BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AI Hackathon DTSTART:20251007T070000Z DTEND:20251023T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260718T182000Z UID:indico-event-195@events.asc.ac.at CONTACT:training@vsc.ac.at DESCRIPTION:Start date:  07 Oct 2025\, 09:00 (CEST) Entry level: Hackat hon (bring your own code)End date:  23 Oct 2025\, 17:00 (CEST) Subject a rea:  Artificial intelligenceLocation:  ONLINE (Zoom) Topics:Artificial intelligence (all topics)Language:English Target audience:Academia\, ind ustry\, public sectorPrice:  Free (for eligible participants)   Organ izers:    EuroCC Austria\, Germany\, Poland & their supercomputing ce nters & NVIDIA & OpenACC & AI:ATTogether with NVIDIA and OpenACC organiza tion\, the EuroCC National Competence Centres of Austria\, Germany\, and P oland will host an Open AI Hackathon starting 7th October and concluding 2 3rd October 2025.Open AI Hackathons are multi-day\, intensive hands-on eve nts designed to help AI and ML engineers and data scientists accelerate\, optimize\, and scale their real-world projects leveraging the latest techn ologies.The event pairs participating teams with dedicated expert mentors to enhance the performance\, efficiency\, and scalability of their applica tions using state-of-the-art programming models\, libraries\, and tools. W hether you’re working on deep learning\, data analytics\, or model optim ization\, this hackathon provides a unique opportunity to push the boundar ies of innovation using an advanced AI and ML infrastructure.This hackatho n is open to everyone looking to take their projects to the next level\, h owever\, participating teams have to be based in EU and/or EuroCC countrie s.This hackathon is co-organized by the Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC)\, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ)\, Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AG H (Cyfronet)\, OpenACC organization\, and NVIDIA for EuroCC Austria\, Euro CC@GCS\, and EuroCC Poland\, all National Competence Centres for HPC\, HPD A & AI. The AI Factory Austria AI:AT contributes with a few mentors.Please ensure that your team meets all prerequisites / eligibility before you ap ply.Important dates05 19 August 2025 – Extended Application Deadline09 S eptember 2025 – Notification about Acceptance07 October 2025\, 10:00 – 12:00 (CEST) – Day 014 October 2025\, 09:00 – 17:00 (CEST) – Day 12 1 October 2025\, 09:00 – 17:00 (CEST) – Day 222 October 2025\, 09:00 – 17:00 (CEST) – Day 323 October 2025\, 09:00 – 17:00 (CEST) – Day 4AgendaSee Agenda in the left menu for a detailed timetable.Prerequisites Teams are expected to be fluent with the code or project they bring to the event and motivated to make progress during the hackathon.A minimum of 3 team members must participate throughout the entire event. Lack of complet e participation will result in the entire team being excused.Projects brou ght to the event are required to have a licence attached and detailed in t he application. Permissive-style Open Source License (e.g.\, BSD\, MIT\, o r Apache 2.0 license) are preferred as it's much easier for the hackathon organizers to pair your team with mentors. For more information on why lic enses are important and how to obtain one\, please use the following links : Software Licenses in Plain English and/or Choose an open source licenseT arget audienceAI hackathon for teams (minimum 3 team members & teams based in EU and/or EuroCC countries) from academia\, industry\, and public admi nistration looking to take their AI projects to the next level.Virtual eve nt formatThis hackathon will be hosted online (using Zoom).All communicati on will be done through Zoom\, Slack\, and email.Each team will be assigne d a breakout room to work with mentors on their codes and will present rep orts (SCRUMs) on their progress to all participants in the main room daily .Compute resourcesAttendees will be given access to a GPU cluster for the duration of the hackathon.Attending the AI hackathonIf your team is accept ed for the AI hackathon\, registration information will be provided along with mentor introductions and computational resource access. Accepted team s must:Register all team members for the event.Review the attendee guide.M ake sure that at least 3 team membrs participate throughout the entire eve nt.  RecommendedNo advanced parallel computing or GPU skills are require d\, but it is helpful for teams to know the basics of GPU programming and profiling. We recommend familiarising yourself with these concepts by acce ssing any of the no-charge lectures\, tutorials\, and labs available to al l participants. Please contact the organizers for more information to help you prepare for the hackathon.MentorsEvent Moderator:  TBDMentors from N VIDIA and the participating HPC centersLanguageEnglishDate\, time\, and lo cation07.–23.10.2025\, 09:00 – 17:00 CEST\, LIVE ONLINE (using Zoom)Pr ices and eligibilityDue to EuroCC2 regulations\, generic or private email addresses cannot be accepted. Please use your official university or compa ny email address to prove your affiliation.This hackathon is partly funded by the EuroCC 2 project. Therefore\, the hackathon is open for participan ts from academia\, industry\, and public administration from EU and/or Eur oCC countries.ApplicationApplication for this hackathon is handled by open hackathons.org through their EuroCC Open AI Hackathon page.All further det ailsPlease see the openhackathons.org event page EuroCC Open AI Hackathon for all further details.OrganizersThis hackathon is jointly organized by t he Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC)\, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ)\, Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH (Cyfronet)\, OpenACC organization\, and NVIDIA for EuroCC Austria\, EuroCC@GCS\, and EuroCC Poland\, all Nati onal Competence Centres for HPC\, HPDA & AI. The AI Factory Austria AI:AT contributes with a few mentors.AcknowledgementsThis course is partially fu nded by the EuroCC 2 project.The project has received funding from the Eur opean High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreem ent No 101101903. The JU receives support from the Digital Europe Programm e and Austria\, Belgium\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Cyprus\, Czech Republic\, D enmark\, Estonia\, Finland\, France\, Germany\, Greece\, Hungary\, Iceland \, Ireland\, Italy\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Luxembourg\, Montenegro\, Nether lands\, North Macedonia\, Norway\, Poland\, Portugal\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia\, Spain\, Sweden\, and Türkiye.Additional funding for the project comes from the Austrian federal ministries BMBWF and BMK.\n\n https://events.asc.ac.at/event/195/ LOCATION:Zoom (ONLINE) URL:https://events.asc.ac.at/event/195/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR