{"id":207308,"date":"2026-10-02T14:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wnst\/?p=207308"},"modified":"2026-10-09T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:10:41","slug":"podsumowanie-hackowatt-ai-dla-zielonej-energii-smart-energy-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wnst\/en\/2026\/10\/02\/podsumowanie-hackowatt-ai-dla-zielonej-energii-smart-energy-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"HackoWatt Summary \u2013 AI for Green Energy: Smart Energy Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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|text: Paulina Trybek|<\/small>
\n|photos: Paulina Trybek i Bartosz Hanuszkiewicz|<\/small><\/p>\n

From 28 to 30 September, the international hackathon HackoWatt \u2013 AI for Green Energy: Smart Energy Challenge<\/strong> took place. Participants could join the event either on-site at Spin-Place in Katowice or online. Students worked on applications and tools using artificial intelligence to address real-world challenges in the energy sector. The competition scenarios included, among others, energy consumption forecasting, optimisation of energy use, and analysis of the potential application of renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″]\r\n

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Preparations<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

A total of 24 teams representing Polish and international universities<\/strong> registered for the hackathon. Participants included students from the University of Silesia in Katowice, the University of Warsaw, AGH University of Krakow, the Military University of Technology, the Medical University of Warsaw, Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski University in Warsaw, the Silesian University of Technology, Pozna\u0144 University of Economics and Business, Pozna\u0144 University of Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Wroc\u0142aw University of Science and Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, and WSB Merito University.<\/p>\n

International participants represented, among others, Halmstad University, LMU Munich, Hochschule Mittweida, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, the University of Pisa, the University of Alicante, Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice, the Berlin School of Business and Innovation, and Vilnius University.<\/p>\n

Competition<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

On 28 September at 11:00 a.m., five competition scenarios<\/strong> were published ( we encourage you to explore them here: competition scenarios<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The teams had 24 hours to prepare and submit their solutions together with a short presentation.<\/p>\n

In the end, 15 teams took up the challenge and submitted completed applications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On 30 September, the highest-rated teams were invited to the final session, during which they presented their solutions in detail to the jury. The jury included representatives of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Silesia, Vattenfall, and international partner universities involved in the AI2SEP Erasmus+ project (https:\/\/ai2sep.us.edu.pl<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”206020″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\r\n

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Final Results<\/span><\/h3>\n

All submitted solutions demonstrated interesting approaches to the challenges and deserved recognition. Following the final presentations, the jury selected the winners:<\/p>\n