CMU challenge: Climate Risk Intelligence details

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-<p style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#a7b2cf;margin:10px 0 14px;max-width:760px">Carnegie Mellon is planning the inaugural ProtoStar challenge, focused on energy and climate resilience. Researchers and developers will apply reusable scientific resources to real problems.</p>
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-<p style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;color:#a7b2cf;margin:18px 0 14px;max-width:760px">The challenges are also a way to learn: where can researchers readily build on public resources, and where do formats, documentation or infrastructure still slow them down? Those lessons can inform future open-science tools, institutional practices and public research policy. Other participating institutions will bring forward their own challenges over time.</p>
-<p style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;color:#a7b2cf;margin:0px 0 14px;max-width:760px"><strong style="color:#e9edfb;font-weight:600">Datasets, eligibility and submission details are coming soon.</strong> Follow this org for challenge announcements.</p>
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+<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px;margin:0 0 14px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 1 170px;min-width:0;background:#0d1328;border:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22);border-left:4px solid #FFD21E;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 18px 16px"><div style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#FFD21E;margin:0 0 8px">Dates</div><div style="font-family:Antonio,'Arial Narrow','Roboto Condensed','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.15;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.02em;color:#e9edfb">November 2–13, 2026</div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 1 170px;min-width:0;background:#0d1328;border:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22);border-left:4px solid #FFD21E;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 18px 16px"><div style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#FFD21E;margin:0 0 8px">Track</div><div style="font-family:Antonio,'Arial Narrow','Roboto Condensed','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.15;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.02em;color:#e9edfb">Climate Risk Intelligence</div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 1 170px;min-width:0;background:#0d1328;border:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22);border-left:4px solid #FFD21E;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 18px 16px"><div style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#FFD21E;margin:0 0 8px">Hosted by</div><div style="font-family:Antonio,'Arial Narrow','Roboto Condensed','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.15;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.02em;color:#e9edfb">Carnegie Mellon University</div></div></div>
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+<div style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#a7b2cf">Forecast each city's annual temperature, precipitation and heating/cooling degree days <strong style="color:#e9edfb;font-weight:600">1–10 years ahead, with uncertainty ranges</strong>, and show which AI models beat simple trend lines, so city engineers know which forecasts to trust when planning infrastructure.</div>
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+<div style="box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 1 180px;min-width:0;background:#0d1328;border:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22);border-top:3px solid #57E7E0;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 18px 16px"><div style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#57E7E0;margin:0 0 12px">Datasets · Lai &amp; Dzombak, 2019</div><div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:space-between;gap:4px 14px;padding:8px 0;border-top:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22)"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:#e9edfb;flex:1 1 300px">Compiled historical daily temperature and precipitation data for 210 U.S. cities</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/7890488.v6" style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11.5px;color:#57E7E0;text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap">DOI ↗</a></div><div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:space-between;gap:4px 14px;padding:8px 0;border-top:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22)"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:#e9edfb;flex:1 1 300px">Historical changes of annual temperature and precipitation indices at 210 U.S. cities</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/7961012.v6" style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11.5px;color:#57E7E0;text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap">DOI ↗</a></div></div>
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+<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;margin:0 0 18px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 1 240px;min-width:0;background:#0d1328;border:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22);border-top:3px solid #6D9BFF;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 18px 16px"><div style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6D9BFF;margin:0 0 12px">Teams &amp; submission</div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#a7b2cf">Sign in with Hugging Face and register as a team; each person joins one team.</div><div style="height:12px"></div><div style="display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:baseline;margin:0 0 8px"><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;color:#6D9BFF">1</span><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:#a7b2cf"><b>Code</b>: a link to your GitHub repository</span></div><div style="display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:baseline;margin:0 0 8px"><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;color:#6D9BFF">2</span><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:#a7b2cf"><b>Write-up</b>: a Markdown file</span></div><div style="display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:baseline;margin:0 0 8px"><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;color:#6D9BFF">3</span><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:#a7b2cf"><b>Video or demo</b>: a link or a video file</span></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#a7b2cf">All three must be in your last submission before the deadline. <strong style="color:#e9edfb;font-weight:600">Your latest valid submission counts.</strong></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 1 240px;min-width:0;background:#0d1328;border:1px solid rgba(122,151,220,.22);border-top:3px solid #FF9E7A;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 18px 16px"><div style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#FF9E7A;margin:0 0 12px">Judging</div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:#a7b2cf">A panel of 3–4 judges picks the winners after the deadline:</div><div style="height:12px"></div><div style="margin:0 0 9px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5px;color:#e9edfb;margin:0 0 4px"><span>Technical excellence</span><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;color:#FF9E7A">30%</span></div><div style="height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A22"><div style="width:100%;height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 9px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5px;color:#e9edfb;margin:0 0 4px"><span>Novelty / innovation</span><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;color:#FF9E7A">25%</span></div><div style="height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A22"><div style="width:83%;height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 9px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5px;color:#e9edfb;margin:0 0 4px"><span>Real-world impact</span><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;color:#FF9E7A">20%</span></div><div style="height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A22"><div style="width:67%;height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 9px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5px;color:#e9edfb;margin:0 0 4px"><span>Feasibility</span><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;color:#FF9E7A">15%</span></div><div style="height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A22"><div style="width:50%;height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 9px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5px;color:#e9edfb;margin:0 0 4px"><span>Storytelling / presentation</span><span style="font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;font-size:12px;color:#FF9E7A">10%</span></div><div style="height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A22"><div style="width:33%;height:6px;border-radius:3px;background:#FF9E7A"></div></div></div></div></div>
+<p style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;color:#a7b2cf;margin:0px 0 14px;max-width:760px">Explain not just what you built, but why it is innovative, who would use it, and whether it could actually work in the real world. Other participating institutions will bring forward their own challenges over time.</p>
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