Students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science of WUT made a strong impact at this year’s edition of the global StarkHacks hackathon in the US. The HardCounter team consisted of Piotr Czechowski, Svetlana Gridina, Mateusz Błażejowski and Denis Lisovytskiy, while the CompMech team was formed by Aleksander Jeżowski and Rafał Lasota. HardCounter won 1st place in the main Microsoft track, AI & Automation, and 2nd place in the Best Use of Viam category for the project “RackMedic” (DataCenter Automata). CompMech took 2nd place in the Ford track with their project “Zero Depth”.
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to generate data for training subsequent, more advanced models. They can learn from one another through hidden signal transfer, but they can also pass on undesirable features that persist even when the training data has been cleaned of the original attribute. These issues are the focus of the co‑authors of a paper published in Nature, including Anna Sztyber‑Betley, PhD, from the Faculty of Mechatronics of the Warsaw University of Technology.
The CombAIns team, composed of students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science of Warsaw University of Technology, has achieved another success. During the international HackCarpathia 2026 hackathon, the team won in the MedTech category and ultimately took first place in the entire competition. Our students created the project “Be Ready”, an educational application focused on women’s health prevention. This is yet another strong performance by CombAIns at Hack Carpathia.
The product, developed as part of a research and development project carried out by the Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP PIB) in cooperation with the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology and the companies Gloves Technologies and Andropol SA, was awarded the MTP SAWO 2026 Gold Medal. The solution also received the Grand Prix of the Chief Commander of the State Fire Service.
How can the high effectiveness of industrial oil additives be combined with environmental responsibility? This question is addressed in the research of Dr Sabina Wilkanowicz, conducted at the interface of science and industry. The author, affiliated with the Płock Branch of the Warsaw University of Technology, and the company Pachemtech, has developed and tested environmentally-friendly additives for crude oil extraction that not only effectively separate oil-water emulsions but also reduce corrosion and meet environmental requirements for particularly sensitive areas such as marine waters.
Representatives of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology dominated the prestigious engineering competition “Hall of The Year”, organised by the Czech Technical University (ČVUT) in Prague. Our students took first and second place in the academic category, demonstrating outstanding precision in the design and optimisation of lightweight timber structures.
