SAS Hackathon Awards Information
The 2025 SAS Hackathon Grand Champion is DementAI
The SAS Hackathon champion developed an early detection system for Alzheimer's
The DementAI team from UK‑based consultancy Katalyze Data, a long-time SAS Partner, was named the 2025 SAS Hackathon Grand Champion. The system, powered by SAS Viya, helps clinical teams find subtle patterns of decline earlier, improving care.
2026 Award Opportunities
To be a champion – that’s big-time bragging rights!
Extraordinary business cases will be recognized in the following categories:
Industry
- Cross-Industry
- Financial Services
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Public Sector
Technology
- Agentic AI/Decisioning
- Computer Vision
- Forecasting
- Models
- NLP (Natural Language Processing)
- SAS® Viya® Workbench
- Visualization
Specialty
- Channel Ready
- Data for Good
- Sustainability
- Trustworthy AI
- UX: Excellence in User Experience
Regional
- Americas
- EME-AP (Emerging Middle East-Asia Pacific)
- Europe
Overall Global Champion
- One team will be selected.
The SAS Hackathon provides participants with access to learning resources and unparalleled guidance from experts and hands-on experience with the latest technology at no cost. There’s no monetary prize. Teams own their IP (intellectual property) and can pursue commercialization.
2025 Awards Ceremony
Watch every action-packed moment of the SAS Hackathon 2025 ceremony.
2025 SAS Hackathon Award winners
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2024 SAS Hackathon Award winners
Judging Criteria
What are the judges looking for?