Melody Yang (meoies)

CS @ Purdue

Texas, United States
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Hacktech by Caltech 2026

Pasadena, CA, USA

Not everything needs to be flashy - just make it work.

$56,897 in prizes
Apr 24 – 26, 2026
198 participants

Catapult 2026

West Lafayette, IN, USA

A 36-hour AI + ML × Entrepreneurship hackathon hosted by ML@Purdue.

Non-monetary prizes
Apr 4 – 5, 2026
181 participants

InnovateHer

West Lafayette, IN, USA

InnovateHer is Purdue University’s Women-Centric Hackathon

Non-monetary prizes
Feb 7 – 8, 2026
114 participants

NexHacks

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

TURING CITY is an immersive 24-hour hackathon where hackers construct the building blocks of a sentient digital metropolis.

$68,500 in prizes
Jan 17 – 18, 2026
874 participants

Cal Hacks 12.0

San Francisco, CA, USA

This year's Cal Hacks is co-hosted by Claude, Fetch AI, AppLovin, and Amazon's Annapurna Labs! Together we'll assemble in SF for a weekend of hacking, friendship, and crazy ideas.

$58,100 in prizes
Oct 24 – 26, 2025
2164 participants