5C Hack is proud to host the first ever undergraduate data science competition of the 5 Claremont Colleges! The 5C Datathon is the perfect place to have fun, learn something new. We provide awesome swag, free food, large prizes, and mentorship to power you through the 6-hour event on Oct 21st, 2023.
Interested? Let's do this.
Registration closes Oct 18th 11:59 pm PT
The 5C Datathon will be a data analysis competition for undergraduate students of the five Claremont colleges. Over a period, participating teams will extract insights from, make visualizations of, and make predictions on large, complex datasets.
The goal of this Datathon is to expose students to the use skills of feature engineering, data processing, interpretability, and some machine learning. Of course, aligning with our club’s mission, the event is geared towards everyone, regardless of prior data science or statistics experience. Additionally, students who come from historically underrepresented backgrounds, especially in tech, are strongly encouraged to participate.
We pride ourselves on building a creative and diverse techical community and in making the 5C Hackathon beginner-friendly and inclusive. At our last event, more than 50% of participants were first-time hackers, and more than 50% identified as non-male.
Teaching and mentorship are of the utmost importance. We teach beginner and advanced workshops throughout the week preceding the hackathon, an event we lovingly call Hack Week. We have mentors available throughout the event as well.
The overarching theme is Tech for Good! Good means helping people, animals, organizations, or the environment positively. Good can be big, serving entire populations, and it can be small, impacting local or niche topics. In any case, it is always for the greater Good rather than personal gain.
Prizes will be awarded to the top team in each track and the top team in each overlay that creates a great project while demonstrating the spirit of Tech for Good. You can read more about about our Judging Criteria and Project Submission process on our DevPost.
Teams must enter into one of the following tracks. Teams may enter into multiple overlays, but are not required to enter into any.
The answers to all your burning questions.
A hackathon is an event where folks come together to attend workshops, learn from each other, compete for prizes, be silly, and build meaningful projects.
Any student from the Claremont Colleges is invited! Our hackers include all 5C majors, years, identities, and experience levels. Zero coding knowledge required or expected.
Yes. Minimal coding experience is required to participate in the datathon, but data science experience is not! If this will be your first exposure to data science, we strongly recommend you to join! That said, if you want to learn the basics of analyzing a dataset in Python, attend the virtual workshop on October 20!
Register at this form. It takes about 1 minute! Registration closes Oct 18th, 11:59 pm PST to ensure sufficient time to form teams.
Nope! You can sign up as an individual and we will help you meet other amazing people to create your hackathon team.
Teams can be comprised of 1-3 hackers. Teams must be finalized before the actual hacking begins!
We want to acknowledge that prizes are not the sole reason why you're here (we're all here to ideate and create for the sake of ideating and creating), but we also acknowledge that they can make your hackathon experience all the more memorable. Prizes consist of fun items, cash, credits, and various swag, to be annouced at the opening ceremony. And, of course, prestigious bragging rights, memories, etc. Sponsored tracks include sponsor-specific prizes.
Send an email to 5chackathon@gmail.com. We'd love to have you on the team!
| Date / Time | Event | Location |
| October 18th 11:59pm | Registration Closes | Online |
| October 20 | How to analyze a dataset info session | Online |
| October 21 11:00am | Check-in | Estella Laboratory Courtyard |
| October 21 11:30am | Opening Ceremonies | Estella Argue Auditorium |
| October 21 12:00pm | Hacking officially begins | |
| October 21 3:30pm | Mid Datathon event TBD | Edmunds Ballroom |
| October 21 6PM | PROJECT SUBMISSION CLOSES - CONGRATS! | Kaggle |
| October 21 6:15PM | Closing ceremony | Edmunds Ballroom |
| October 24 | Winners Announced | Check your emails! |
Sponsoring is a great way to connect with incredibly talented and creative students at the elite Claremont Colleges in computer science and in other diverse fields. By sponsoring, you can get access to the resumes of hundreds of students, showcase your API or product, and see students make awesome projects. As a sponsor, you’ll also have the opportunity to mentor students and get them excited about programming!
Please see the sponsorship tiers below detailing the different ways in which you can be part of the 5C Hackathon. Can’t find a tier that works for you? Send us an email at 5chackathon@gmail.com and we’ll work out the details.
+ Swag distribution
+ Logo on website, t-shirts, poster
Everything in Bronze
+ Access to participant resumé database
+ Send engineers, recruiters
Everything in Silver
+ Prizes sponsored in [your] name
Everything in Gold
+ Keynote Speaker
+ Special logo placement on website, t-shirts, posters
Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and racist, sexist, or exclusionary jokes or project content are not appropriate for this event and will not be tolerated.
Harassment includes but is not limited to: offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion; inappropriate images in public spaces; deliberate intimidation; unwelcome photography or recording; inappropriate physical contact; and unwelcome attention.
We welcome attendees from all backgrounds and skill levels – from “never been to a hackathon before” to seasoned developers. This event is about increasing innovation, partnership, and engagement in the technical community on campus.
Do your best. Learn something new. Don't take it too seriously!
Sam Malik
Bennet Matazzoni, Haram Yoon, Rebecca Yao, Emily Zhu, Seohyeon Lee (Team Lead)
Hasana Parker, Rebecca Yao, Catherine Byen (Team Lead)
