First Place Overall
Awarded to the team whose project contains exceptional complexity, design, utility, and polish.
Second Place Overall
Awarded to the team whose project exhibits a high level of complexity, design, utility, and polish.
Sentinel: Cyber Security
Awarded to the team whose project has best proven to ethically break into complex systems and/or withstand known methods of targeted cyber attacks.
Reclaimer: Sustainability
Awarded to the team whose project best contributes to the betterment of the environment and/or promotes an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
Campaigner: Social Good
Awarded to the team whose project best attempts to solve societal problems within diversity and inclusivity.
Medic: Health
Awarded to the team whose project best innovates within med-tech or promotes a healthy lifestyle.
Best Beginner
Awarded to the team composed of at least 50% first-time-hackers whose project exhibits commendable complexity, design, utility, and/or polish.
Best Hardware Hack
Awarded to the team whose project best utilizes external hardware components.
Best Design
Awarded to the team whose project exhibits the most clean, concise, and cohesive interface.
Best Use of Esri
Awarded to the team whose project best utilizes Esri APIs and SDKs in creative and innovative ways.
Best Use of Google Cloud Platform (3)
Awarded to teams whose projects utilize Google Cloud Platform in creative and innovative ways.
Best Use of Snap Kit
Awarded to the team whose project utilizes Snap Kit in creative and innovative ways.
Best Domain Name Registered with Domain.com
Awarded to the team exhibitting the best project that utilizes a domain name registered with Domain.com
Best IoT Hack Using a Qualcomm Device
Awarded to the team who best utilizes a Qualcomm Device to create an IoT-centered project.
Best Use of Blockstack
Awarded to the team whose project best utilizes Blockstack in creative and innovative ways.
Best Use of Transposit
Awarded to the team whose project best utilizes Transposit in creative and innovative ways.
Best Use of Twilio
Awarded to the team whose project best utilizes Twilio in creative and innovative ways.
Best Entrepreneurial Hack (Equipo Vision) (2)
Awarded to the teams whose projects best aim to launch a technology start-up business or service (Awarded by Equipo Vision).
Best Entrepreneurial Hack (UCR Office of Technology Partnerships) (2)
Awarded to the teams whose projects best aim to launch a technology start-up business or service (Awarded by UCR Office of Technology Partnerships).