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.