{"id":147568,"date":"2026-08-21T18:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/147568\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:38:10","slug":"delaware-paired-students-with-agencies-in-3-day-ai-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/147568\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware paired students with agencies in 3-day AI hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delaware state agencies are turning to college and high school students to explore how artificial intelligence could address some of government\u2019s everyday challenges, such as records management, customer service, transportation and infrastructure planning, workforce and benefits administration and internal reporting. <\/p>\n

This week, more than 40 students from the University of Delaware, Penn State and area high schools participated in a three-day AI hackathon, working with state employees to develop machine learning tools for real-world government problems, the Delaware Department of Technology and Information announced Friday<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The \u201cHennovate the State\u201d<\/a> event, held at the University of Delaware\u2019s STAR Campus, paired student teams with case studies submitted by 10 state agencies. It was the fifth hackathon held at the university, but the first to include state agencies and government datasets.<\/p>\n

Delaware Chief Information Officer Bob Osmond said the hackathon demonstrated the potential of bringing government and higher education together to develop practical AI applications.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur agency partners brought real problems to the table, and these students brought fresh thinking and sharp technical skills,\u201d Osmond, who stepped into the role in April<\/a> after serving as Virginia\u2019s CIO, said in a press release. \u201cThat\u2019s how we find AI solutions that actually work for the people of Delaware.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participating teams received support from mentors at Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia. At the end of the hackathon, four winning projects were recognized for impact, technical depth, creativity and problem execution. The most promising concepts may be evaluated for possible development, according to DTI.<\/p>\n

The event builds on Delaware\u2019s experimentations with AI. Last year, the state launched the AI Sandbox Program<\/a> to experiment with machine learning tools such as for traffic monitoring and network intrusion detection.<\/p>\n

Delaware joins several states \u2014 including California<\/a>, Georgia, Texas, New York and Utah<\/a> \u2014 that have in recent years established regulatory sandboxes or testing environments to safely pilot test AI, study best governance practices and offer temporary relief from specific regulations.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tWritten by Sophia Fox-Sowell
\n\t\t\tSophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor\u2019s in anthropology at Wagner College and master\u2019s in media innovation from Northeastern University.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delaware state agencies are turning to college and high school students to explore how artificial intelligence could address…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,72450,25,111,689,17491,185,2505],"class_list":["post-147568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-ai-hackathon","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence-ai","tag-coding","tag-delaware","tag-state-local-news","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}