First Place

Up to 4 M1 MacBook Air Laptops (1 per member)

First Place (Virtual)

Up to 4 M1 MacBook Air Laptops (1 per member, only for Virtual Participants)

Second Place

Up to 4 iPad Air Tablets (1 per member)

Second Place (Virtual)

Up to 4 iPad Air Tablets (1 per member, only for Virtual Participants)

Third Place

Up to 4 Apple Watch SE Smart Watches (1 per member)

Third Place (Virtual)

Up to 4 Apple Watch SE Smart Watches (1 per member, only for Virtual Participants)

ShellHacks - Best First-Time Hacker

To qualify, everyone in the team must be first time hackers (submitting a project at a hackathon for the first time)

Up to 4 AirPods 3rd gen wireless headphones (1 per member)

ShellHacks - Best First-Time Hacker (Virtual)

To qualify, everyone in the team must be first time hackers (submitting a project at a hackathon for the first time)

Up to 4 AirPods 3rd gen wireless headphones (1 per member, only for Virtual Participants)

Best Use of Microsoft Cloud for Social Impact - MLH

Bring your idea to life using the Microsoft Cloud - automatically build and deploy a full stack web app from a code repository, create and train a Machine Learning model, develop business applications with little to no code using Power Platform, and more! View our recommended popular solutions in the Education Hub at https://aka.ms/startedu.

Hack to solve some of today’s most pressing local and global challenges and ultimately affect positive change for our world - whether that’s climate change and agriculture, education, healthcare, accessibility, or another issue where you’re passionate.The future of technology is filled with endless possibilities, and now is your chance to take part and implement ideas that can change the world.
Winners will receive LinkedIn Premium 12-Month voucher and Xbox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass voucher

Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade - MLH

Avanade has put sustainable tech at the forefront of their ongoing mission! Sustainability is about conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources and focusing efforts to reduce and improve the environmental impact of technology, processes, and operations on our planet and society. For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!

Best Use of Velo by Wix - MLH

We know how difficult it can be to create a phenomenal website in a short period of time, especially when it comes to hackathons. Velo by Wix cuts down your development time without sacrificing on functionality! With a built-in database and fully customizable JavaScript frontend and backend, you can develop a full-stack application directly in your browser. With Velo, all the tools you need are conveniently located in one platform! Build your hackathon project with Velo by Wix for a chance to win Wacom Drawing Tablets for you and each of your teammates.

Best Domain Name from Domain.com - MLH

Register a .tech 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 Domain.com branded backpack.

Most Creative Use of Twilio - MLH

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!

The Assurant Way Challenge: Our Purpose (1st Place)

The Connected World is the state of existence where everything is becoming increasingly digitized and globalized. This means workplaces, healthcare, transportation, schools, personal devices, and home fixtures are increasingly interconnected. As a result, the world is becoming rich with digital assets (e.g. data, APIs, statistics, imagery, etc.). We believe there is great opportunity to enrich the human experience based on interconnecting objects in the Connected World using logic and cool technology. We are challenging you to use your innovative spirit and your technological expertise to help integrate the human experience with the digital experience.

Your mission is to help people thrive by making the Connected World easier to live in and more enjoyable to experience.

Prizes:

- First Place: Lunch with a member of the IT leadership team. Automatic interview for one or more of Assurant’s internship opportunities. Swag bag containing assorted Assurant gear.
- Second Place: Automatic interview for one or more of Assurant’s internship opportunities. Swag bag containing assorted Assurant gear.
- Third Place: Swag bag containing assorted Assurant gear.

Microsoft Mixed Reality: Best Use of Microsoft Mixed Reality Toolkit 3

Use MRTK3 (mixed reality toolkit 3)  to build a MR or VR application that embodies "Something you wish you would have learned in high school".  MRTK3 is an openXR project that can be used to deploy interactions to MR and VR platforms.  Platforms include

- Learn more about MRTK3 here: http://aka.ms/mrtk3=
- You can watch this introduction from MR dev days in June: Introducing MRTK3 – Shaping the future of the MR Developer Experience ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjQFkeF-ZOM&t=10s
- Discord Server: https://discord.gg/t6VYgfP7
- Beginner: Unity In Editor Tutorial is available here: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Faprilspeight%2FMRTK3-tutorials&data=05%7C01%7CDENISE.MENDEZ%40microsoft.com%7C3e71aefd8986412a7e5708da91d30559%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637982632777308997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QrRxV1OGaIvWXQeIrCOkeJMp8nhXxMvwNxAGgnzMUHU%3D&reserved=0
- Note This is a temporary repo that’ll be archived after the official repo is updated w/ the latest version of the project.
- Intermediate Sample Zappy's Playground is available here: https://github.com/microsoft/ZappysPlayground

Additional resources:

- General notes on Deploying to a hololens reality/develop/unity/build-and-deploy-to-hololens
- Deploy MRTK3 project to HL2: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows%2Fmixed-reality%2Fmrtk-unity%2Fmrtk3-overview%2Fdeployment%2Fhololens2-deployment&data=05%7C01%7CDENISE.MENDEZ%40microsoft.com%7C3e71aefd8986412a7e5708da91d30559%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637982632777308997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QJDQ0IfvG3v4D9zjfoSZXWaSqaBNz0Q%2BJ5pWidxSyR0%3D&reserved=0
- Deploy MRTK3 project to Quest, Quest 2: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows%2Fmixed-reality%2Fmrtk-unity%2Fmrtk3-overview%2Fdeployment%2Fquest-deployment&data=05%7C01%7CDENISE.MENDEZ%40microsoft.com%7C3e71aefd8986412a7e5708da91d30559%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637982632777308997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=os3VabSxnOXdFnok%2B7kYormVKplocJaQQ06ULR%2FCXXs%3D&reserved=0
- Note: We provide a link within the documentation above that’ll take you to Oculus’ documentation for project setup as well. These steps **must** be taken first: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.oculus.com%2Fdocumentation%2Funity%2Fbook-unity-gsg%2F&data=05%7C01%7CDENISE.MENDEZ%40microsoft.com%7C3e71aefd8986412a7e5708da91d30559%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637982632777308997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BhHlw61v%2BeBfmNRFz1VwS8jKiCBq%2FjtNEbSbIyv5TkI%3D&reserved=0
- Deploy to HL2 and WMR for MRTK2: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows%2Fmixed-reality%2Fmrtk-unity%2Fmrtk2%2Fsupported-devices%2Fwmr-mrtk%3Fview%3Dmrtkunity-2022-05&data=05%7C01%7CDENISE.MENDEZ%40microsoft.com%7C3e71aefd8986412a7e5708da91d30559%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637982632777308997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1RaI8nByZK23X%2Ffb%2BebMkArlko1vth2HZXyWgVsYfhE%3D&reserved=0
- Holographic Remoting Setup: https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows%2Fmixed-reality%2Fdevelop%2Funity%2Fpreview-and-debug-your-app%3Ftabs%3Dopenxr&data=05%7C01%7CDENISE.MENDEZ%40microsoft.com%7C3e71aefd8986412a7e5708da91d30559%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637982632777308997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Rf0%2FVF%2FjB26eN1HVaaFsNc7%2BGiYjVLxFToQ2d6PN4Lw%3D&reserved=0

Note: Follow the instructions on the *Unity 2020 + OpenXR* tab

Prizes: TBD

Microsoft Xbox: Best Game Challenge

Create the best game at ShellHacks!

Prize: 1 Year Xbox Game Pass subscription and swag

Kaseya: Secure Offline Password Vault

The main objective of the challenge is to create an offline vault. The challenge is to make everything as secure as possible.

Prize: AirPod Pros 2

Vanguard: Hack What Matters to You (1st Place)

Hack on any topic that you’re passionate about which impacts minority communities.

Potential Ideas:

- Increasing Financial Literacy
- Access to Educational Resources: Pre-K, K-12, Post-Secondary, ESL
- Healthy Dietary Options

Prizes:
- 1st place team will be invited to participate in final round interviews for either an internship or full time opportunity (depending on the students current grade level)
- 2nd place team will all receive a $100 Amazon gift card
- 3rd place team will all receive a $50 Amazon gift card

Capital One’s Cyber Imperative Challenge

As a premier financial organization, Capital One is often the target of financially motivated cybercriminals looking to fund malicious agendas or Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups looking to extort sensitive information. These groups often use Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) detailed in MITRE’s ATT&CK framework throughout their attack to achieve their objectives.

Problem Statement
Does your ShellHacks innovation solve for any of the following MITRE ATT&CK Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) linked below? Could your innovation be used to disrupt an attack and avoid Capital One service disruption? If so, how does your innovation demonstrate a solution to these TTPs and to what extent?

The judging will be based on the following presentation criteria:

- Demonstration/explanation of how your submission could potentially disrupt an attack by addressing MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
- Number of TTPs Addressed by the Solution
- Quality of the Presentation, Documentation, and/or Solution
- Innovation of the Use Case
- Technical Viability

For either Capital One challenge, participants do not need to provide a full-fledged, code-based solution. Submissions can be high level presentations (slides, videos, documentation, visualizations etc) which explain your potential solution(s) to the problem statement in a clear and compelling way.

Prizes: $300 gift cards per participant from the winning team

Capital One’s Streaming Subscription Management Challenge

Capital One wants to help College students with their tight budgets, by providing an application to help to monitor and manage their spending.

Problem Statement: Create a high level design for a mobile app or web platform to empower Capital One consumers to better manage their payments for ongoing streaming subscription services, for example Amazon Prime, Spotify, Netflix, Apple Music, DropBox, and so on. This application should help detect and manage Capital One consumers’ subscriptions once they have not been used for 3 or more months.

Criteria: The judging will based on the following presentation criteria:

- Innovation of the Use Case
- Business Impact to Capital One
- Quality of Presentation (Wireframes, visuals, or diagrams, etc.)
- Technical Viability

For either Capital One challenge, participants do not need to provide a full-fledged, code-based solution. Submissions can be high level presentations (slides, videos, documentation, visualizations etc) which explain your potential solution(s) to the problem statement in a clear and compelling way.

Prizes: Each participant from the winning team will choose 1 option from the following prizes:

1. Xbox Series 512 GB
2. PS5
3. Xbox Series X 1 TB
4. Nintendo Switch

Schonfeld Street ID Challenge

Background
Financial securities often have a number of different unique identifiers assigned to them, and these IDs are generally referred to as “street IDs”. For instance, stock symbol “XYZ” may be associated with a Bloomberg ID of “BBG123456789”, a Sedol code of “NPM31L5”, a Cusip code of “16882R179”, and a number of other street IDs. In fact, “XYZ” would be a street ID in this scenario as well and would be referred to as the security’s symbol. Securities usually have up to 10 different types of street IDs, although quite often a security will not have one or more of these identifiers – e.g., a security may be missing a Bloomberg ID but have all other 9 street IDs, or it may be missing Sedol and Cusip codes but have the remaining 8 street IDs.

Task
Given a dataset of securities and their street IDs, design a performant search engine that, given a query, will index all securities and their street IDs and return the most relevant securities. There are different levels to which you and your team can complete this exercise:

The output of the search engine is a list of the most “relevant” securities, ordered from most relevant to least relevant. A security is relevant if any of the search query is a substring of or exact match to any of its street IDs, case-insensitive. The closer the search query is to an exact match, the more relevant it is.
The search engine is pre-programmed to prioritize certain street ID types over others. In this case, exact matches are still dictate the most relevant securities, but the relevance of partial matches is directly proportional to the priority of the street ID type.
For example, let’s say Sedol codes have a higher priority than Cusip codes. Security 1 has a Sedol code of “ABC1” and a Cusip code of “XY1”, and Security 2 has a Sedol code of “XYZ4” and a Cusip code of “ABC2”. If the query is “XY”, then Security 2 is more relevant than Security 1.
Design a dynamic model for determining the priority of street ID types. Allow the end user to actually select a result from the returned list of securities, and use that selection to determine which street ID types are more commonly searched for. Use this dynamic priority as the relevance measure for partial matches.

Input
The primary dataset will be a CSV file with a header row outlining the different street ID types and all following rows representing the street IDs of securities. No two rows will be exactly alike.
For students who choose to pursue the second level of the task, an additional text file with street ID types ordered by priority will be provided.
The query can contain uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, and single spaces.

Notes
Different street ID types for a single security can be similar or even exactly the same. For example, a security can have a RIC of “XYZ” and a Root symbol of “XYZ”.

See the hacker guide for the asset files.

State Farm’s Good Neighbor Challenge

For this year's challenge, we want you to focus on your local communities by creating something that solves a challenge your local neighborhood is facing.

Prizes: 4 Apple TV Hubs for the 1st place team

MITRE: Building Web3 (1st Place)

Promising to be a reinvention of the internet, Web3 describes the next generation of software applications that are built on decentralized blockchain protocols. From finance and logistics, to art and media, decentralized blockchain technology has already disrupted entire industries. For this year’s challenge, build a novel or compelling use case for decentralized blockchain technology and push the limits of Web3.

To learn more about Web3 and how to start building, visit MITRE’s Web3 Academy at: https://xacademy.mitre.org/web3

Prizes: $2,000 total in Amazon gift cards will be rewarded. 1st place winning team will receive $1,000. 2nd place winning team will receive $500. 3rd and 4th place winning team will receive $250.

Bloomberg: Most Philanthropic Hack

The challenge is to build a hack for social good. Social good is something that benefits the largest number of people in the largest possible way such as environment care, healthcare, literacy and educational philanthropy.

Prizes: AlgoExpert Scholarships

Trash to treasure: Autodesk Fusion 360 design challenge

Develop an innovative solution to pick up trash off the beach and recycle into an object of value. Use creative problem solving and Autodesk Fusion 360 to develop a solution that solves the challenge. Scoring will be based on: 1) innovation: how creative is the solution 2) viability: is the design thought through and manufacturable 3) use of Fusion 360: was the breadth of the platform utilized to develop the solution.

Prizes: Each member of the winning team will receive an Autodesk swag pack. Packs will be shipped after the conclusion of the challenge to members individually.

LexisNexis: Help Youth Find a Home

Connections Homes is a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting young adults to families. We would like to contribute to this great movement by creating a Matching API to find homes for these young adults.

Prizes: Kindle Fire, Starbucks gift cards and more

Cutting Edge AI: Blink

Given latitude/longitude/alt of camera and another object, can you determine rotation and elevation of camera to bring object in view?

Implement and test on a real live Raspberry Pi 4 with Pan/Tilt Camera with GPS module!

https://github.com/CuttingEdgeAI/owl/blob/main/README.md

Bonus: Can you do the opposite? Given something on screen, can we determine it's lat/lon/alt?

Prizes: Fully kitted out Raspberry Pi4 (aluminum case)

KnowBe4: Create The Next Billion-Dollar Startup

Each team will need to use AWS serverless technologies such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), AWS Lambda, and/or Amazon API Gateway to create the next billion-dollar startup. The team with the best use of AWS, will win the prize!

Prizes: Each member of the team will receive a KnowBe4 Swag Bag plus a $100 Amazon Gift card (for up to 4 members). This prize category is only available to teams that use the AWS serverless technologies listed.

Vanguard: Hack What Matters to You (3rd Place)

Vanguard: Hack What Matters to You (2nd Place)

MITRE: Building Web3 (2nd Place)

MITRE: Building Web3 (3rd Place)

MITRE: Building Web3 (4th Place)

The Assurant Way Challenge: Our Purpose (2nd Place)

The Assurant Way Challenge: Our Purpose (3rd Place)