Video Understanding AI Hackathon at Northeastern

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Video Understanding AI Hackathon at Northeastern - April 3, 2026

Apr 03, 2026

9 AM - 7 PM

Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave, 240 Egan Boston, MA

About this event

Join our in-person AI Hackathon focused on video understanding using the FiftyOne open-source ecosystem and TwelveLabs’ models and APIs. View more CV events here.

Host

Time and Location

9 AM - 4:30 PM - Raytheon Auditorium
5-7 PM - Second Floor Suites (demos, prizes)

Schedule

10:00 AM – Welcome
10:15 AM – Find teammates
10:30 AM – Introduction to the hackathon
10:45 AM - Introduction to FiftyOne
11:00 AM – Using TwelveLabs Models
11:15 AM - Hands on with TwelveLabs + FiftyOne
11:45 AM – Define your use case
12:00 PM – Catered Lunch
12:30 PM – Hacking!
3:00 PM – First push to GitHub
5:00 PM – Final push to GitHub & judging begins

Prerequisites Checklist

Check out this GitHub repo for details
Register for a TwelveLabs account and get an API key
Set up your environment: Install FiftyOne and TwelveLabs
View example video datasets at Hugging Face Hub
Enablement Asset in GitHub
Additional resources

Awards

Projects will be judged across fun, hackathon-style categories.

🏆 Grand Prize — Overall Champion
🧹 Best Data Curation Plugin
🚀 Most Deployable
🤡 Least Useful (But Hilarious)

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