Events

Managing AI Cost at Scale: From Model Training to Production Inference Taiwo Olatunde Data and AI Engineer New Vision Institute of Technology

Saturday, March 28 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 am The opening ceremony for HackFromScratch that will kick off the week’s festivities. The HackFromScratch organizers will discuss the structure of HackFromScratch, the week-long Creative Jam, and donation milestones for HackFromScratch. The

Saturday, March 28 @ 9:30 am - 10:00 am Join this prerecorded interview with Eric Rosenbaum, the Director of Scratch Lab at the Scratch Foundation and the co-inventor of the Makey Makey invention kit, as he discusses his career experiences

Saturday, March 28 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Join accomplished Purdue faculty Professor Neal Baker, Professor Somali Chaterji, and Curator Kirstin Gotway in this informative panel as they discuss the significance of AI and its impact on the world

March 28th 12:00 PM - March 29th 2:00 PM @ WTHR & HAMP Competition Overview Convergence: The Momentum Cross-Pillar Challenge is a collaborative competition where participants work in teams to solve a real-world problem that combines elements of finance, engineering,

Sunday, March 29 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Join McCutcheon Hall RA and Purdue Hackers mainstay Xander Kutulas on a quest to study the art of building video game controllers and a gaming chair that doubles as a video

Sunday, March 29 @ 3:40 pm - 6:00 pm HackFromScratch will be streaming pitches of what people will make at Hack Indy 2026 (run by the Computer Science Club at Purdue, Indianapolis). Join this virtual event to see the cool

Sunday, March 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm   The Rube Goldberg Team at Purdue will demonstrate their Rube Goldberg machine as well as talk through the creation process: they’ll discuss the steps they took to design and engineer

Monday, March 30 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Creative Coding Club will run a workshop to introduce and teach principles of creative coding. They’ll provide resources and examples to help support audience members and will challenge audience members

Presented By: Florence Hudson, Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub and Emily Rothenberg, Program Manager of the National Student Data Corps (NSDC) Abstract: Join us to learn about the free programs and resources available through the Northeast

The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Data Science Resources and Opportunities for Learners and Educators Florence Hudson - Executive Director Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub and Emily Rothenberg - Program Manager National Student Data Corps

Purdue Hackers is hosting the Coding Agents Workshop on 31 March at BRNG B222 from 6:30pm to 8pm!   Here are the details for the workshop: ​Learn how to make your own Claude Code! Dive into the fundamentals of how coding