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Coding Fest

Advocating coding for innovation

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The annual School of Computer Science Coding Fest is a competition open to all university students. It provides opportunities for students to sharpen their coding skills, connect with like-minded peers, and hear from industry leaders on the future of AI and technology.

Key dates

  • Event day: Tuesday, 28 July 2026
  • Showcase project submission deadline: Friday, 10 April 2026

This year's competition will cover a broader range of themes, such as agriculture, biotech, education, finance, humanities, and medicine. Students are encouraged to emphasize creativity, feasibility, and the social impact of their projects. Judges are particularly interested in the novel application of emerging technologies, collaboration among peers, and the potential for future growth and development.

To showcase your project, please submit a 1-page poster in PDF. Follow this poster template (PDF, 239KB).

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Design solutions to tomorrow's computing problems

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2025 Awards

Champion: KnowYourPets

  • Authors: Jane Zheng, Aria Sun, Yixiang Chen, Syed Zaidi
  • University: University of Sydney, Deakin University

Runner up: Forget Me Not: a smart wearable to support Alzheimer's

  • Authors: Yan Yan, Sienna Cai, Reuben Cheng, Eeshiang Chann
  • University: University of Sydney

Champion: AutoGuard DT: Vision Meets Digital Twins

  • Authors: Yuji Deng, Yuzhen Liu
  • University: University of Sydney

Runner up: Scarecrow 2.0

  • Authors: Yiyi Wang, Chong Jong
  • University: University of Sydney

Champion: ChemAR

  • Authors: Neeraj Shetkar
  • University: University of Sydney

Runner up: Blind Support Device Framework for LLM-Enhanced Monocular Vision Framework for Guiding the Visually Impaired (BSD-LLM)

  • Authors: Aaron Handoko, Jose Setiawan Senjaya, Josua Geovani Pinem
  • University: University of Sydney

Champion: Exploring Multimodal Neural Methods for Translating Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

  • Authors: Yee Cheng Ng
  • University: University of Sydney

Runner up: Sign Language Translation (SLR) Little Helper

  • Authors: Diheng Sun
  • University: University of Sydney

Runner up: NeuroSigns

  • Authors: Hai Son Nguyen, Hengzhou Li, Mahak Saini, Sourav Suresh Shinde
  • University: University of Sydney

Champion: Marge1.0 – the Self-navigating Victim-searching Robot

  • Authors: Todd Zhao
  • University: STEM Academy

Runner up: Lisa - AI in the Sky

  • Authors: Todd Zhao
  • University: STEM Academy

Champion: Vilutra - Smart Lost Child Tracking System

  • Authors: Nguyen Dang Minh, Tran Khanh Linh, Nguyen Quoc Hung
  • University: Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam

Runner up: CoGen - AI and Gamification-powered Platform for Sex Education

  • Authors: Danh Truong, Quang Nguyen, Minh Tran
  • University: Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam

Champion: Fund Flow, Unified Personal Finance

  • Authors: Peter Lonergan
  • University: University of Sydney

Runner up: Quo: Financial Risk Assessment Analyser

  • Authors: Jordan Maquiran, Patrick Chen, Felix Mathew
  • University: University of Technology Sydney, University of New South Wales

Champion: A Lightweight and Explainable CNN Model for Detecting Microplastics from Holographic Images

  • Authors: Habibur Rahman Rifat, Arun Roy, Md Manowarul Islam, Md. Shamim Bin Shahid
  • University: Jagannath University, Bangladesh

Runner up: Enhanced Graph Signal Reconstruction Using Adaptive and Multi-Scale Clustering Techniques

  • Authors: Fahim Hasan, Mosammat Shima Akter, Sajeeb Saha
  • University: Jagannath University, Bangladesh

Champion: Scholar Hub

  • Authors: Abhishek Pradeep, Anuvinda  Sreenivas, Aditya Sanyal, Daniel Gotilla, Martin  Peng, Shreenidhi Bharadwaj
  • University: University of New South Wales

Runner up: A Scalable Competition Platform for Open Innovation and Community Engagement

  • Authors: Shousen ZHANG, Beiqi  Dai, Zhaoyi Yang, Anqi Zhang, Yixue  Yang, Basem Suleiman
  • University: University of New South Wales

Champion: AffiAI: AI-Powered Drug-Target Interaction Predictor

  • Authors: Yiwei Yang
  • University: University of Sydney

Runner up: Handwriting screening for early identification of dyslexia or visual perceptual problems in pre-school children

  • Authors: Chung Hon  Lee, Nguyen Hoang Phuong Tran, Tok Tin Chung, Minh Tam Le, Leah Nguyen
  • University: University of Sydney

Champion: Disaster Aid

  • Authors: Md. Rashedul Alam
  • University: Jagannath University, Bangladesh 

Runner up: IRIS: Intelligent Recognition and Imaging System for Coal Mining

  • Authors: Jianqin Gao, Chandrahaas Vellanki
  • University: University of Sydney

Champion: Foresight

  • Authors: Ayusha Priyadarshani
  • University: University of New South Wales

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