LLM Hackathon for Materials & Chemistry @ MIT

Description

​When: Thurs/Fri, September 11–12, 2025, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM daily
Where: MIT (open to the greater Boston community) - Room 36-428 for Thursday Kickoff
Global Hackathon Website: https://llmhackathon.github.io/

​Registration (2 Steps Required)
✅ RSVP for the MIT Hub → RSVP via this Luma event
✅ Register for the global event → Global Registration
(Required for project visibility and judging)

​About the MIT Hub
Join the 3rd global LLM Hackathon for Applications in Materials & Chemistry. This MIT hub is part of the global hybrid hackathon. Work locally at MIT while connecting with teams worldwide to prototype AI/LLM solutions for real scientific challenges.

​Building on the success of the 2023 and 2024 hackathons (2023 paper, 2024 paper), we’re expanding our vision to foster a sustainable community around LLMs, agents, and multimodal models applied to materials science and chemistry.

​Who Should Attend?
Everyone is welcome! Whether you are:

• ​A computational scientist

• ​An experimental researcher curious about AI

• ​An AI enthusiast eager to apply your skills to real-world problems

​This hackathon is designed for anyone curious about AI applications in chemistry/material science!

​No prior hackathon or domain experience is required — what matters most is curiosity, enthusiasm, and willingness to collaborate.

​What We Provide

• ​High-speed internet

• ​Workspace & collaboration areas

• ​Catering & plenty of coffee ☕

​Collaboration & Beyond

• ​Slack Channel: Join here

• ​Pre-Event Team Building: Activities in the coming months to help you find collaborators/find collaborators via the Slack channel

• ​Lasting Impact: All teams will have the chance to contribute to collaborative research papers documenting methodologies, results, and breakthroughs.

​Code of Conduct
Be respectful, collaborative, and open. We follow a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and abide by MIT’s building policies.

​Questions?
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
Slack: Boston Site Channel