{"id":12161,"date":"2026-10-08T18:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=12161"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:50:29","slug":"gemma-4-developer-agent-paper-track-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/gemma-4-developer-agent-paper-track-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Google \u2013 The Gemma 4 Developer Agent Paper Track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc About the Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gemma 4 Developer Agent Paper Track is a research-focused competition hosted by Google DeepMind.  It invites participants to submit original, unpublished research aimed at advancing <strong>agentic software engineering<\/strong>, particularly methods that help AI coding agents understand complex codebases and develop reliable software solutions. Participants can explore areas such as model tuning, code comprehension, benchmarks, datasets, graph reasoning, and novel application<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2139\ufe0f Event Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Competition Type:<\/strong> Research Competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mode of Conduct:<\/strong> Online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maximum Length:<\/strong> 3,000 words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Competition Host:<\/strong> Google DeepMind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcc5 Important Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> 22 September 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Final Submission Deadline:<\/strong> <strong><strong>13 November 2026, 5:29 AM IST<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfaf Eligibility &amp; Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participants must be at least 18 years old or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is older.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants must register through the official Kaggle competition page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teams can have a maximum of 5 members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submissions must contain original, unpublished research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The research paper\/writeup can be a maximum of 3,000 words.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants may submit up to 5 submissions per day and select up to 2 final submissions for judging.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research areas include <strong>Tuning &amp; Optimization, Code Comprehension, Tasks &amp; Benchmarks, and Graph Reasoning<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc6 Benefits for Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$35,000 total prize pool<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$15,000<\/strong> for Overall Best Paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$10,000<\/strong> for Best New Resource<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$10,000<\/strong> for Best New Application<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top submissions will be highlighted at a Google-hosted event such as a NeurIPS 2026 expo\/workshop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opportunity to showcase original research in agentic software engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc About the Event The Gemma 4 Developer Agent Paper Track is a research-focused competition hosted by Google DeepMind. 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