Held on 21 to 22 September 2026, over forty students from NUS, NTU, and SIT participated in the IN-CYPHER Hackathon. Complementary to the IN-CYPHER Conference, teams built an autonomous AI agent to solve a Capture-the-Flag (CTF) challenges spanning categories such as web, pwn, crypto, reversing, forensics and more, with several set in medical and healthcare scenarios. The more the agent solves without human help, the higher the team placed with three final winning teams.
The event was proudly sponsored by CyberSG R&D Programme Office (CRPO) with awards presented by Dr Lissy Vadakel, Country Director, British Council Singapore.
This hackathon comes from IN-CYPHER, a joint Imperial College London & Nanyang Technological University research programme focused on securing the medical systems and healthcare technology people depend on.
Winners
First place
Wang Guanyu
Gu Shucheng
Lim Jian Heng
Second place
Xu Zilong
Zhang Jiachen
Chen Yue
Third place
Li Junjie
Key information
Format
Agents vs CTF.
Autonomous agents, no human intervention is allowed.
Teams
One to four people each team, solo participants are welcomed.
On-site Venue
CREATE Tower
1 Create Wy, Singapore 138602
Held alongside the IN-CYPHER Conference (23–24 September 2026), a joint programme between Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University, funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation.