ITADATAHack 2026 – National Data Science Challenge

ITADATAHack 2026 – IV Edition National Data Science competition organized by the CINI Data Science Laboratory, hosted by the University of Bari.

🎯 The challenge: build a music recommendation system using a synthetic music dataset generated from public data. 📦 Deliverable: a working solution with a presentation deck. 👥 Teams of 2–3 members — BSc/MSc students from any Italian university, or graduates who obtained their bachelor's degree after September 9, 2023.

📅 Key dates: • Registration closes: October 14, 2026 (11:59 PM) • Hackathon: October 16–17, 2026 (online) • Jury evaluation: October 19 – November 9, 2026 • Final (Bari, in person or remote): November 10, 2026, at the ITADATA 2026 National Conference

💻 Teams will have access to the HPC platform of the University of Turin for the technical scoring. 🏆 Certificates for the winning teams and for every team that submits a solution. 🤝 Technical partner: HPC4AI (University of Turin). With the support of Grafton. 💬 A dedicated Discord channel will be shared with registered teams.

By registering, you accept the official competition regulations.