SolarOnCare, POSTECH, KAIST, and UNIST to Host Renewable Energy Generation Prediction Competition
Published2026.09.22 09:42
SolarOnCare has annually co-hosted a "Big Data Challenge" with POSTECH's Open Innovation Big Data Center (OIBC), and this year will integrate it with the "AI & Data Science Competition" of the three-university alliance.
Awards will be given to a total of 17 teams: △Grand Prize 1 team (5 million won) △Excellence Award 2 teams (1 million won each for undergraduate and graduate students) △Merit Award 4 teams (1 million won each) △Encouragement Award 10 teams (400,000 won each). A separate undergraduate Excellence Award category was newly established with 1 million won in sponsorship from Omelet, a startup founded by KAIST Industrial Engineering faculty members.
The evaluation criterion is the settlement amount calculated by subtracting the generation prediction error penalty from power sales revenue, with teams that maximize this amount gaining an advantage.
Participation is available as individuals or teams of up to 5 people, with an online briefing session held on October 12-13.
The main competition will run from November 2 to 13.
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