Can you hack it?

In this spirit of Thanksgiving, let’s gather around the table for Hacksgiving: A.I. for Good. The Hacksgiving hackathon offers students an opportunity to use their skillsets to give back to the community by developing an A.I.-driven solution to support a local nonprofit.

How Hacksgiving works

Students are presented with a problem statement and dataset from a nonprofit organization. Then, students work individually or with a team to crunch the data and develop a solution over the course of a two-day or three-day hackathon. They present their solutions to the judges for a chance to take home the prize money. Hacksgiving is open to all MSOE students from any major. 

Hacksgiving provides an opportunity for students use their creativity and apply their application-oriented talents and skills to help your organization overcome challenges. These real-world projects empower our students to make a real difference in the community.

Hacksgiving was developed by Dr. Jeremy Kedziora, PieperPower endowed chair in A.I. at MSOE.

Hacksgiving Community Partner Interest Form

Is your local nonprofit facing an obstacle that could be solved and supported by A.I.? Let’s talk! Please fill out this form for a chance to be our featured nonprofit partner for Hacksgiving.

Hacksgiving 2024

Hacksgiving 2024 will take place November 21-23, 2024. More information coming soon!

Awards

  • 1st place: $3,000
  • 2nd place: $2,000
  • 3rd place: $1,000

Judges

  • Dr. Jeremy Kedziora, PieperPower endowed chair in A.I at MSOE
  • Representative from the featured nonprofit partner

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