SB Hacks is a 400-person, 36-hour annual hackathon hosted at University of California, Santa Barbara.
This event aims to provide college students with the necessary resources to get hands-on experience in coding and exposure to the technology industry. We want students to leave SB Hacks feeling proud of themselves and the projects they complete with their team.
Hackathons are often described as a hybrid between a career fair and a science fair. A creative community of programmers - from novices to experienced - come together for 36 hours to make amazing projects. The projects are then judged by tech professionals from the industry and from academia.
SB Hacks VI will take place on Friday, January 10, 2020, and conclude on Sunday, January 12, 2020.
SB Hacks is accepting college students, graduate / PhD students, and high school students who are 18 or older.
We will be providing buses to UCLA, USC, and UCI. For those traveling by car, you may be eligible for travel reimbursement if you carpool with at least two other hackers. Additional information regarding travel reimbursement will be sent out to accepted hackers around late December.
Acceptances go out in early January for California hackers and a bit earlier for out-of-state applicants.
Applications open early November and will close on December 13th.
Our prizes and their accompanying page is in the works and will be up shortly before the event!
Yes, the maximum is 4 people per team. If you do not enter with a team, no worries! A team formation event will take place at the start of the hackathon.
Bring your laptop, overnight gear, a water bottle, and a photo ID. MLH will be providing a hardware lab.
We have a lot of great prizes ready for this year. Most of them will be announced closer to the event.
Meet the organizing team! We're a group of friendly and dedicated UC Santa Barbara students passionate about sharing the world of coding with everyone.
