We are excited to have you and your team compete in-person at San Jose Staté University on Friday, 05/01/2026.
👥 Team Formation
The competition is best with a group maximum of 5 students. If you do not have a team, we will match you with a team well in advance prior to the day of the competition.
🏆 Competition Catogories & Industry Sponsors There are three competition categories:
- For the Cloud Computing Competition lead by AWS, we recommend that your team consists of at least one team member who has completed or is currently enrolled in an Introduction to Cloud Computing course (eg. TECH 73, TECH 173, BUS4 118, or CS 218, CMPE 281).
- For the Network Competition lead by Verkada, we recommend that you have taken an Introduction to Networking course and have at least one member who has completed or is currently enrolled in a Network Administration course (eg. TECH 66, CS 166, or CMPE 148, CS158, BUS4 111).
- For the CyberSecurity Competition lead by Splunk, we recommend that your team consists of at least one team member who has completed or is currently enrolled in a CyberSecurity course (eg.TECH 179, CMPE 132, CMPE 219).
Last Year Info Regarding Cloudathon - https://blogs.sjsu.edu/engineering/2025/05/02/immigrant-student-spotlight-cloudathon-innovation-racing-car-reveal-and-celebrating-alumni-success/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSNiPv_i-rY ;
We look forward to seeing you compete, collaborate, and connect at Cloudathon@SJSU 2026! Cloudathon@SJSU2026_Timeline
Requirements
What to Build
- Cloud - Lead by AWS
Work on the problem statement provided by AWS, focusing on real-world cloud computing challenges.
Teams are expected to design and build scalable, reliable, and efficient cloud-based solutions using AWS services. Your solution should demonstrate how cloud technologies can be used for automation, data processing, application deployment, storage, or infrastructure management.
The goal is to showcase how organizations can leverage cloud computing to improve performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and system reliability in real-world environments.
- Network - Lead By Verkada
Work on the problem statement provided by Verkada, focusing on real-world networking and physical security infrastructure challenges. Teams should design solutions that improve network connectivity, reliability, and smart device integration in modern environments such as campuses, buildings, or enterprise systems.
Your solution should demonstrate how networking and cloud-connected devices can be used to improve visibility, security, and operational efficiency.
- Cybersecurity - Lead by Splunk
Work on the problem statement provided by Splunk, focusing on cybersecurity monitoring, threat detection, and incident response.
Teams are expected to build solutions that help identify, analyze, and respond to security threats or system anomalies using logs, data pipelines, or security analytics. Your solution should highlight how organizations can improve cyber resilience and real-time security insights.
What to Submit
- Cloud - Solutions of the Problems on Devpost
- Network - Submit Solutions in a Google Form, link will be provided at the submission time.
- Cybersecurity - Win or Lose is decided by the scores.
Prizes
Prizes
Winners do get a Certificates, Medals and Gift cards
There are also raffle gifts for particapants.
Companies are also brining some cool swag.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Tanner Vas
Senior TSE/Verkada - Keynote Speaker
Khin San
TSE/Verkada - Event Lead
Sander Solsvik
TSE/Verkada - Mentor
Arjun Solanki
TSE/Verkada - Mentor
Winnie Lee
Technical Recruiter/ Verkada - Organizer
Marianna Murphy
Associate Technical Recruiter/ Verkada - Mentor
Zeel Patel
Engineering Manager - Big Data/ AWS - Event Host
Nathan Yee
Associate Specalist/ AWS - Mentor/Judge
Jeanne Hwang
Enterprise Account/AWS - Mentor
Mitul Ganger
Solutions Architect/AWS - Judge
Will Minshall
Solutions Architect/AWS - Judge
Lana Lee
Solutions Architect/AWS - Judge/Mentor
Shubha
Software Engineer/AWS - Judge
Bhavna Saluja
Senior Software Developer/AWS - Judge
Sandhya Subramani
Senior Developer Advocate, Gen AI/AWS - Judge
Jugal Bhatt
Software Engineer/AWS - Judge
Saad Anwer
Software Dev Engineer II/AWS - Judge
Ankit Patel
Software Dev Engineer II/AWS - Judge
Aditya Trivedi
Senior Technical Account Manager/ AWS - Judge
Rajesh Kharya
TAM/AWS - Mentor/Judge
Ekta Vasa
Solutions Architect/AWS - Judge/ Mentor
Raja Palkar
Software Dev Engineer II/AWS - Judge
Vinayak Ravi Teja
Cloud Infrastructure Architect/AWS - Judge
Saurabh Kapoor
Senior Account Manager/AWS - Mentor/Judge
Setu Pankhaniya
Sr. Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer at Apple - Judge
Amiraj Nigam
Device Driver Engineer - Judge
Sam Bowne
SJSU Professor/ Cyber Challenge Lead
Judging Criteria
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AWS Jams
800 points from AWS Jams Up to 80 points per completed challenge -
Most challenges completed
50 points for the team to complete the most challenges in the least amount of time -
Pitch Presentation
150 points total - 50 points -- persentation soft skills - 50 points -- technical details & correctness - 50 points -- Q&A handling
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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