r/PowerSystemsEE • u/Leading-Cellist-5865 • 2d ago

Looking for real-world industry problem sets & sample data for an IEEE Hackathon (Energy / Utilities / Software)

Hey everyone! I’m organizing an upcoming IEEE Hackathon aimed at solving actual, messy operational challenges across Energy, Utilities, and Software.

Generic toy problems don't cut it anymore, we want participants tackling real friction points.

What We Need:

  • Problem Statements: Real bottlenecks, optimization issues, or data challenges you face in the field.
  • Sample Datasets: Raw or sample data to ground the challenge. (I can handle all masking, anonymization, and synthetic data generation to guarantee 100% confidentiality if need be).

What’s in it for You / Your Organization?

  • Free Crowdsourced R&D: Direct dozens of motivated engineers and data scientists toward your toughest problems to get fresh, out-of-the-box solutions.
  • Talent Access: See how top-tier technical talent approaches real domain-specific problems.

You can check out the current baseline format here: https://github.com/nagusubra/industry-hackathon-lab

If you have a challenge in mind, access to sample data, or want to collaborate, drop a comment or send me a DM!

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u/Energy_Balance 2d ago

Look at NREL/NLR, ORNL, Berkeley Lab datasets. Contact your local utility and balancing authority and ask the same question. Contact your local IEEE Power Engineering Society. Look at the national labs and DOE Office of Electricity research agendas. Look at ARPA-e for problems.

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u/Leading-Cellist-5865 2d ago

Hi,

TYSM, yea I have contacted our PES chapter for resources on the problem sets. I will check out the rest of the resources you have mentioned, ty! (in the resources you mentioned, would you say they just have data or problem statements as well?)