# MINI CHALLENGE: Fix the Broken Map – Rebuilding America's Homeless Resources Data
Outdated shelter data leaves thousands sleeping rough while beds sit empty. Can you fix the broken information system?
Nov 19 to Nov 19, 2026
6 solutions built by 21 people across 6 challenges between Mar 2026 and Jun 2026. Teams worked with Natural Language Processing, SPARQL and Named Entity Recognition. 1 challenge is open or coming up.
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Outdated shelter data leaves thousands sleeping rough while beds sit empty. Can you fix the broken information system?
Nov 19 to Nov 19, 2026
6 solutions. Winners first, then the most complete projects.

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
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 · 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
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6 solutions so far, from 6 challenges: SCALES, Secure SaaS Supply Chains, Hack Climate Models and CollabNext and more. 4 include a video demo.
21 people contributed, working in teams, including U. T., D. B. and R. L.. Each builder's profile shows the skills they used and the solutions they shipped.
The most common are Natural Language Processing, SPARQL, Named Entity Recognition, Knowledge Graphs and Ontology Mapping.
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