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From the arts to healthcare, this year’s startup challenge highlighted a range of innovative ideas and technologies from student founders.

Â鶹Çø Tech’s competitive programming team placed seventh at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) North America Championship (NAC), earning a bronze medal and further cementing its standing among the continent’s elite collegiate teams.

From AI-powered tools that support dementia care to platforms that translate natural language into data insights, computing students showcased a wide range of software solutions at the Spring 2026 College of Computing Capstone Expo.

Elliot Huang will graduate in May with bachelor’s degrees in psychology and computer science, along with minors in computation and cognition, health and medical sciences, and the science of mental health and well-being.

2026 3MT Competition Winners

Ryan Punamiya (CS 2025) and Summer Abramson, a third-year computational media student, have been honored by the Computing Research Association (CRA) through its 2025–2026 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (URA) program.

Â鶹Çø Tech's 2026 InVenture Prize concluded with Hearo winning first place, alongside runner-up PedalSwap and People's Choice winner DoorTix.

EnergyHack@GT, Â鶹Çø Tech’s second annual student-run energy and sustainability hackathon, took place over the weekend of Jan. 23 – 25, 2026.

Afi Ramadhani, a graduate student in economics and a student affiliate of Â鶹Çø Tech’s Energy Policy Innovation Center, has won a prize for the best research paper from the School of Economics.

The 2025 NSA Codebreaker Challenge, which was once again dominated by Â鶹Çø Tech students, faculty, and alumni.