Hackathon Challenges
Engineering students from across Poland will spend a focused sprint building AI solutions for real pharma problems — submitted by industry professionals.
Challenge submissions are now closed
The submission window has ended. The organising committee is reviewing all submitted challenges and selecting the problems that will be tackled on Hackathon day — October 25 at AGH University in Kraków. The winning team presents their solution at the main conference on October 26–27.
Where we are now
Submitted
Challenges received from pharma and biotech professionals
Review
The organising committee is evaluating each submission now
Hackathon Day
Selected challenges assigned to student teams — October 25
The winning team presents their solution on the main conference stage on October 26–27 at Novotel Kraków Centrum.
What the student teams will be solving
Selected challenges meet these criteria — they’re designed to be solvable in a focused sprint.
Teams work with anonymised records, synthetic data, sample exports, or public sources — no access to live systems. The data path is defined upfront.
Teams have 4–8 hours. Each challenge is scoped as a proof-of-concept — demonstrable end-to-end on the day with a narrow, testable core.
Each challenge comes with a rough rubric — accuracy threshold, output format, or processing target — so teams have a goal and judges have a basis to evaluate.
Problems from GxP environments come with the relevant constraints — audit traceability, data provenance — so student solutions are meaningful to the submitter.
Key dates
Hackathon Day
AGH University of Science and Technology · Kraków
Student teams tackle selected challenges in a focused sprint
Winner Showcase — Day 1 Evening
Novotel Kraków Centrum · Conference Dinner
The winning team presents their solution during the evening dinner
Conference Day 2
Novotel Kraków Centrum
Full programme including panels, workshops, and closing session
Questions about the hackathon? aiinpharma@ispe.org.pl