Cornell Six Sigma Hackathon

About the challengeAteam sprintfor Cornell Systems Engineering students. Your team picks a prompt, invents the data, and ships a working quality-control tool.Who:Cornell students in the Systems Engineering MEng/MS program or enrolled in SYSEN 5300 / MAE 5390 or SYSEN 5900 — up to 5 per teamWhere:Upson Hall 116Submissions:onDevpost— the event page and submission instructions are shared at the eventOn-Campus Version: 24 hours, October 16, 3PM - October 17, 3PMrequired for on-campus students, unless excusedVirtual DL Challenge: 7 days, October 16, 3 PM - October 23, 3 PMrequired for distance learning students and any others who cannot attend in person.You will tackle one real-world quality control and reliability problem, drawn from industry, healthcare, energy, or infrastructure.🧩 Prompts are releasedat kickoff— each tied to a dataset you design and build yourself📊The statistics are the graded core.Statistical process control, process capability, reliability modeling, failure analysis. The app is the delivery vehicle for the analysis, not the point.🧱 Shipa dashboard / web app (React, Shiny, etc.)that answers the prompt, and anything you need to make it work (eg. an R or Python library, a public REST API, a design scheme, etc.)🚀 Deploy it live to the coursePosit Connectserver — publisher credentials are handed out at the event🔢 Every project is scored 0-100 by the event staff.Read the criteria🏆 Top team wins a prize and bragging rightsGet Started🗓️ Schedule of Events (24 hour event)💬 Prompts—revealed at the start of the event🔢 Evaluation Criteria📚 Resources for Building Your Tool🧰 Starter Templates🤖 Agent context bundle— read this before you start building⁉️ FAQ👥 How to JoinForm a team (max 5) and register through DevPost. No team?Sign up anywayand we'll match you.