Build Your Team
Complete your entry to join the Nittany AI Challenge.
Complete the Team Interest Form
If you're interested in participating in the Nittany AI Challenge, check out our Challenge Coach. Even if you do not have a team, team members, or an idea, you can create a profile, share your interests and skills, and the Challenge Coach will help you connect with others who are looking for a team or a team looking for a teammate with your skills and availability.
Team Roles
While there are several roles necessary for a successful team, there are no requirements regarding your team’s size. Successful teams most often have four to six members with varied experience, backgrounds, and academic affiliations.
As a guide, many teams include the following roles:
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Team Lead
Helps guide the team, ensuring everyone is working together to achieve the desired results. The team lead also provides project management to bring the team to a successful and timely submission.
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Subject Matter Expert
Provides the focus and the expertise to make certain the proposed solution is valuable, feasible, and aligned with an actual problem.
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Presentation/Marketing Lead
Concentrates on conveying the work of the other team members through documentation, videos, and pitches.
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Technical Lead(s)
Leads the project from a technical perspective, helping the team understand the tradeoffs of the technical decisions and leading the actual programming of the solution. This could include separate individuals focused on front-end development, back-end development, and data science.
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Design Lead
Leads the team in user experience/user interface design decisions and development. The importance of someone in this role for later stages of the Challenge cannot be overemphasized.