Project presentation #HackathonSomosNLP 2026: demo, video and paper

How to present the project you've created during the hackathon.


Congratulations on getting this far — all that’s left is presenting your great project to the world!

How to do it?

  1. Create a demo
  2. Record a 5-minute video
  3. Optional: write a paper

Below we share more details and tips to maximize your project’s visibility 🚀


🖼️ Building a demo

Build a demo of your project in a Hugging Face Space so anyone can interact with your model. On top of that, the best demos will earn an extension of the ZeroGPU time sponsored by Hugging Face!

Until May 31 | max 0.5 pts

  • If this is your first demo, we recommend Gradio — it’s the easiest.
  • Build the demo directly in a Space at hf.co/somosnlp-hackathon and iterate there.
  • What to include in the demo: project motivation, impact, future ideas, the corresponding UN Sustainable Development Goal number if applicable, links to the dataset and model used, team members, and anything else you find useful to promote your project 🤗
  • Build a clear, intuitive demo.
Incentives
  • Required to mark the project as complete and qualify for prizes
  • Adds up to 0.5 pts to your team’s total score
  • The best demos will earn an extension of ZeroGPU time sponsored by Hugging Face
Resources
  • Inspiration: check out “trending Spaces” or “Spaces of the week” at hf.co/spaces
  • Docs: Gradio docs
  • Notebook: How to build a demo with Gradio
  • Video tutorials: here you’ll find tutorials for building demos with Gradio, Streamlit and Flask.

🎥 Recording a 5-minute video

Record a 5-minute video presenting your project, upload it to Drive and share it with mariagrandury [at] gmail [dot] com.

The recordings will be played live with the jury — we recommend at least one person from the team try to join the live session in case any questions come up. Best of luck! 🤗

Submission until June 1 | max 0.5 pts

Incentives
  • Adds up to 0.5 pts to your team’s total score
  • Required by Mistral to award credits to the winning team
  • Required to mark the project as complete and qualify for prizes
Guide

Content:

  • The video must be at most 5:00 minutes long (strict maximum)
  • The presentation content is up to you — feel free to focus on what you think is most valuable about your project
  • We generally recommend the following outline: motivation, methodology, results, analysis, conclusion, and next steps

Format:

  • Record your screen during a Zoom or Teams meeting (Google Meet is not allowed) in which all team members are present (ideally)
  • Everyone present must speak
  • The video can’t be edited — share the raw recording directly
  • Confirm the audio was recorded along with the video
  • Upload the recording to Drive and share it with mariagrandury [at] gmail [dot] com

Inspiration:

  • We invite you to check out the project presentations from the 2024 edition in this playlist

📝 Optional: write a paper

With the help of researchers, write a paper presenting your project and submit it to a Workshop at an international NLP conference.

Incentives
  • Gain research experience and visibility
  • If your paper is accepted, you’ll have the chance to travel to present it in person!
Resources

We’ll reach out to teams that let us know they’re interested so we can organize mentorships and decide which Workshop to submit the papers to 🚀

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