SWECCATHON 2026 — Event Slides

Everything for the kickoff: teams & scope, today’s schedule, the three tracks, judging & rubric, API credits, prizes, deadlines, and how to get help.

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What’s inside

1. Welcome — teams (solo–4), mixed CS + non-CS scope
2. Today — the ~2-hour kickoff schedule
3. The three tracks — Games · AGI/Real-world modeling · Future of work
4. Judging — the scoring rubric
5. Submission — what you ship (repo · UI · demo video)
6. Example benchmarks — from the Claude Opus 4.8 system card
7. API credits — Cursor
8. Prizes & sponsors — Google, swag, food
9. Logistics / FAQ — credits, docs, teams
10. Deadline — 4 PM Mon June 1 → judging 5 PM
11. Roles & support — the crew + Discord
12. Links & QR — Devpost · Wiki · Discord

Related

• Mesocosm overview slides — the platform walkthrough
• Mesocosm CLI — Start here