The 2025 Machine Learning Marathon (MLM25) is a 12-week applied ML/AI hackathon at UW–Madison. Participants form teams of two to five and work on real-world challenges in areas such as sustainable AI, protein modeling, brain decoding, biodiversity image clustering, retail forecasting and more. The event includes workshops, advisor support, AWS credits and cloud training. Open to anyone with ML, Python and Git+GitHub fundamentals (enough to collaborate on a team). 

Explore the 2025 challenges: Review challenge-specific prerequisites and find something that fits your skills, interests and learning goals: ml-marathon.wisc.edu/challenges

Register individually by Sep. 10. Tickets are limited and available on a first-come basis. Register early to secure your spot. Team registration is due later, on Sep. 18 (one week after kickoff). Learn more and register at ml-marathon.wisc.edu.

Email endemann@wisc.edu with questions about joining MLM25.