All times in Eastern Standard Time (EST). Schedule subject to minor updates.
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Day 1 – Tuesday, December 16 • Kickoff & Talks

  • 9:00–9:20 AM EST Speaker: Gerd Duscher (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
    Topic: Machine Learning in Electron Microscopy: Old and New
  • 9:20–9:45 AM EST Sponsor Talks:
  • 9:45–10:05 AM EST Speaker: Rama K. Vasudevan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    Topic: Open ecosystems for microscopy: software and experiments in the age of agentic AI
  • 10:05–10:25 AM EST Speaker: Sergei V. Kalinin (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
    Topic: Microscopy for Materials Discovery and Hackathon Plan
  • 10:25–11:00 AM EST Short Break & Last-Minute Team Formation
  • 11:00 AM EST Hackathon Launch!
    Hacking continues throughout the day.
Organizers will be online on Slack and Zoom from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST.

Day 2 – Wednesday, December 17 • Full Work Day

  • All DayTeams work on hackathon projects and problem statements
  • Throughout DayOffice hours and organizer support available on Slack & Zoom
  • 5:00 PM ESTOrganizers remain available until 5 PM EST
Use this day to develop and refine your ideas and results.

Day 3 – Thursday, December 18 • Submissions & Wrap-Up

  • DaytimeFinal touches, testing and preparing deliverables
  • 11:59 PM ESTFinal Submissions Due
    Submission procedure will be updated soon...
    • ~2-minute video about the project
    • 2-page summary (Google docs preferred)
    • Code – GitHub link or shared drive folder
Organizers available on Slack and Zoom 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST.

Post-Hackathon Activities

  • Prize Announcement: Date TBA (approximately 1–2 weeks after submission deadline)
  • After Event: Project summaries and results will be compiled and shared with participants. The manuscript will be integrated over the next 1–2 months and then shared with participants.