AI in Action Hackathon 2.0: 35 participants spent three days experimenting in the ExpLAB

Note: This text was translated from German by AI / (DeepL Pro)

The AI in Action Hackathon 2.0 was hosted by the University of Mannheim and WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna). The participants included employees from WU Vienna, the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg, and Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, working in different areas of their institutions, as well as students from WU Vienna, the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg, and Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences, enrolled in a range of Bachelor's and Master's programs.

The event opened with a panel discussion on the potential and prospects of AI for higher education. The participants then worked in interdisciplinary teams on their own AI projects, shared experiences from their fields of work, and tested new tools. The organizers are curious to see which projects the participants will now pursue at their institutions.

A recap with insights and the key findings of Hackathon 2.0 has been published by the WU Innovation Office on its website (in German):

https://www.wu.ac.at/innovationoffice/innovationsprogramm/ai-in-action-hackathon-2026