JetBrains Academy Invites You to Our AI Festival: Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence

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Join us in February for the JetBrains Academy AI Festival – a thrilling fusion of hands-on learning and inspiring challenges! Participate in thrilling challenges, find inspiration for innovation, and advance your understanding of machine learning and AI. Be an active participant and start shaping the future of artificial intelligence: listen to the lectures, ask questions, and demonstrate your skills in the AI Hackathon!

Lecture highlights

Date and time: February 27–29, 2024, starting at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET) each night

Location: Online, registration required

Day 1 – Prompting: Past and Recent Practices

Kickstarting the festival is Ivan Dolgov, ML Engineer for the JetBrains AI team, who will delve into recent practices involving the use of prompts for generative models. Explore tools for generating, tracking, and validating inputs, and learn how to tailor your prompting technique for optimal results in AI systems.

Day 2 – How Can Machine Learning Help Programmers?

Egor Bogomolov, Lead Researcher in the ML4SE Lab, part of JetBrains Research, explains various applications of modern ML techniques in code processing. Discover why machine learning for software engineering (ML4SE) extends beyond code analysis, and gain insight into its profound impact on software engineering.

Day 3 – JetBrains AI: A Deep Dive

Vladislav Tankov, Team Lead for the JetBrains AI team, takes you on a deep dive into the architecture and implementation of JetBrains AI. Learn about the functionality of JetBrains AI products, as well as their integration with LLM providers and the inference techniques used in them.

AI competition

Team up with your friends or participate solo, with two tracks to choose from.

Track 1: Solo Mastery

Format: Kaggle-style individual competition

Challenge: Process source code and extract specific information

Capacity: Unlimited

Track 2: The Power of the Team

Format: Hackathon for teams of up to six people

Challenge: Create an AI companion to revolutionize the student learning experience

Capacity: Limited space – secure your team’s spot now!

Key Dates for the Competition:

– March 1, 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET) – The competition begins! Access competition details, datasets, and problem statements.

– March 3, 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET) – The clock stops! Ensure your solutions are submitted by the deadline.


The top three entrants in each track will be awarded official certificates and vouchers for our merchandise shop. Participants must be over 18 years old, and each participant may only compete in one track.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the future of artificial intelligence! Take part in the AI Festival to enjoy an immersive experience combining knowledge sharing, innovation, and the thrill of competition.

For more information and to register, visit the JetBrains Academy AI Festival website. 

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