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Global Datathon 2018 2.0
28-30 Sept 2018
IoT | FinTech | Retail
INTERNATIONAL DATA SCIENCE CHALLENGE
You love Data, right?
No matter if you have 20+ years as a Data Analysts or you are going fresh out of the college – this fall you will meet 200+ Data Enthusiasts and together you will dive deep into the ocean of Data for 48 hours!
Face real-world challenges
Solve practical business challenges in the areas of IoT, Retail, FinTech, AI and more. Check the previous cases hereLeading experts mentoring and Network
You get to work in a diverse team and receive mentoring from some of the best experts in IoT, Retail, FinTech, AI and other.
Be a part of the community and have fun
Be a part of a strong and focused only on data science community that strives to grow our expertise together starting now. Have fun at this gathering of like-minded people: connect, explore and grow as experts together.The Case
IoT
The participants will be facing real-world challenges of the companies by performing temporal, spatial and predictive analysis. They will work with high volumes of sensors data collected within various devices and the goal will be to create machine learning models for quick processing of billions of distinct IoT data records. The teams could enrich the data for every case during the Datathon.FinTech
The participants will apply their knowledge in financial time-series analytics working with high volumes of date on real-world cases such as credit risk evaluation, high-frequency trading, fraud detection and prevention processes. The goal is to develop a machine learning model for prediction of the markets and to create autonomous A.I. decision-maker for trading/investing.
Retail
The cases will challenge the participants to implement their knowledge about recommender systems and real-time segmentation with business cases such as product recommendations, assortment optimization, personalized marketing and pricing. The case integrates working with transactional basket-level data and long-term historical sales data.
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@ the First Online Global Datathon there were
9 cases with 38 Data Solution by 39 teams from 24 countries
Have a Data Solution to your problem & Explore how the international teams are developing their ML algorithms!
Get the Feeling @ the Datathons
Be a Data Science Hub & Host locally the Datathon!
Recognition as a Data Science Hub
Do you have a local Data Science/ ML/ AI community, which wants to have more international outreach? Host the local Datathon in your country, gain global visibility and be the gathering point for all inspired Data enthusiasts in your area!Data Science Networking Hot Spot
Let's build together even bigger global society where Data Scientists can collaborate and benefit from each other all over the world starting at the Datathon!
Data Science Community Engagement
Challenge your Data Nerds with the global Data Science challenge and let them gain knowledge from the 10+ real-world cases. Boost your local community's spirit during these 48 hours and leave a mark in your history!The Schedule
Pre-event week
- Registration on the DDS website - mandatory for all participants
- Deadline for filling in your profiles
- Get to know the cases and the DSS platform
- Chat with the Industry Experts
- End registration for matchmaking process
- Chat with Mentors
- Get to know other participants & Pre-event team forming
Ready, Set, Go on 28th Sept!
- The Work on the Cases begins!
- The full Schedule will be soon updated!
It's Show Time on 30th September
- The Work continues!
- In the afternoon there will be an Award Ceremony.
- Stay tuned for the full Schedule!
The Mentors
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We invited 100+ mentors to join the #GlobalDatathon
15 Data Science Experts of IoT, Retail, and FinTech are already in!
Testemonials
What intrigued me the most was that there were some teams which were formed by the organizers (meaning there was no prior dynamics between the team members) and also that some members were remote but they were able to perform very good.
I liked the most the way in which the Datathon brought people together and provided an excellent game-like learning environment. It was a pleasure to be part of such an amazing event, and I look forward to the next Datathon!
It was a very enjoyable weekend, and an honor to participate with you. I learned a great deal. Thank you!
Q&A
The Datathon is a weekend-long online competition where you are challenged to work on a real-world business case from different areas of Machine Learning, AI, and Data Science.
You and your team have 48 hours to come up with a solution to a real business challenge based on the provided datasets. The jury and the society will award the most precise, but also creative solutions.
The Datathon is entirely held online and opened to the global community via our platform. Anyone who wants to join us in Sofia or in Malaysia is welcome.
- Reserve your spot via Eventbrite
- Register on the website and fill in your profile beginning of February
- Review the Datathon cases
- Book your time slots with mentors
- Use the platform to proactively form your team
- Grand opening start working with your team
- Work with mentors
- Upload your results on the DSS platform for review
- Awards and feedback
Yes. It is not mandatory to have a team formed in order to participate. You will have a chance to form a team virtually up until the start of the Datathon.
However, we advise you to register on the Datathon as soon as possible in order to review the cases and start communicating with other participants in order to form your team.
If you already have obtained a ticket via Eventbrite, you will receive an email with instructions on how to register on the Datathon platform. Please register and start browsing the cases and other registered participants. You will be able to form a team with ease once you have chosen a case to work on.
We suggest the following workflow to choose a case:
Review all the provided cases
Look for a case that will challenge and excite you
Form or join a team that you will have fun with
Your team’s solutions will be evaluated according to several criteria - statistical indicators, resourcefulness of the solution and creativity of visualization.
You can use the output data and other information provided to you in regard to solving the chosen case only during the duration of the event. You must not use those for personal or commercial purposes outside the event format and activities. With the registration for the Datathon, you agree to also provide your work (analysis, methodology, source code, etc) to the organizers for them to publish on the event page.
After purchasing a ticket, you will receive an email with instructions on where and how to register on the Datathon website and start forming your team.
You will submit your work as an article when the 48 hours of the challenge are over. After an evaluation, a list of finalists will be selected. The selected teams will present their cases via Hangouts.
Eventbrite registrations will end one week before the event on September 23rd, 2018.
Registration on the Datathon website will not be closed, so you can register to participate throughout the even or join later to review what other participants have achieved.
General Terms of Participation
With your registration, you accept the following conditions: