Global Big Data Conference Hackathon

Do I need to pay any money to register for the Hackathon? No. You do not have to pay anything to anyone to register yourself for any Hackathon on HackerEarth.

Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for the Hackathon? If you love to code, you are more than welcome to participate in the Hackathon.

How do I submit what I have made for the Hackathon? You have to develop the application on your local system and deploy on DeepCloud AI platform as docker containers. For code submission send your github url, dockerhub repo link and the video presentation link

Do we need to have the entire idea fully working? The entire idea need not be fully implemented however, the submission should be functional so that it can be reviewed by the judges.

How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB for us to work on ideas? You have to develop the entire software application on your local system, package it as docker containers and deploy on DeepCloud AI platform. You are free to choose any IDE or environment you like. Your application should belong to one of the award categories - IoT, Blockchain, Intel SGX, AI@Egde. See resources section for details and ask your questions on the Hackathon Slack channel.

Does one have to be online and available for the entire duration of the Hackathon? No, one does not need to be logged in on HackerEarth or be online for the entire duration. You can develop the application on your local system based on the given themes and then submit it on HackerEarth, on the specific challenge page.

Since there is no specific technology mentioned, are there any restrictions on using number of pre-built libraries? There is no restriction to use any language, technology stack, or libraries. Check the resources section for details about each theme/category.

Do I need to give a demo for the product that I have built? You must submit a small ~5min video that demos your submission. In case you are one of the winners, you might be invited to demo your application at a physical event, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.

A fully developed application need to have a solid backend for data storage like SQL etc. since its online, is it accepted to show only the prototype of it? Yes it's absolutely fine to submit just the prototype. If you need to use database like Postgres, you can dockerize it as part of your application and deploy on DeepCloud AI for running and testing your applications. You are allowed to submit just the prototype.

If it is a team submission, does that mean all team members will have access to work at the same time? Yes, all team members can login from their account and do application submission on HackerEarth.

Who will own the IP(Intellectual Property) Rights to the product that I have built? The developer/developers of the decentralized application will have all rights and own the IP of the product. However, all code needs to be in public domain (open source) so that it can be evaluated by the judges.