Name: Mountain Madness 2025
Start: 2025-03-08T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-03-09T12:30:00-07:00
Location: Simon Fraser University

Mountain Madness 2025

Computing Science Student Society

Mountain Madness is the biggest 2-day hackathon hosted by SFU's Computing Science Student Society, happening from March 8 to March 9!

Simon Fraser University

What is Mountain Madness?Mountain Madness is the annual hackathon organized by the SFU Computing Science Student Society. Our hackathons are cozy, tight-knit events welcoming students of all skill levels and experience. The "Mountain" in the name pays homage to Burnaby Mountain, the original foundation of Simon Fraser University, and the scenic location for a full weekend's worth of fun. The "Madness" part refers to the crazy and unique prizes we give to the maddest [computer] scientists at the event! Why Mountain Madness?We focus less on a project's commercial applications and more on learning and creativity. This is an opportunity to spend a weekend playing around with your favourite technologies to produce something fun and interesting.This makes Mountain Madness the perfect event for everyone from fresh-faced hackers looking to learn to seasoned CS veterans trying to tinker. Wait, what actually is a hackathon?A hackathon is an event where teams of people come together to work on a shared project inspired by an event-provided theme. Mountain Madness will have 24 hours of development time allotted, during which teams will start from scratch and try to make the coolest thing they can before the time is up. Where is Mountain Madness?The event is being hosted at the SFU Burnaby campus. We have a number of rooms being used for the event, but our primary rooms will be TASC1 9204 and ASB 9896. You can code anywhere, but you will need to present your project on campus to be eligible for the prizes. What size should my team be?Teams should have no more than 5 members; beyond that, organizing yourselves becomes a nightmare. You can work alone if you really want to, but you'll have a worse experience. Don’t worry if you don't have a team before the event, we help all the single people form teams. We will also allow non-SFU students to participate in Mountain Madness as long as at least 50% of the team is made up of SFU students.Teams do not need to be declared until project submission during the event. Can I work on my previous projects?No, the goal of the event is to see what awesome things you can make in a 24-hour period of time. So to start from an existing project is against the spirit of the event. Existing open-source libraries and frameworks are fine, of course. Ask an organizer if you are unsure if you can use some code. How much does it cost?Free for SFU students, $30 for non-SFU students.This includes three meals and the opportunity to win prizes. Theme:The theme will be announced during the opening presentation. Prizes:Prizes and prize amounts will be announced during the opening presentation Rules:Submissions will be through a form where 1 team member will provide the link to a public repo on GitHub or an equivalent site.Submissions MUST include a README.md, a link to a public GitHub repo. Schedule:Check-in will start at 9 am on Saturday, March 8, followed by an opening presentation at 10 am. The hackathon will start after the end of the opening presentation and it will run for 24 hours. Note: this year the event will not be held overnight, so there won't be sleeping rooms available. However, SFU campus is open 24/7! If you have any questions please contact Emily and Jake at csss-hackathonchair@sfu.ca

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