2022
The 2022 Hackathon was our first ever Hackathon! The challenge was to code a PSA (Public Service Announcement) for your assigned topic. Kids got to hear from numerous amazing guest speakers, and work with UCSB students. The winner received an Oculus Quest 2 VR headset.
Winners!
1st Place: Alex Gardiner (9th grade)
2nd Place: Max Mazin (7th grade)
3rd Place (Tie!): Elaine Hu (7th grade) & Sean Nguyen (8th grade)
Honorable Mentions: Ruby Heinrich-Linthicum (9th grade) & Sinjin Mongold (7th grade)
Guest Speakers:
Nathalie Guebels - Assistant Professor of computer Science at SBCC
Vicki Ben-Yaacov - Founder of Youth Innovation Club
Cat Allday - President of Artificial Intelligence Initiative at AppFolio
Mika Silverman - Founder of Good Space Coworking
Mieko Kusano - Founder of Mameko LLC
Paula Heu - Vice President at Innovative III-V Solutions
Tsatsa Battsengel - Senior research scientist at Dow Chemical Company
Chad Spensky - Founder and CEO of Allthenticaate
