The 1st NGT Hackathon, held at CERN’s IdeaSquare from 7–11 April 2025, brought together more than 40 students and researchers from across the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) collaboration and other 15 institutes.
Throughout the week, participants rolled up their sleeves to explore a range of hands-on topics, including writing their first coroutine, running generators on GPUs, trying out seamless Structs-of-Arrays, converting machine learning models for super-fast inference, and leveraging hls4ml for optimized ML model conversion.
The goal? Step away from the usual routine of emails and meetings to dive deep into hands-on problem-solving and real-time collaboration.
🎥 Watch the highlight video below and relive the energy of the week:
And this is only the beginning! More hackathons are on the horizon, so stay tuned to our website for updates on upcoming hackathons and other events!