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  • Datathon Merchant Ventures Building - 2.11 Labs Sunday 23-03-2025 - 10:00 until Sunday 23-03-2025 - 18:00

Datathon

 

We are running our long-awaited datathon, and we have included all the important information below!

Note: Free lunch provided!

 

Teams:
Each team can consist of upto 6 members.

There will be 2 categories based on judging criteria –Challenge Level and Beginners’ Level.

 

Prize Pool (Amazon gift vouchers):

Challenge Level

  • 1st Place: £300
  • 2nd Place: £200
  • 3rd Place: £100

Beginners’ Level

  • 1st Place: £100

Challenge Description:

Prediction-Based Challenge:

1. Participants will be provided with a training dataset with the labels.

2. You have 6 hours to create a prediction model based on this dataset and deliver a presentation on your findings.

3. One hour before the final deadline, the test set will be revealed with the hidden labels and participants will submit their predicted values.

 

Presentation Details:

6 Challenge Level teams and 3 Beginner Level teams will be selected (based on leaderboard metrics) to deliver a 5-minute presentation followed by a 2-minute Q&A session.

 

Registration:

Please buy a (free) ticket to confirm your registration. Teams will be confirmed on the day of the datathon, so ensure all members have tickets.

 

Schedule:

  • Introduction: 10:00 AM 10:10 AM
  • Start time: 10:15 AM 4:15 PM (6 hrs)
  • Lunch: 12:30 (free for all participants)
  • Test set released: 3:15 PM
  • Running Code to get metrics + Leaderboard Announcement: 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM
  • Presentation Section: 4:30 PM 5:30 PM
  • Panel Discussion: 5:30 PM 5:45 PM
  • Winners Announced: 5:45 PM

Venue/Timing

Venue : Merchant Ventures Building - 2.11 Labs

Type: Alcohol Free Events, Exam Wellbeing, Featured Events, Free, Give It A Go, Society Events, Workshops

Start Date: Sunday 23-03-2025 - 10:00

End date: Sunday 23-03-2025 - 18:00

Contact Details

BDSS

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