…advance and democratize active matter research and train the next generation of MGI workforce in data science and collaborative ideation and discovery

We designed immersive interdisciplinary hackathons to…

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UC Santa Barbara

Learn about our methodology and approach. You can use hackathons to advance your own research and training goals

2026 Hacktive Matter hackathon | July 19-21

partnered with NSF BioPACIFIC MIP to bring together 30 trainees and faculty from 8 institutions across the country to collaboratively design AI-enabled data-driven solutions to materials optimization

2025 Hacktive Matter hackathon | July 20-22

brought together 24 trainees and faculty from 3 NSF DMREF groups and the NSF MIP BioPACIFIC MIP to develop BARCODE 2.0

2024 Hackathon

June 19-21

UC Santa Barbara

2023 Hackathon

June 29-30

UC Santa Barbara

2022 Hackathon

July 28-29

UC Santa Barbara