​​HackOS 2 is sponsored by Rootly (YC S21)! Learn more about Rootly in the sponsor section below.

​​Welcome! What is HackOS 2?

​​A student-run hackathon to collectively create models to beat benchmarks for open access research topics, hosted at Building 21 at McGill University.

​Who can join?

​​This hackathon is geared towards students, researchers, and recent grads. We welcome participants of all skill levels, whether you're writing code for the first time or a seasoned developer. If you are a public member, please send us a message, we'll do our best to accommodate!

​What is happening?

​We'll be building models that aim to understand how to achieve AGI, by trying to score as high as possible on the Arc AGI benchmark for the ARC Prize. You can hack solo, as a team, or even use pre-existing work for this hackathon!

​We'll also be writing a collaborative paper (a cookbook for ARC AGI) that we'll be submitting for the ARC AGI Prize.

​Tentative Schedule

​Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024:

• ​9:00 AM: Doors Open

• ​9:30 AM: Opening Ceremony

• ​12:00 PM: Lunch

• ​2:30 PM: Online Q&A with Mike Knoop (Co-founder Zapier (YC S12), ARC Prize)

• ​6:00 PM: Supper

• ​8:00 PM: Demos

• ​9:00 PM: Wrap up

​About Rootly, our sponsor

​​Rootly (YC S21) is a fast-growing Canadian startup trusted by industry leaders like NVIDIA, LinkedIn, and Wealthsimple to supercharge their on-call and incident response. Our platform seamlessly integrates with your entire tech stack and leverages AI to help SREs and DevOps teams resolve issues faster, reduce downtime, and prevent repeat incidents. Our goal with AI is to fundamentally help companies tackle incidents more efficiently and ensure they don’t happen again.