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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, complete the form below. Even if you do not have a team, team members, or an idea, you can share your interests and skills in the form, and we can help you connect with others who are looking for teammates with your skills and availability.

Your Name
Do you have a team?  
Are you the Team Lead? 
Do you still need additional team members?  

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:

  • 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.

  • Subject Matter Expert 

    Provides the focus and the expertise to make certain the proposed solution is valuable, feasible, and aligned with an actual problem.

  • Presentation/Marketing Lead 

    Concentrates on conveying the work of the other team members through documentation, videos, and pitches.

  • 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.

  • 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.