[IISE Faculty List] PG&E ENERGY ANALYTICS CHALLENGE (REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING)

[Aziz Ezzat Ahmed]

Dear Colleagues,
The IISE Energy Systems Division (ESD) and the INFORMS Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (QSR) Section are co-organizing a data challenge sponsored by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). The contest challenges teams to design analytics-based solutions for a real-world energy challenge. This year's challenge will be about electricity load forecasting. For a full description of the 2025 challenge, please use the following link: Competition Description<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1l_j1ekLMOcHiAoeJvBP6vTwPozTGogVvBvWCw6mPwlo%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Ca199563c17104f246c3708dd3a122fd2%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638730571960882002%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8E2YAqqKUUzx24VJMX%2BL62Jvd0dfqdKov3KZWohZbj4%3D&reserved=0>

The winner and up to two runners-up will be recognized with certificates and cash prizes, and will present their solutions at a special session at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo in Atlanta, co-organized with PG&E.

In addition: The winner will present a lightning talk (5-minutes) about their final winning solution at the Energy Systems Town Hall Meeting. All finalists will have the opportunity to present their work at the 2025 INFORMS Annual Conference within a QSR special session.

Eligibility Requirements:
- Individuals or teams (up to four individuals) can participate in the challenge.
- At least one team member must be an IISE member.
- The winner and runners-up will be asked to join the ES Division for official recognition (joining ESD is free if you are an IISE member).

Application/Submission Guidelines:
- Individuals or teams are asked to register on the following link: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnkd.in%2Feekm2vaH&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Ca199563c17104f246c3708dd3a122fd2%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638730571960899751%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dGN2Vd78PFbEOS1vA5L3zO2IMF1g7bLz0fGK6lmtg44%3D&reserved=0 on or before January 22nd, 2025, in order to be officially entered into the competition.
- The participating teams will receive the dataset via e-mail by January 24th, 2025, which marks the competition's kick-off, along with specific instructions on the solution submission format (codes + output report).
- All teams need to submit their final solutions electronically via an online form before March 24th, 2025.

Challenge organizers:
Dr. Mahan Mansouri (mahan.mansouri at pge.com<mailto:mahan.mansouri at pge.com>)
Dr. Murat Yildirim (murat at wayne.edu<mailto:murat at wayne.edu>)
Dr. Aziz Ezzat (aziz.ezzat at rutgers.edu<mailto:aziz.ezzat at rutgers.edu>)





​Ahmed Aziz​ Ezzat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Director of the Renewables and Industrial Analytics (RIA) Research Group
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