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Competing in the Intelligent Marketplace: Generative Sequential Recommendation Under Constraints.
Recommendation systems are transforming how users discover content, products, and services. But making them effective in a competitive marketplace means solving a complex problem: Relevance under constraints.
This is your chance to explore generative sequential recommendation by learning from user interaction histories, anticipating responses, and making smart decisions as multiple agents compete for attention. Your approach will need to balance recommendation quality with compute and runtime constraints.
Imagine you are building the intelligence behind a fast-moving digital marketplace. Every interaction provides a signal, every recommendation can influence what happens next, and every design choice counts. The challenge: create an approach that is accurate, adaptable, efficient, and capableof evolving as the marketplace changes.
Step up, think strategically, and prove that you can turn behavioural signals into smarter recommendations and a strategy.
Why participate?
Hack for Innovation
Collaborate with peers to create groundbreaking solutions.
Showcase Your Skills
Present your ideas and prototypes to industry experts and tech leaders.
Network and Collaborate
Connect with brilliant minds and potential collaborators worldwide.
Learn and Grow
Participate in workshops led by top professionals in the tech field.
Win Big
Compete for a chance to win up to 6,000 Euros in prizes.
Don’t miss your chance to take on the intelligent marketplace.
Build smarter. Recommend better. Compete under constraints.
Join the 2026 Tech Arena and prove how far AI can go in sequential recommendation.
Prize pool
1st prize
The sum of 6,000 €
(divided equally between each member of the winning team)
There will be one winning team.
2nd prize
The sum of 2,500 €
(divided equally between each member of the winning team)
There will be two winning teams.
3rd prize
The sum of 1,500 €
(divided equally between each member of the winning team)
There will be three winning teams.
Who can join?
Students
Calling all students studying in Ireland!Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD's, here’s your chance to shine at Huawei Ireland Tech Arena 2026. If you qualify for Phase 2, we’ll be excited to welcome you in person.
Show your skills, compete, and make your mark!
Form teams of3-8 members. If you're a Bachelor's student, we highly recommend joining a team with Master's or PhD students for a more enriching experience. This is your time to shine, show us what you’ve got!
Timeline
Registration Phase
Registration starts September 24
First Phase
October 21 - November 4
Selection Phase
November 5 & 6
Top 15 Teams Announcement
November 9
Onsite Hackathon
November 14 & 15
Award Ceremony
November 15
Venue Information
Address
Clayton Hotel Cardiff Lane
Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin Docklands, Dublin, D02 YT21, Ireland
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Our vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the go. For more information, please visit HUAWEI online at www.huawei.com.
About Huawei Ireland Research Centre
Huawei has been in Ireland since 2004, and has three R&D centres across the country in Dublin, Cork and Athlone. R&D efforts in Ireland focus on the areas of video analysis, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and site-reliability engineering.
Since entering the Irish market, Huawei has substantially grown its R&D presence and we are committed to our future in Ireland. Partnering with local third-level institutions including Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork, and University of Limerick, Huawei contributes the growth and development of Ireland’s innovation ecosystem while increasing productive capacity and providing new technological solutions for Irish consumers and businesses. Huawei also works with Science Foundation Ireland research centres including Adapt, Connect, and Lero.
In 2019, Huawei provided Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software a €6 million investment to fund a research programme aimed at improving the reliability of software applications.
About CBG Device Cloud
Based on HarmonyOS, CBG Cloud Service provides consumers with secure, reliable, high-performance, and high-quality user experience services, including AppGallery, GameCenter, Browser, Themes and so on. The Ireland Research Center team focuses on technologies such as search&recommendation&ads, AIOps, and intelligent multi-modal content, and is committed to attracting AI talent. We welcome any interested talent to communicate with us.
