ENERGY Hackathon 2024

Overview

ENERGY Hackathon 2024

ENERGY HACKATHON 2024

Event Details

Frequently Asked Questions

At the end of day 1, participants will vote for ideas that they are interested in (we will explain how this works during the “Brainstorming ideas and teaming up” session on day 1). Throughout day 2 and until noon of day 3, teams will work on their own to solve the problem/challenge of their choice and build a presentation. Between 1–3 pm on day 3, teams will be called on to present their challenge.

The energy hackathon will be hosted in person. If you are not able join us in person, please let us know in advance to make sure we have everything set up to help you join virtually.

If you are joining virtually, all links will be shared with registrants a few days before the event.

No, participants do not need to know programming. There will be many types of challenges available that do not require programming. And workshops will be provided on day 1 for those who wish to learn some programming.

The Energy Hackathon is organized as part of the APIC-NSERC Alliance project titled “Towards Future Interconnected Electric Systems” led by Professor Petr Musilek from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The event is funded by NSERC and APIC organizations (AESO, ATCO, Altalink, ENMAX, EPCOR, and FortisAlberta). AI4Society, ISAIC, Future Energy Systems and the Energy Systems Signature Area are also supporting and helping organize this event.

There will be gift cards for the top 3 winning teams and some additional special prizes.

Judges will be picked from the University of Alberta/Calgary faculty and from the APIC company representatives. Judges will mark each idea and presentation according to set guidelines, the guidelines will be shared with all participants before the event.

Agenda

1. 5:00 – 5:30 pmOpening Remarks and Introduction
2. 5:30 – 6:15 pmWorkshop: Build a fully functional data app in 45 minutes using Streamlit By Ildar Akhmetov
3. 6:15 – 6:30 pmBreak
4. 6:30 – 7:15 pmWorkshop: Setting up and Using Jupyter Notebook at ISAIC By Omid Hajihassani
5. 7:15 – 9:30 pmBrainstorming ideas and teaming up
6. 8:30 – 9:00 amFinal team formation, problem-solving begins
7. 9:00 – 11:00 amDrop-in Q&A sessions
8. 1:00 – 3:00 pmDrop-in Q&A sessions
9. Problem-solving continues overnight3:00 pm – midnight
10. Problem-solving continues, projects due at noon8:30 am – noon
11. Noon – 1:00 pmBreak
12. 1:00 – 2:30 pmTeam presentations
13. 3:00 – 4:00 pmResults and Closing remarks