Starting soon in LT 14

📢 Thank You for Attending! 📢

A huge thank you to everyone who joined our workshops! We had an incredible turnout, filling up the entire Lecture Theatre for the AWS Workshop 🎉.

Your participation made this event a success, and we appreciate your enthusiasm! Workshop credits will be processed and issued within the upcoming working week.

Stay tuned! 🚀

Slide Deck for Workshop 2.

Yunna Wei - Data Engineering Fundamentals

🚀 Thank You for Being Part of DLW! 🚀

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, games, and merch drops—your energy made this event incredible! 🎉

Now, it’s time for the final stretch: coding and submissions!
📌 Submission Deadline: Sunday, 6 AM via DoraHacks Portal
📌 Submission Guidelines & Portal: Messages Below👇

🔗 DoraHacks Submission Portal
🔑 Password: DLW_Submit@2025

Stay safe and take care! While we won’t be around the LTs and TRs anymore, you can always reach out to our Academics Team on Telegram for any queries.

Good luck, and we can’t wait to see your amazing projects! 🚀🔥

⚡ Round 1: Initial Submission & Evaluation

📅 Hackathon Start: Day 1, 6:00 PM
⏳ Submission Deadline: Day 3, 6:00 AM
🚨 Late submissions will incur a 10% penalty.

📌 Submission Requirements:
✅ Slide Deck – Max 12 slides (PDF format).
✅ Video Demo (Optional) – Max 3 minutes (MP4 format).
✅ Codebase & Dataset – Complete project files must be included.

📌 Judging Criteria (Total: 100 points + 5 bonus points):
🔹 Innovation (30 pts) – Creativity, feasibility, and uniqueness.
🔹 Technical Complexity (30 pts) – Depth of algorithms, scalability.
🔹 Impact (30 pts) – Real-world relevance and measurable results.
🔹 Presentation (10 pts) – Clarity, visual appeal, and communication.
✨ Bonus (+5 pts) – Attending all workshops grants extra points!

🚀 The finish line is near!

Round 1: March 2nd, 6:00AM
Refine your projects, polish your pitch, and give it your best shot! If you need help, reach out to our Academics Team on Telegram.

@RajvirVirdi
@dl_gustmd
@Zanoosh_D_Dragon
@Akash_Savanur
@yiruichoo

Good luck, and we can’t wait to see your final submissions! 🔥

📢 Round 1 Submission & Results Announcement 📢

⏳ Submission Deadline: March 2nd, 6:00 AM
📢 Round 1 Results Announcement: March 2nd, 9:00 PM

All required materials must be submitted before the deadline. Late submissions will incur a 10% penalty.

🚀 Focus on Round 1!
To ensure all participants stay focused, Round 2 Judging Guidelines will be uploaded after the submission deadline.

Keep pushing forward, and give your best shot! 💪🔥 If you have any questions, reach out to our Academics Team on Telegram.

📢 FAQ Thread for Submissions 📢

Got questions about your hackathon submission? Drop them below! (We’re making our process more efficient!)💬

Your queries might help others too, so feel free to ask anything related to:
✅ Submission guidelines & format
✅ Uploading to DoraHacks portal
✅ Deadline policies
✅ Judging criteria

Our team will be here to assist! 🚀 Ask away! ⬇️

📢 Important Announcement: Submission Format Requirement 📢

Please ensure that all your submissions are made in the following format:
TeamName_Round1
Kindly double-check before submitting to avoid any issues.

It has also been observed that several teams have been submitting incomplete solutions. Please be reminded of the submission requirements for Round 1 below:

✅ Slide Deck – Max 12 slides
✅ Video Demo (Optional) – Max 3 minutes (MP4 format).
✅ Codebase & Dataset – Complete project files must be included.

PS: Do NOT include team members' names in the submissions

⏳ 20 Minutes Left! Final Call for Round 1 Submissions! ⏳

⏳ Round 1 Submissions Are Now CLOSED! ⏳

The submission deadline (March 2nd, 6:00 AM) has officially passed! 🚀

📢 What’s Next?
✅ Our team will begin reviewing all submissions.
✅ Results will be announced at 9:00 PM tonight (March 2nd).
✅ Stay tuned—Round 2 Judging Guidelines will be released later today.

Missed the deadline? 😞
If you weren’t able to submit on time, late submissions will still be accepted but with a 10% penalty. Submit ASAP via the DoraHacks Portal to minimize your penalty!

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication! 💪🔥 If you have any concerns, reach out to us below in the thread!

📢 Submissions Announcement 📢

We'd like to thank everyone for their submissions. We have received all of them. For those with issues in submitting their BUIDL's, I would request you to submit your submission through the form below and these submissions will be evaluated on a case by case bases. Include your project details and links in the same form. Do fill it at the earliest, preferably by 10AM.

https://forms.gle/CEuZi9D5PxSuuUQ4A

Round 1 Results to be announced today at 9PM

⚡ Round 2: Final Pitch & Live Judging

⏳ Pitching session: March 3 (Monday), 5PM

📌 Presentation Format (In-Person):
⏱ 7 mins – Pitch & Working Demo
🎤 3 mins – Q&A with judges

📌 Final Judging Criteria (Total: 100 points):
🔹 Working Demo & Completeness (40 pts) – Fully functional, polished product.
🔹 Innovation & Creativity (25 pts) – Unique and groundbreaking solutions.
🔹 Feasibility & Impact (25 pts) – Practicality & real-world benefits.
🔹 Presentation (10 pts) – Engaging, structured, and professional delivery.

🚀 Hackathon Finalists Announcement 🚀

Congratulations to the Top 10 Teams! 🎉 You have been selected for the final pitching round. The selected teams are:

✅ OpenDeep
✅ Synapse
✅ TimTom
✅ OverfitandChill
✅ No Brainers
✅ PewBirdy
✅ TeamDFS
✅ spoider-mon
✅ BinjaiKingdom
✅ DeepMeld

📅 Final Pitching Round
📍 Date: Monday
📍 Time: 4pm
📍 Venue: LT1A

Please make sure to prepare your final pitch and be on time. Looking forward to seeing your amazing presentations! 🚀🔥
Make sure to confirm your attendance by 2359 by dming @ARJUN022

For any queries, feel free to reach out. See you all on Monday!

#HackathonFinals #Top10 #PitchingDay

Following a thorough review and due to tied scores, we are pleased to extend the Final Pitching Round invitation to two more outstanding teams! 🎉

👏 Congratulations to:
✅ Eureka
✅ Core

With this addition, a total of 12 teams will be competing in the final round.

We would like to invite all other teams who have not been selected to attend the pitching session. All the best to all the finalists!

All participants are invited to view the final round today 5pm onwards in LT 1A.

Everyone from the Business Intelligence track please move to ARC TR-14 for your final round

To all participants and spectators in LT1A:

Dinner collection is now ready outside LT1A😋! Recharge your mind and stomach with the buffet we prepared for you ⚡️

Please note that dinner collection will halt at strictly 7.30pm (for LT1A participants) and do have your dinner inside LT1A after collection

Also note: make sure to be responsible and clean up after yourselves

We will be starting soon