Please give me some ideas... (hackathon problem statement)

[geekynerd]

i am going to participate in a hackathon and its open domain so i need to come up with a problem statement and i dont know what problem statement to choose and i dont have enough time to research it and last time participating in a hackathon i failed due to not choosing a correct problem statement and i dont want that to happen again. so you guys face any problem that requires a software solution and like do you guys have any idea but postponding it due to time constrain, please lend me your idea and like the hackathon ppt submission timimg is going to be completed by tomorrow so guys be fast and if you are seeing this thread later please dont hesitate to share your problem or idea because it might be helpful for me in the future

 

[berkeman]

Can you give us a link to the hackathon rules or some other thing that says what the problem statement should contain?

 

[berkeman]

Also, paging @TensorCalculus who has experience running hackathons.

 

[TensorCalculus]

Okay so a couple of questions:

1. "Open domain hackathon" refers to what, exactly? A hackathon without a set theme?
2. What was wrong with your previous question (what was it, and what did the judges not like about it)?
3. How is the judging done (just judged by set people or voted on) and what ages are the hackathon aimed at?
4. Is there a website for this hackathon? If you sent it over I could take a look at the details (e.g. how long the hackathon is, what resources you have, team sizes etc) which could help us find a good problem.
5. What programming languages/tools are you good at? This is a big factor in wanting to make good hackathon projects!