WELCOME TO THE TIDAL HACKATHON SPRING 2026
The Tidal Hackathon is a one day hackathon that will take place in person at the MSC at TAMU. Hackers will brainstorm, build, and test their unique machine-learning applications and be scored on a scale of creativity and execution. Participants will showcase their ability to apply novel concepts to variable problems by using their problem-solving and technical skills.
This year's hackathon prompt is to create an interdisciplinary project applying AI, machine learning, and data science to fields that have historically underutilized these technologies to address a real-world problem and create substantive change.
Requirements
Teams should be a maximum of 4 hackers.
All team members must be in person to demo. You must be on-time to judging or risk not being judged.
You can only submit a project that is built during this period. You cannot submit this project to any other hackathon or vice versa.
Prizes
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Company Sponsors and Club Leadership
Judging Criteria
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Practicality
Does the problem you addressed already have a novel solution? How was it designed? -
Creativity
How unique and original is the idea and execution? How innovative is the idea behind the project? -
Technicality
What type of techniques did you use to solve the problems you faced during the hacking period? Did the proposed solution work as intended? -
Presentation
How was the team's visual design and presentation experience? How good was the pitch to our fellow judges? -
Interdisciplinarity
How many disciplines outside of computer science were used to understand the problem, formulate an approach, and deliver a product?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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