Kickoff Conference at New Mexico Tech in Socorro will be held on the weekend of October 11 - October 12, 2025.
- 9:00-11:30: Registration, pictures and campus tours at Joseph Fidel Student Union building (building #18 on the map).
- 11:30: Lunch in the cafeteria. See the General Schedule for more information.
- Room and board provided.
- Attendance at the Kickoff is not required for participation in the Challenge. Attendance at the Kickoff will be limited to 300 students.
After lunch Keynote, XXX.
| Keynote description: This talk will ... Biography: XX |
After dinner Keynote, XX.
| Biography: XX |
Sunday lunch Keynote, 2024-2025 Supercomputing Challenge Winner
 | Constraining the Neutron Star Equation of State using Observational Data Los Alamos High School Team Member: Tate Plohr
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Conference Tracks
TBD (these are the tracks from the 2024 Kickoff)
Track 1 - NetLogo, Beginners, Schedule
The students who participate in this session typically are Pre-Algebra students and have little to no experience in NetLogo coding.
Track 2 - Geospatial Agent-based Modeling/NetLogo and Python Class Schedule
This session is for students who have taken Algebra 1 and have some experience in NetLogo programming.
Track 3 - Experienced - Google Colab, Machine Learning, Python, Schedule
This session is for students who have at least Pre-Calculus math level and have some experience with at least one programming language and/or have participated in the Challenge for multiple years.
Track 4 - MIT App Inventor, Schedule
This is a unique 5-hour MIT App Inventor learning strand. Students, if you decide this is right for you, you'll need a team member with an Android or Apple smartphone, a laptop computer, and a good attitude for learning.
This session is for teachers to familiarize themselves with the Supercomputing Challenge year and milestones.
Proposals
Remember that Supercomputing Challenge teams need to submit a Proposal prior to the Kickoff. See proposal guidelines.
Be sure students have registered and teachers have registered for the Supercomputing Challenge, submitted a TEAF and paid the registration fee.
Class Materials
Housing Lists
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Comfort Inn - Schools:
Abq Acad, Capital High, La Cueva, LAHS/LAMS, Mountain Elem, NM Acad for Media Arts, NMSA, St. Thomas Aquinas, Truman Mid
Econolodge - Schools:
New Futures
Pictures
Check out the pictures from the Kickoff.
Publicity
To learn more about previous years' kickoffs, visit our archive.