HackRU is a 24-hour hackathon at Rutgers University. We welcome hundreds of students to join us in building awesome software and hardware projects.
Welcome to the fifteenth biannual HackRU, hosted at Rutgers University by USACS, the Undergraduate Student Alliance of Computer Scientists!
Eligibility
Students who have registered for HackRU and checked-in to the event are eligible to participate. As per MLH regulations, all hackers must currently be a student or have graduated within the last school year. All participants are only allowed to be a part of one team and submit one project. The max amount of people for a team is 4 people all being over 18 years in age. Participants will risk disqualification if they don't adhere to these guidelines.
Judges
William Crosbie
Professor
Lars Sorensen
Professor
Lars Sorensen
Professor
Rob Spectre
Sheng Wei
Professor
Carlin Au
Tools developer at Tespa
Diana Kris
infrastructure engineer at Tumblr
Douglas Rudolph
Software Engineer at Buzzfeed
Sakib Jalal
Production Engineer at Facebook
Tayna Balaraju
Former VHX director and alum
Joyce Jade Van
Technology Analyst at RBC Capital Markets
David Menendez
Professor
Rangaraj Tirumala
senior with lots of hacking expereince
Judging Criteria
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Functionality
How practical the hack is to use. -
Creativity
How original the hack is. The hack is independent from other thought, and came from unique strategy. -
Design
How the hack looks presentation wise. -
Technical Difficulty
The Technical Difficulty category encapsulates projects that exhibit a high degree of complexity.