Welcome to Seneca Hacks 2025: The Ultimate Data Engineering Challenge
Join us September 12 - 14, 2025, at INSAT, Tunisia, and help shape the future of intelligent data systems where your innovative solutions could revolutionize how we process, understand, and act on information at a massive scale
Ready to build the future of real-time data processing? Seneca Hacks challenges you to join 200+ brilliant minds in Tunisia's premier AI hackathon. Whether you're building AI systems that analyze millions of data points simultaneously, creating smart applications that learn from continuous data flows, or developing intelligent agents that reason across multiple information sources, this is your platform to innovate.
Eligibility Requirements
Who Can Participate
- Current students (undergraduate, graduate, PhD)
- Fresh graduates within 2 years of graduation
- Both individual participants and teams are welcome
- Must be in person at event in Tunisia to qualify for and claim prizes
Team Requirements
- All team members must meet the eligibility criteria above
- Form a team of 4 (If you're coming solo, you can find new team members by joining our Discord or by participating in the hackathon Mixer on September 12th)
Requirements
THE CHALLENGE
Create the most effective NLP processing pipeline that delivers the highest accuracy on the largest dataset in the shortest time, using the provided computing resources and experimental data preprocessing approaches.
To be eligible for judging, YOUR SUBMISSION SHOULD INCLUDE:
💻 Working Demo or Application
- Must showcase performance (speed, scale, efficiency).
- Should handle significant data processing (for bonus points).
📝 Clean and Well-Structured Codebase
- Demonstrates strong technical quality (code quality, architecture).
- Includes documentation or comments for clarity.
✅ Accurate and Relevant Outputs
- The app or solution must provide correct and meaningful responses.
💡 Innovative Features or Approaches
- Highlight any creative, novel ideas or problem-solving methods used.
🎨 User Interface & Experience
- Provide a functional, visually clear interface.
- A smooth demo experience is expected.
🎮 Bonus Categories (Optional but Encouraged. Details will be announced on September 12th)
- Livestreamed sports entertainment features
- Large-scale data processing to compete for “Most Data Processed.”
- Fast response handling to aim for “Speed Champion.”
Submission Package Should Include:
Prizes
1st Place
- iPad 11-inch A16 Chip x4
- Fast-Track Job Offer
- Seneca Circle Lifetime Membership
- Documentary Feature
- Incubation Opportunity
- AI Credits Package
2nd Place
- Galaxy Watch 7 x4
- Priority Job Consideration
- Professional Recognition
- Networking Opportunities
- Partnership Opportunities
- AI Credits Package
3rd Place
- Beats Studio Buds x4
- Job Interview Priority
- Creative Recognition
- Professional Development
- Network Access
- AI Credits Package
Outstanding Design & Innovation Award
Surprise tech devices
Outstanding Design & Innovation Award
Surprise tech devices
Outstanding Design & Innovation Award
Surprise tech devices
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Mohamed Boukari
Seneca Innovation Center
Vanessa Trujillo
Seneca Innovation Center
Anna Tyan
Seneca Innovation Center
Mickey O'Neil
Silicon Valley Investment Group
Dipra Jha, PH.D.
Washington State University, Carson College of Business
Judging Criteria
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Performance
Speed, scalability, efficiency (30%) -
Technical Quality
Code quality, architecture (25%) -
Accuracy
Relevance and correctness of responses (20%) -
Innovation
Creativity and uniqueness (15%) -
User Experience
Interface and demo quality (10%)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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