Dates

November 8-9, 2025. In-person, at Columbia University, NY.

Eligibility

All college undergraduates / graduate students are welcome to enter!

Project and Submission Requirements

All projects must be assembled during the hackathon—eg, no pre-building. Hackers may form teams of up to 4 people to be eligible to compete for prizes.

Prizes

To be announced later!

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Top three teams will be awarded, and teams can also receive additional awards for completing challenge requirements (eg, "Best Use of Computer Vision").

Code of Conduct

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a safe and comfortable environment and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of the following:

gender
gender identity and expression
age
sexual orientation
disability
physical appearance
body size
race
ethnicity
nationality
religion
political views
previous hackathon attendance or lack of
computing experience or lack of
chosen programming language or tech stack

We do not tolerate harassment of hackathon participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate at any hackathon venue, this includes the following.

hacks
talks, presentations, or demos
workshops
any parties associated to the hackathon
social media
any other online media

Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the hackathon at the discretion of the hackathon organisers.