Time | Event |
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10:30 AM | Opening Ceremony |
11:00 AM | Hacking Starts |
11:00 AM | Beginner Orientation |
11:30 AM | Beginners Workshop - How to Start a Hackathon Project |
12:15 PM | Neural Networks in the Wolfram Language - Rushank Goyal |
1:00 PM | How to Ace Tech Interviews - Fatima Taj |
2:00 PM | APIs and Web Scraping for Covid Vaccine App - Benjamin Cohen '11 (Kensho) |
3:00 PM | PDS Alumni Panel - Adam Bromwich ‘92 (Symantec), Helen Mehreteab ‘19 (Harvard, Google), Jeremy Kuris ‘91 (Defense Software, US Department of State), Erica Hyman ‘07 (Spotify), Jeffrey Kurtz '98 (Google) |
4:00 PM | Intro to Web Development - Caden Bialow & Bram Silva |
4:45 PM | Intro to Machine Learning in Python - Arshaan Sayed |
5:45 PM | Intro to NFT's - Samay Nandwana |
6:30 PM | Intro to Java - Farhan Haque and Jai Kasera |
7:15 PM | Tech in College - Aaliyah Sayed '21 |
7:45 PM | Intro to C - Mark Yang |
8:30 PM | Artificial Intelligence Vs. Machine Learning - Armaan Agarwal |
9:00 PM | Chess Tournament - Winston Ni |
10:00 PM | Guessathon - Isaac Chen |
Sunday | |
11:00 AM | Hacking Concludes |
12:00 PM | Judging Starts |
4:00 PM | Closing Ceremony |
We are Princeton Day School’s second-ever hackathon! This virtual event will take place this coming May for 24 hours, and it will be open to high school students across the U.S for a thrilling experience full of collaboration and technological innovation.
In order to guide our participants, we will release various challenges throughout the competition that will test students’ abilities to think outside the box and implement creative solutions to real-world problems.
Qualified Judges
$ Prize Money
Prizes
Workshops
What is a hackathon?
A hackathon is a coding marathon in which coders collaborate to create any type of project that they wish — a game, website, app, or actual product — in just one weekend. Both beginner and advanced coders alike can attend a hackathon to learn about tech, build innovative solutions to real-world problems, and share their creations with the community. If you want to put your coding skills to the test, make friends with fellow hackers, or get more experience, hackathons are for you.
When and Where is PantherHack?
PantherHack is virtual due to COVID-19, so anyone in the country can participate. The hackathon will take place from 10:30 a.m on Saturday to 1:30 p.m on Sunday, for a total of 27 hours.
Who can attend this event?
PantherHack is only available for high school students. If you have graduated high school or are older, however, you can be a mentor and help out with the event. All participants must also adhere to the MLH Code of Conduct.
How can I apply?
Applications coming out soon! In the meet time, please fill out the interest form linked on the website.
How do I apply to be a mentor/volunteer?
We will have a separate registration form attached here for anyone interested.
How can I stay updated?
PantherHack will have a discord server where we will give all our announcements and reminders. After filling out the registration form, a Discord link will be emailed to you.
What prizes can I win?
PantherHack fosters an open learning environment, and we put collaboration above competition. However, there will still be sweet prizes for the best hacks, all of which will be announced soon.
What cool stuff can we get?
PantherHack will deliver stickers, pins, and other goods, to anyone that attends a workshop or submits their project. We deliver best to people on the East Coast.
What if I can’t find a team?
The ideal number of teammates are from 2-4. Get a friend or a few to work with you for the ideal experience. If you are unable to find a team, we will have a team building workshop to help you find like-minded coders to work with.
What workshops can I attend?
PantherHack will include 30 minute to 1 hour introductory workshops in Java, Python, Arduino, Web Development, Hackathon Planning, and more
What gaming events will be available?
PantherHack plans to host several gaming tournaments with prizes for the winners. These include the widely popular among us, chess, spyfall, skribbl.io, and more
What if my question wasn't answered?
If you have any questions that weren’t answered in the FAQ, please feel free to Email Us. or DM us on Instagram.
Smart People, Interesting Workshops, Cool Projects
PantherHack provides you with the opportunity to get to work with the brightest minds in your area and beyond as you take on some of the world's biggest problems.
Beginner and advanced coders alike will all walk out of the weekend having learned something new, whether its from our workshops, our sponsors, or even each other.
We will provide you with a weekend full of games, speakers, and more so that you always have something to experience in addition to working hard on your project.
PantherHack would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors!
Meet the Organizers that made PantherHack Possible!
pdspantherhack@gmail.com
650 Great Road, Princeton, NJ, 08540