Transform NY STEP: Design Your Student Challenge
Traditional STEM lessons fail to engage underrepresented students—how will you spark their curiosity?
Oct 22 to Dec 12, 2026
20 solutions built by 41 people across 10 challenges between Jun 2024 and Jun 2026. Teams worked with Knowledge Graphs, Natural Language Processing and Python. 3 challenges are open or coming up.
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Traditional STEM lessons fail to engage underrepresented students—how will you spark their curiosity?
Oct 22 to Dec 12, 2026
Outdated shelter data leaves thousands sleeping rough while beds sit empty. Can you fix the broken information system?
Nov 19 to Nov 19, 2026
Outdated shelter data leaves thousands calling disconnected numbers while empty beds go unfilled. Can you fix it?
Nov 19 to Nov 22, 2026
20 solutions. Winners first, then the most complete projects.

KnowHax: HelioKNOW
Interface for exploring heliophysics data through networks, tables, and timelines
Jun 2024
Knowledge Graphs · OpenAlex API · Retrieval Augmented Generation
CollabNext
Plain-language chatbot to discover underrepresented researchers in OpenAlex knowledge graph
1 builder · Sep 2025

Hack Climate Models
Structured knowledge base and entity recognition for climate research publications and datasets
1 builder · Sep 2025

Secure SaaS Supply Chains
Tool that analyzes software dependencies and vulnerabilities using real-time knowledge graph data
5 builders · Apr 2025

DREAM-KG Homelessness Support
Knowledge graphs and user interface connecting homeless individuals with real-time support resources
1 builder · Apr 2026
Network Graphs · OpenAlex API · Python
CollabNext
Interactive map visualizing HBCU research collaborations and institutional connections through OpenAlex data
6 builders · Sep 2025

SCALES
Named entity recognition to classify government and person entities in U.S. criminal court records
2 builders · Jun 2024
Knowledge Graphs · Ontology Mapping · Data Quality Management
NSF Gaps-to-Graphs (FABRIC)
Prioritization and consistency framework for mapping entities across knowledge graph resources
4 builders · May 2026
Knowledge Graphs · AI · Python
DREAM-KG Homelessness Support
Documents 18 queries for the DREAM-KG homelessness support knowledge graph and identifies data gaps
4 builders · Apr 2026
AI Agents · Prompt Engineering · Python
Code Your First AI App or Agent: From Zero to Prototype 02/05
AI agent that consolidates financial spreadsheets from multiple energy systems into one unified tab
3 builders · Mar 2026
Knowledge Graphs
NSF Gaps-to-Graphs
Co-piloting data enhancement solutions to help Proto-OKN projects transition AI research to industry
2 builders · Jan 2026
Knowledge Graphs
Secure SaaS Supply Chains
Software library security tool covering over 1000 libraries and 7000 versions for Purdue University
4 builders · Jun 2024
Knowledge Graphs · Retrieval Augmented Generation · Natural Language Processing
CollabNext
Reduces hallucinations in generative LLMs by summarizing insights from Knowledge Graphs.
1 builder · Jun 2024
Rule-Based Classification · Named Entity Recognition · Natural Language Processing
SCALES
Tagging government and person entities in criminal justice text to improve classification accuracy
1 builder · Jun 2024
Ontology Mapping · Named Entity Recognition · Natural Language Processing
Hack Climate Models
Identifying climate data used in scientific publications for Temple University
1 builder · Jun 2024

CollabNext
Connects researchers at HBCUs with collaboration opportunities across institutions
5 builders · Jun 2024

Secure SaaS Supply Chains
A solution for secure SaaS supply chains
4 builders · Apr 2025
Knowledge Graphs · AI Agents
KnowHax: HelioKNOW
An interface that lets researchers explore Heliophysics data in an intuitive way
Jun 2024
KnowHax: FRINK
De-silo search and find features for data in proto-OKN for RENCI at North Carolina University
2 builders · Jun 2024
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20 solutions so far, from 10 challenges: NSF Gaps-to-Graphs (FABRIC), Secure SaaS Supply Chains, SCALES and DREAM-KG Homelessness Support and more. 8 include a video demo.
41 people contributed, working in teams, including S. S., D. R. and R. A.. Each builder's profile shows the skills they used and the solutions they shipped.
The most common are Knowledge Graphs, Natural Language Processing, Python, Named Entity Recognition and Ontology Mapping.
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