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[Hack Time]March 25th 2017 (Sat), 9:00 am ~ March 25th 2017 (Sat) 9 pm
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[Presentation, Demo, Award Ceremony]March 26th 2017 (Sun) 9:00 am ~ 12:30 pm
What is Hack U at IIT Bombay 2017？
Hack U is an event conducted by Yahoo! JAPAN exclusively for students from various universities all over the world.
Students get a platform to develop their innovative ideas and showcase their talent.
We, here at Yahoo! JAPAN are interested in providing support to students to accomplish their ideas and making this a fun-filled and knowledge sharing event.
This time we are excited to have it at IITB!!
Event Outline
| Schedule | Hack Time : March 25th (Sat), 9:00 AM ~ 25th (Sat), 9:00 PM Presentation & Demo : March 26th (Sun) 9:00 AM ~ Noon |
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| Venue | Inside IITB Campus. LH101 |
| Eligibility | Registration Link : http://hacku-iitb2017.peatix.com A student can be a member of only one team * Registration is limited to first 50 teams only |
| Team Size | 2 - 5 Members |
| Prizes | Best Hack : Japan Tour Yahoo! Prize (Most Creative Hack) : 15K INR Amazon Gift Card Tech Prize (Best Tech Hack) : 15K INR Amazon Gift Card |
| Evaluation Criteria |
All Decisions made by the judges will be final. |
| Judges | Corporate Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Mobile Officer, Shin Murakami Search Engineer, Harsh Prasad Search Engineer, Anup Naik |
| Sponsor | Yahoo Japan Corporation |
| Hashtag | #hacku |
Rules
Regarding Participants:
- Participant should be a NON-FINAL YEAR student of IIT Bombay *
- Students of all branches/specialties are welcome to participate.
Regarding Team:
- Team size 2 ~ 5 members.
- A student can be a member of only one team.
Regarding Idea/Prototype:
- There is no restriction on the theme. You are free to develop any idea which can be anything ranging from software, hardware, or a business model. But there should be some kind of programming involved. A working prototype is required to qualify for the prize.
- Idea should be original. Hacks created in past do not qualify.
- Intellectual property rights will be retained by the team/developer.
- However, Yahoo! JAPAN reserves the rights to photograph the event, distribute the event contents and post them online. Such content includes photographs, presentations, videos, etc.
- Any case of plagiarism will result in disqualification.
Regarding Presentation:
- Idea/Prototype need to be explained in a manner that the judges can understand easily by means of presentation, demo, skit, etc.
- Each team will be given 3 minutes to present their work. Presentation time may change based on the number of teams.
- There will be a demo exhibition before or after the presentations, where all the teams need to exhibit their ideas/prototype.
Regarding Development:
- You may use any development environment/language (can use external paid servers also).
- However the costs incurred for the development of the Hack will not be borne by Yahoo! JAPAN.
- You may use APIs other than that of Yahoo! JAPAN, but please be careful with the licenses.
- We encourage you to be present at the venue as much as possible.
- Development needs to be done during the given period only, although you can decide on the ideas and investigate on the technical aspects before the development period.
Regarding Prize:
- The Grand Prize is a trip to Japan.
- More details about the prize will be updated later.
* As per the Placement Cell guidelines, Final Year Students are not entitled to participate.
* Yahoo! JAPAN reserves the right to alter any of the above rules or prizes at its discretion without prior notice.