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<p style="line-height: 1;">-----Forwarded Message-----<br>From: ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter, San Francisco <san-francisco-chapter@acmsiggraph.org><br>Sent: Apr 22, 2026 1:21 PM<br>To: <san-francisco-announcements@siggraph.org><br>Subject: fyi - Hackathon April 25-36</p>
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<div>Sending this on behalf of James Ryseff who is the Director at the Special Competitive Studies Project. </div>
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<div>The Hackathon has a top prize of $10,000 in each of four tracks:</div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" role="presentation"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Cloud laboratories: Transform scientific discovery by building AI agents that autonomously execute hypotheses, interpret lab data, and iterate experimental protocols</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" role="presentation"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Wargaming: Shatter analog constraints with a modular platform that uses AI to provide rapid adjudication, autonomous scenario architecture, and adaptive "Red Cell" adversaries.</span></p>
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<div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;">Participants will present their prototypes to be judged by experts from a combination of top technology companies, government agencies, and academics.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">To register for the hackathon, go to </span></span><a href="https://expo.scsp.ai/hackathon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://expo.scsp.ai/hackathon/</a> or email <a href="mailto:hack@scsp.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hack@scsp.ai</a> to get more information. </div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
<div>Henry</div>
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