The AI Hackathon: BSUIR 2026 has concluded in Minsk. Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR), the event took place on March 19–20, with M.AI.N – AI Community and the Belarusian startup Utlik.Co serving as partners.
In just one day, 16 teams of university students from across Belarus developed MVPs (minimum viable products) of AI-powered assistants designed to compare different versions of regulatory legal acts and internal corporate documents.
In Belarus, over 10,000 regulatory legal acts are updated annually at various governmental levels. Local enterprises and organizations also regularly revise their internal documents throughout the year: internal labor regulations, remuneration policies, occupational safety instructions, and more. Lawyers in government agencies and corporate legal departments spend up to 60–80% of their working time on routine comparative analysis: searching for modified wording and verifying compliance with higher-level legislation.
The technical challenge required teams to create a web interface with file upload functionality and an algorithm capable of detecting not just textual edits, but semantic changes across different document versions. Additionally, the MVP had to validate new document versions against a strict legislative hierarchy (from the Constitution down to technical regulatory acts) and generate a report visualizing a "change trail" with color-coded risk indicators.
Teams had only one day to develop a functional MVP and prepare their presentations; the second day was dedicated to project pitches to the jury.
Throughout the hackathon, participants were supported by mentors from the organizing and partner teams: representatives from M.AI.N and Utlik.Co, as well as experts from BSUIR and ITU, who assisted teams with solution architecture and final presentation preparation, enabling participants to make the most of their limited time.
The hackathon winner was Team Timux, comprised of third-year students from BSUIR, specializing in "Automated Information Processing Systems": Nikita Maslovsky, Stanislav Markovtsev, Boris Serzhanovich, Alexey Kobylko, and Daniil Ivashevich.
This marked the fourth hackathon organized by ITU in Belarus. In 2025, two AI ERA hackathons were held in Minsk and Gomel, where students tackled challenges provided by Beltelecom, Belorusneft, and Wildberries&Russ. Learn more about ITU hackathons in our dedicated
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