Dates

4/11/2026, 10AM-5PM

Eligibility

Must be a college student in the US!

Project and Submission Requirements

  • Teams of 4 people maximum. Students must be enrolled at a US college/university.

  • Projects must be started and completed within the 24-hour time frame.

  • LLMs/AI Chatbots are allowed but must be cited if used.

  • All teams must create a short video/presentation, up to 5 minutes long, of their project and conclusions.

  • Projects do not have to conform to the Biotech, Fintech, and Social Impact tracks, as they are just a suggestion.

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

All judging will take place at the end of the development period. Teams must submit their presentations (videos, slides, etc) and .ipynb files/GitHub link/Colab link to the submission portal. The portal will ask questions including whether the team is submitting to a specific track or not. Judging will be based on a specific rubric criteria pertaining to each track.

  • The rubric is based on the 4 following criteria. These will be evaluated on a float scale from 0-5.

  • Technical Complexity: Did they just make a bar chart, or did they use a machine learning pipeline?

  • Data Integrity: How did they handle missing values or outliers? Where does the data come from? Is the data trustworthy/legitimate?

  • Storytelling: Is the 5-minute video clear, and are the visualizations intuitive? Could someone who does not understand the inner workings understand the conclusion?

  • Innovation: Is the "meaningful decision" they arrived at original or impactful?

  • The average of the scores given for each criterion determines the team’s final score.

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 (the E-board of the Tufts Data Science Club). Hackathon participants are expected to abide by these rules in addition to the Tufts Student Code of Conduct.