Welcome to Hack the Burgh—the hackathon beyond the wall— is back in Edinburgh for the third time!

Hack the Burgh is open to students from all over the world who are over 16 years old and who are physically attending the hackathon in the Informatics Forum.

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Eligibility

Hack the Burgh is open exclusively to those who are participating in this hackathon in Edinburgh.

All hackers should have booked a ticket via Eventbrite and have had their tickets checked upon arrival.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS

Amazon Credit

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Domain.com Swag Bags

BlackRock

Take a job, and make it automated.

Morgan Stanley

Make a game from a given constraint and theme.

Bloomberg: Hack with a Manifesto

AIGaming

Create the highest scoring bot over the weekend. Join #sponsor-aigaming to discuss the challenge. Pick up a pack from the AIgaming table to get started.

ARM

Use the micro bit to make something awesome.

Hackathon Winners (2)

We choose the two best hacks of the weekend.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

HTB

HTB

ARM

ARM

Bloomberg

Bloomberg

MLH

MLH

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

Google

Google

Toshiba Medical

Toshiba Medical

AIGaming

AIGaming

Judging Criteria

  • What did you make?
    What technologies did you apply to create your breath taking break-through hack? How elaborate is it?
  • Does it work?
    Self-explanatory.
  • What did you learn?
    Have you fulfilled your goals? Perhaps you solved challenge? How much did you learn and how much effort did you put into your work?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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