Building at the Intersection of AI+Climate
The Stanford Green AI Hackathon brings together an interdisciplinary group of students dedicated to developing tangible solutions that address the environmental impacts of AI and explore its environmental applications.
Interdisciplinary Teams
Bringing together students, mentors, and judges from all schools and departments.
Practical Solutions
Focusing on developing practical tools and frameworks to address real-world climate and environmental challenges using AI.
Long-term Impact
Hackathon projects will have pathways for continued development and real-world impact.
Zero Hunger
Good Health
Quality Education
Gender Equality
Clean Water
Decent Work
Industry & Innovation
Reduced Inequalities
Sustainable Cities
Responsible Consumption
Life Below Water
Life on Land
Peace & Justice
Partnerships
Tracks
Green-by AI
How can we use AI for Sustainable Development?
Use Google DeepMind's Alpha Earth Foundations to leverage geospatial AI for sustainable development.
Challenge Examples:
- Monitor deforestation: Analyze satellite data to detect illegal logging.
- Predict extreme weather: Use AI for early warning in climate-vulnerable regions.
- Smart delivery: Optimize food transport routes for reduced emissions.
Green-in AI
How can we make AI more sustainable and less resource-intensive?
Challenge Examples:
- Optimize training energy: Cut model training energy, emissions, and water usage.
- Model compression: Quantize, distill, and shrink pretrained models for real-world use.
- Hardware-aware software: Build efficient software that leverages emerging energy-saving chips.
Schedule
October 24th
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 4:00pm | Opening Ceremony 🌎 |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Workshop 1 🏗️ |
| 6:00-7:00pm | Workshop 2 🏗️ |
| 7:00pm | Dinner + Team Formation Mixer 🕺 |
| 7:30pm | Hacking Begins 🥳 |
October 25th
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00am | Breakfast 🥐 |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Mentorship Block A 🏗️ |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Panel: Building Sustainable Solutions that Last 🌍 |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch 🌯 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Mentorship Block B 🏗️ |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Panel: Open Source for Sustainability 🍀 |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Dance & Snack Break 🕺 |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Mentorship Block C 🏗️ |
| 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Dinner 🥗 |
| 6:30pm | Project Submission Due 🚨 |
| 7:00pm | Demos & Judging 💻 |
| 8:30pm | Awards & Closing 🏆 |
Get Involved
Propose an AI + sustainability problem for participants to tackle
Share your knowledge and guide teams during the event
Support the hackathon as an organization and gain visibility
Share datasets or tools that could help teams develop solutions