Frequently asked questions

The festival will feature four major competitions: AI Hackathon, Prompt Battle, Vibe Coding Competition, and Datathon.

The event brings together students, developers, researchers, startups, industry professionals, and tech enthusiasts, including participants from universities across Bangladesh.

Yes. Depending on the competition, participants may be asked to show their screen, device, prompt history, code, notebook, repository, or other relevant work. Judges may also inspect source code, dependencies, prompt history, and working demonstrations

Yes. Each registered participant will receive a kit containing a Bag, T-Shirt, ID Card, Notepad, Pen, and Certificate. Winners will receive crests and souvenir

Depending on the seriousness of the violation, a participant or team may receive a warning, score penalty, submission rejection, or disqualification.

AI Dev Fest 2026 is a two-day national AI and technology festival organized by the DIU Computer & Programming Club (DIU-CPC) under the Department of CSE, Daffodil International University.

Yes. Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Leonardo, and similar platforms are allowed. However, Google and other search engines are not allowed during the contest.

Yes. Prompt Battle is an individual competition, unless the organizers officially announce otherwise.

External datasets may be used only if the competition brief explicitly allows them. Participants must work with the datasets and resources permitted in the official problem statement.

Yes. Public libraries, frameworks, packages, and documentation may be used unless specifically restricted by the problem statement.

Yes. AI coding assistants and generative AI tools may be used unless the specific problem statement says otherwise.