about 5 years ago
Update- Hackathon information
Thank you for registering for Georgia Tech’s first Intellectual Property ‘hackathon’ allowing students to explore technologies available and present their ideas for applications and commercialization! As this event is approaching in less than a week, we wanted to provide you a quick update to help you prepare for it and your success.
The event will be completely virtual and asynchronous beginning Friday morning when you will receive a welcome email. The primary communication will be on Slack where you can join using this Slack Invite Link at this time. Only GT current students or recently graduated alumni (from 2018) will be allowed to participate and win cash awards.
A curated list of Intellectual Property (IP) can found on this https://sites.gatech.edu/ip-hackathon/ip-list/. If you are interested in additional IP, please see https://licensing.research.gatech.edu/technologies; if you identify any of interest at this link, please email Kenny Franklin (Office of Technology Licensing) at kenneth.franklin@industry.gatech.edu to confirm whether the technology is still active and eligible for this hackathon.
Those looking to form a team or find additional members can use the Slack channel #find-teammates, use this spreadsheet to add your name and search for others, or participate in an on-line meeting over the Gatherly platform Friday afternoon at 4PM (optional synchronous event) as a mixer to meet other participants looking to form or add to a team.
The required submission will be a 5-min video uploaded to youtube (instructions) and due 11AM on April 11. The first round judging will take place until noon the next day to narrow the list of finalists. Those finalists will then be judged by a different group with the top three winners announced on April 13th at 5PM. There will be no Q&A by any of the judges as the event will be completely asynchronous.
The judging criteria for submissions will be evaluated using the following (possibly further refined or modified before event kick-off):
Category #1: Understanding of problem and potential customer(s) needs
1- Little acknowledgment of the problem
5- Defined broadly with some market supported data
10- Clear problem definition with market data on scope, specifics on who is the customer (by job title), along with any direct feedback or evidence from potential customers validating the specifics of the problem being addressed
Category #2: Application of Intellectual Property to solve problem
1- IP is not mentioned or applicable
5- Mentions specific claims or technology without reference to relevance
10- Uses specific claims of the IP and clearly defines why it can provide a better solution and provide advantages over current solutions
Category #3: Understanding of the market
1- Little evidence that solution could be adopted regardless of investment
2- Requires significant investment with moderate impact in addressing problem
10- Provides evidence it can create significant impact and a 10x multiple of value relative to possible investment, regardless of the amount of investment needed, large or small
Category #4: Presentation
1- Presentation lacked necessary content, was disorganized, and not effective in conveying content.
5- Presentation was vague, could have used time more efficiently or effectively, and used minimal visual aids
10- Presentation was clear and concise with engaging content to explain why it can solve problem
Please direct any questions to 1bhackathon@groups.gatech.edu or Tamesha Squire <tamesha.squire@ece.gatech.edu>.