{"id":12633,"date":"2026-02-12T16:58:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/?p=12633"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:22:48","slug":"call-for-participation-cenith-energy-corp-hackathon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/?p=12633","title":{"rendered":"Call-For-Participation: AI Agents Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attention Centennial College Students!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WIMTACH, in collaboration with EffectiveAI, is excited to invite students to participate in an AI Agents Hackathon focused on building next-generation intelligent agent solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work hands-on with real-world AI challenges, collaborate in teams, and showcase your innovation skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary and Objectives:<\/strong><br>The goal of this hackathon is to design and prototype <strong>AI-powered agents <\/strong>that can support decision-making, automate tasks, and solve real operational problems. Students will explore modern AI approaches, including intelligent workflows, automation, and agent-based reasoning systems. This is a chance to experience how AI agents are shaping the future of industries such as healthcare, emergency response, operations, and smart systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Skillset required <em>(Participants may have one or more of the following skillsets)<\/em>: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Artificial Intelligence \/ Machine Learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Software Development (Web \/ Mobile \/ Backend)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automation &amp; Agent Design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Hackathon Dates: <\/strong>March 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2026 (Participants must attend all days).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration Deadline: Feb 27th, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Team Structure: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participants will work in teams of <strong>5 students<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may register as an <strong>individual <\/strong>(team will be assigned) or as a <strong>group<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>To register for the hackathon, please follow the links below based on your registration preference:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are registering as a team of five, please use the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/centennialcollegeedu.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/WIMTACH559\/IQDWE-iBbfiiRqVH9KxPPRJfAepwg1iBixXGZ9DFqOM9bT0?e=shHILh\"><strong>Group Registration<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you prefer to register as an individual and would like us to assign you to a team, please use this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/centennialcollegeedu.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/WIMTACH559\/IQCa3eN3ysXXRrPrxXDtUGGTAUNKZ2keoYXe6x6lH6cFsgc?e=dLHl1B\"><strong>Individual Registration<\/strong><\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Participant Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Certificate of Participation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gift Card for all Participants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exciting prizes for top-performing teams (<strong>First Position<\/strong>: $1000, <strong>Second<\/strong>: $500 \u2022 <strong>Third<\/strong>: $200)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opportunity to be considered for future applied research projects with WIMTACH &amp; industry partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department: WIMTACH &#8211; Applied Research, Innovation &#038; Entrepreneurship Services<\/p>\n<p>Location: E3-22, Centennial College &#8211; Progress Campus, Scarborough, ON.<\/p>\n<p>Posting Date: Feb 12th, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Closing Date: Feb 27th, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Dates: Feb 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Status: Open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"student-opportunities","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hackathon","category-studentopportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12633"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12647,"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12633\/revisions\/12647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimtach.centennialcollege.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}