NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025

Armana Team

October 4–5, 2025

Cottbus, Germany

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BTU Universität
Cottbus-Senftenberg

About the Challenge

A World Away, Hunting for Exoplanets with AI, just for you

Leverage AI/ML to build a model trained on NASA’s open-source exoplanet datasets that can automatically and accurately detect exoplanets from space mission data. This is a custom message.

Machine learning enables automated discovery
Exoplanet detection still mostly manual
Preprocessing improves model detection accuracy

Our Commitment

Aramana Team drives space discovery with smart, data-powered solutions.

Next Intelligence / Future Now / Empowering Innovation / Smarter Tomorrow / Think Forward / Cognitive Shift /

Event Schedule

Our Team

Arman Shirzad

Project Lead & Architect

Project Manager & lead Engineer

Turns ideas into production-ready systems. Blends R&D with hands-on engineering to build products that solve real-world problems.

Amin Adineh

Deputy Lead • Ops

Project Operations Coordinator

Intersection between physics, soft skills coaching, hard skills, Operations Coordinator of the team.

Umair Tufail

AI Engineer

AI engineer that creates state of the art models for fun and work.

Mahdi Ahmadi

Data Engineer

Data Scientist

Data Engineer whose intellect and capabilities over deliver to the most strict stakeholders.

Ahmed Ajmal

Top-Notch Front End Developer

Front End Engineer

Open source front end contributor currently contributing to expanding front end blockchain technology.

Marcus

Data Science Associate

Bridges analysis and storytelling; turns model outputs into clear visuals, slides, and docs.

Event Location

Location & Venue

Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg

Address

Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 03046 Cottbus

Phone

Call: +49 15756693804

Email

shirzarm@b-tu.de

Everything You Need to Know

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge?

A global hackathon powered by NASA where participants solve real-world problems using space data—this year's challenge focuses on AI-based exoplanet discovery.

When and where is the challenge held?

The event is scheduled for 4th Oct untill 5th, and can be joined virtually or in-person at approved Space Apps locations worldwide.

How are we participating as Team Aramana?

We are engaging in the challenge titled “A World Away: Hunting for Exoplanets with AI”, building an intelligent model to explore publicly available NASA datasets.

What’s the goal of our project?

To develop a machine learning model with a user-friendly web interface capable of identifying confirmed exoplanets, candidates, and false positives.

What datasets will you use?

We’ll utilize open datasets from NASA's science archives.

Will your project be open-source?

Yes! Following NASA’s open-data ethos, we aim to make both our model and platform available to the public and researchers.