UB Hacking First Place

The first-place team will receive a total of $2000

Also:
- Tickets to Pinnacle 2021 (https://pinnacle.us.org/)

UB Hacking Second Place

The second-place team will receive a total of $1500

UB Hacking Third Place

The third-place team will receive a total of $1000

UB Hacking Best Freshman Hack

$750 will be awarded to a team where the entire team is made up of either Freshmen or High Schoolers and they have the best submission.

UB Hacking Lead-a-Newbie Prize

Best submission from a team half comprised of first-time hackers and at least one veteran will win $750

Best Hack to build a "Smart" Tech Hub Ecosystem 1st place

♚ 1st Place: $250 for each winning team member from a prize catalog
♚ 2nd Place: A coffee chat with one of our M&T Technologists for each winning team member

Research the concepts and design principles of Smart Cities and Smart Campuses to drive innovation in our new Tech Hub at Seneca One. Showcase your ideas to create new experiences and services leveraging smart technologies - which are connected to the Internet and AI-driven - to improve various aspects of the employee and guest experience on Seneca One Tech Hub campus. You should attend M & T SMART Description event Saturday @ 1pm.

View our PDF for more information:
Tech Hub Fact Sheet: http://bit.ly/MAndTSmartTechHub
M&T Tech Talk: http://bit.ly/MAndTTechTalk2
Tech Hub Slides: http://bit.ly/MAndTSenecaOne
Use Case Flyer: http://bit.ly/MAndTUseCaseFlyer
Race for Place Doc: http://bit.ly/MAndTRace4Place

Best Hack to build a "Smart" Tech Hub Ecosystem 2nd place

♚ 1st Place: $250 for each winning team member from a prize catalog
♚ 2nd Place: A coffee chat with one of our M&T Technologists for each winning team member

Research the concepts and design principles of Smart Cities and Smart Campuses to drive innovation in our new Tech Hub at Seneca One. Showcase your ideas to create new experiences and services leveraging smart technologies - which are connected to the Internet and AI-driven - to improve various aspects of the employee and guest experience on Seneca One Tech Hub campus. You should attend M & T SMART Description event Saturday @ 1pm.

View our PDF for more information:
Tech Hub Fact Sheet: http://bit.ly/MAndTSmartTechHub
M&T Tech Talk: http://bit.ly/MAndTTechTalk2
Tech Hub Slides: http://bit.ly/MAndTSenecaOne
Use Case Flyer: http://bit.ly/MAndTUseCaseFlyer
Race for Place Doc: http://bit.ly/MAndTRace4Place

Best use of Microsoft Azure cloud services, presented by Moog Inc.

Find clever use of available tools & services or just run your project in the cloud. Free services are available at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/. The winning team will receive $200 in Amazon Gift Cards.

Best Domain Registered with Domain.com

Register a .tech, .space, or .online domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger & Domain.com Backpack.

Best use of Google Cloud

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful computing, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See the full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member will receive a Google Home Mini.

Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key

Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with Arduino Uno R3 included. 1 prize for each winning team member with 2 winning teams per event!

Best use of DataStax Astra

Create a hack with easy to use, noSQL DataStax Astra and host a database in the cloud with no credit card required to sign up! Projects built using DataStax Astra will be eligible to win one Blue Snowball Microphone per team member.

Best Failure to Launch Prize