RMIT Hackathon 2026 Security · GenAI · Low-Resource Languages
RMIT Hackathon 2026 takes place in October 2026 at RMIT Melbourne, Australia, and RMIT Saigon South and Hanoi campuses, Vietnam. This year's themes centre on Security, Generative AI, and Low-Resource Languages. Teams will tackle the real-world problem of GenAI inaccuracies in low-resource languages — building solutions that improve reliability, safety, and inclusivity of AI systems for underserved language communities.
Call for Participants
Are you ready to push the boundaries of AI, security, and language technology? This is your chance to shine in a high-energy, hands-on competition that blends creativity, technical skill, and real-world impact — addressing the challenge of making Generative AI work accurately and securely for low-resource languages.
This Year's Themes
The 2026 hackathon focuses on three interconnected themes:
- Security — Identify and address vulnerabilities in AI systems, including prompt injection, data poisoning, and adversarial attacks that exploit language model weaknesses.
- Generative AI — Work with large language models to improve their accuracy, reliability, and usefulness — particularly in contexts where they currently fall short.
- Low-Resource Languages — Tackle the problem of GenAI inaccuracies when generating or processing content in languages with limited training data, building solutions that improve inclusivity and trust.
The specific challenge details will be announced closer to the event. Teams should expect to work at the intersection of these themes — developing approaches that make GenAI safer and more accurate for underserved language communities.
Who Should Join?
- RMIT University students (Undergraduate, Graduate, PhD) from Melbourne, Saigon South and Hanoi campuses.
- Students from other universities.
Participants will compete in teams of four students.
Impact and Benefits
For Participants
- Showcase your skills — Demonstrate expertise in AI, NLP, security, and language technology.
- Gain hands-on experience — Work with real-world challenges at the intersection of GenAI and low-resource languages.
- Learn from experts — Gain practical knowledge from leaders in AI, linguistics, and security.
- Make a difference — Build solutions that improve AI accessibility for underserved language communities.
- Contribute to open source — Share your solutions with the community.
- Expand your network — Meet potential collaborators, mentors and employers.
Join us for this two-day innovation challenge face-to-face at three RMIT campuses — Melbourne, Saigon South and Hanoi — and help shape the future of inclusive, accurate, and secure AI.