Why apply
Real problems, real data
Work on challenges CenterPoint actually faces, with data provided for every track.
Meet the industry
Connect with professionals and leaders at a Houston Fortune 500 energy company.
Keep building
Top teams may present to CenterPoint leadership. The winning team continues as a Spring 2027 CodeCoogs project with CenterPoint.
Pick one of the four tracks
Drone Imaging
Use AI and computer vision to classify objects, features and conditions in drone-captured imagery.
Predicting the Call Before It Happens
Predict which customers will contact CenterPoint, why and when, so the right message goes out first.
Right Crew / Right Time
Spot outages likely to need a second crew trip, so dispatch gets it right from the start.
Fraudulent Inspection Submissions
Detect suspicious patterns in contracted-inspection data and flag likely fraud for review.
Apply by Nov 7th
Saturday at 11:59 PM · Selections expected Nov 9
One application per team of four, one track per team. You don’t need a finished product to apply, just a clear idea and a team that can build it.
Open to UH students. No team yet? Introduce yourself in #centerpoint-team-matching on the CodeCoogs Discord.
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