Rules:

Best Overall Hack

Awarded to the most innovative and well-executed project with the biggest “wow” factor.

Best Simulation Practice Improvement

Awarded to the project that will significantly help many simulation professionals in their daily practice.

Most Creative Demonstration

Awarded to the team that best communicates their project.  This could be visualizations or demonstrations from their project or the quality and creativity of the final presentation.

Judging Criteria:

Creativity and Innovation (25%)

How innovative and groundbreaking is the idea?  Is it something that we could see changing the BEM industry?

Execution (25%)

How well implemented is the hack? How difficult was the technical problem that the team solved? Did you find a new use for, or leverage, an existing piece of technology? 

Teamwork & Collaboration (20%)

How diverse is the team across professional disciplines, skill sets, and organizations?

Open-source (20%)

Is the project on GitHub/Bitbucket? Is it open-source? Is it well-documented with examples?  Did you build upon other open-source software?

Learning (10%)

Did team members challenge themselves to learn something new? Which technologies/APIs/products/methods did you use that you didn’t know before