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Welcome to the International Women's Hackathon presented by Women in Information and Computer Sciences (WICS) and sponsored by Microsoft.

Come join us on November 15th at YOUR DBH 6011 to create technology innovations to help solve world problems and make a difference! 

You’ll work in teams with other women (and men) to build something amazing (or at least get it started), pitch your solution, and share it with the world via Challenge Post. Not only will you learn a ton, but you’ll also earn Skype minutes and other prizes, gain the admiration of family and friends. You can also choose to compete in the Imagine Cup.

Participation to the Hackathon is FREE.

This event is open to participants of all skill levels: those who haven’t programmed at all, those who are programming geniuses, those who have an eye in design and even product management. It will be a great weekend to learn, invent, and create the future. But not only that, you can use your innovative idea and enter into Microsoft's Imagine Cup! We will give you more information on this as time comes!

Check out our Facebook event for regular updates: 
International Women's Hackathon

Eligibility

You are a student who self-identifies as female, at least 16 years of age, and are actively enrolled at an accredited educational institution that grants high-school or college/university degrees and involved in activities to support more females in STEM 

If you're a male student and you want to attend this hackathon, you MUST bring a female student with you. This is so we can keep the gender ratios appropriate to the mission of this hackathon.

*Please note that everybody is welcome to join, but only female students are eligible to win a prize.

Requirements

Registration for this hackathon is only open to any person who self-identifies as female and attends the hackathon in person or if a male student that is brought by a female participant. We will only admit people who have registered on this site.

You can work on any idea that that attempts to solve problems of the world.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

2 non-cash prizes
Skypers
12 winners

$10 Skype Gift Card

Juicers
5 winners

$10 Jamba Juice Gift Cards

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

When you’re ready to enter your submission, go to the http://winfoiwh2014ucirvine.challengepost.com/ homepage and click CREATE A SUBMISSION. You can also start this process and save a draft of your submission as you’re working on it.

  • Make sure to include good screenshots.
  • Write a clear, detailed description of your application.
  • Include the link to the prototype demo
  • Include instructions on how to use your app(demo).
  • We recommend not creating presentation slides, but instead focusing all your time on creating a functioning demo.
  • On the submission form, list all your team members by their ChallengePost user name.

Judges

Christine Matheney

Christine Matheney
Developer Evangelist at Microsoft

Angela Li

Angela Li
Women in Information and Computer Sciences (WICS)

Judging Criteria

  • Appropriateness to Theme (40 points)
    Full points if the solution addresses the challenge & takes other factors or information into account
  • User Experience & Functionality (20 possible points)
    Full points if the solution intuitive & high depth of functionality
  • Originality & Impact (20 possible points)
    Full points if it is an innovative solution and has large scale impact.
  • Technical difficulty (20 possible points)
    Up to 20 points for a high technical challenge

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