# \#hackathon

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## [Inside Ferrumizer: Physics & Inference](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/inside-ferrumizer-physics-inference/168)

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**Author:** [@riot](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/u/riot)\
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**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 5:22am UTC](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/inside-ferrumizer-physics-inference/168 "2026-09-15T05:22:05Z")

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It’s been a couple of weeks since I shipped Ferrumizer. Building a differentiable physics engine that simulates industrial steel hardening forced me to bridge my degree in Metallurgical Engineering with modern software…

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## [TessScope: Closed-loop microscopy with exact gradients across JAX, SciPy and PyTorch - Tesseract Hackathon 2026](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/tessscope-closed-loop-microscopy-with-exact-gradients-across-jax-scipy-and-pytorch-tesseract-hackathon-2026/165)

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**Author:** [@raj](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/u/raj)\
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**Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/tessscope-closed-loop-microscopy-with-exact-gradients-across-jax-scipy-and-pytorch-tesseract-hackathon-2026/165 "2026-09-06T19:52:21Z")

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Can one exact gradient teach a microscope to refocus itself and improve the biological analysis at the end of the pipeline? Hii guys… I’m Raj Patil, For the Tesseract Hackathon 2026, Track 05: Differentiable graphics a…

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## [Normax: Backpropagating through structural engineering standards](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/normax-backpropagating-through-structural-engineering-standards/161)

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**Author:** [@arpastrana](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/u/arpastrana)\
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**Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/normax-backpropagating-through-structural-engineering-standards/161 "2026-09-01T01:17:59Z")

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What if we could backpropagate through the law? :oncoming\_police\_car: This is the research question behind #normax, my entry to the 2026 Tesseract Hackathon by Pasteur Labs. Engineering lightweight structures remains l…

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## [The 2026 Tesseract Hackathon is live now through August 31st!](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/the-2026-tesseract-hackathon-is-live-now-through-august-31st/149)

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**Author:** [@samali](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/u/samali)\
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**Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://si-tesseract.discourse.group/t/the-2026-tesseract-hackathon-is-live-now-through-august-31st/149 "2026-08-03T13:15:31Z")

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We’re back with another virtual hackathon, this time featuring our biggest prize pool yet. Compete across five tracks for $20,000 in prizes, either as a solo builder or in a team of up to 4 people. To learn more about th…