Hackaholics 5.0
February 26, 2023 · 3:30 AM - 11:30 AM @ Colombo 07, UCSC Building Complex, 35 Reid Ave, Colombo 07
Description
Hackaholics 5.0 is a Girls’ Only Hackathon organized by the IEEE WIE Student Branch Affinity Group of UCSC, which was held for the fifth consecutive year. The purpose of this event is to provide female undergraduates with an opportunity to discuss some critical issues in our society and come up with the best solutions. As an Ideathon, this event helps build cooperation, collaboration, and coordination among participants. The event began with a virtual scholarship awareness session for all undergraduates across the country to give them exposure to the scholarships. This event consisted of two rounds. Following the awareness workshop, teams of three students from the same university were able to submit proposals for the initial round. The final 10 teams were chosen from them. The finalists participated in the final round, which took place physically on February 26th, 2023. The final 10 teams were chosen by the judging panel consisting of lectures, and the final round winners were chosen by the judging panel consisting of industry experts. Winning teams were awarded cash prizes. Objectives Encourage and motivate women in technology. Inspire the participants to take a risk. Enhance the participants to understand their potential. Provide an opportunity for students to improve and demonstrate their development skills. The participants will apply for scholarships and internship programs that are capable of shaping their careers. Impact from the event Increase the creativity and innovativeness of female undergraduates in UCSC. Time limitations force the participants to come up with creative yet actionable solutions. It helps the participants to build a bridge to the developer community. It assists the participants to understand their skills and capabilities and widen their perspective. Finding and solving problems in the real world through computing. The participants are introduced to available scholarships and internship programs. Awareness Session For students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees, a variety of organizations offer scholarships. Scholarships such as GHC and WTM are offered to women who are undergraduates and above. The internship programs offered by Outreachy are for people subjected to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technology industry where they are living. This awareness session is for all undergraduates to make them aware of these kinds of scholarships and internship programs. This was held on the 23rd of December 2022 from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. with 100+ university undergraduates via Zoom.
Agenda
9.00 am - 9.10 am Event Commencement 9.10 am - 9.20 am Welcome Speech 9.20 am - 9.30 am Into the Hackaholics World 9.30 am -10.00 am Prepare for Pitching 10.00 am -12.10 pm It's Pitching Time 12.10 pm -12.50 pm Lunch Break 12.50 pm -1.00 pm Announcing the finalists 1.00 pm - 2.15 pm Task Completion and Pitch Preparation 2.15 pm - 3.55 pm Pitching Game On 3.55 pm - 4.10 pm Snack Time 4.10 am - 4.25 pm You bring the talent, we bring the judgment 4.25 pm - 5.00 pm Award Ceremony 5.00 pm - 5.10 pm Closing Ceremony