Meet 6: Data Science Hackathon

DataMeet Mumbai is partnering with Zone Startups to host a two day Data Science Hackathon. The sponsor is a financial institution that will give 4 years of real customer data and participating teams will have to to identify interesting ways of analyzing the data, using modern tools and techniques. The data sets will be made available of the day of the hackathon, over an API Link.

Date/Time:

• 6th or 7th May (90 minutes): Orientation webinar

• Sample DB will be shared 2-3 hours prior to the webinar, so that participant can analyze the database structure and schema.

• During the webinar, they will walk through: a) 10 minutes on the data schema b) Process walkthrough c) Current state of the data d) Participants questions based on sample DB shared with them earlier e) Q&A session

• The session will be primarily used to confirm goals, deliverable and technology parameters, identify potential user challenges, wants and needs.

• May 9, 10: Hackathon

• May 15: Presentation to corporate partner via Skype

Security:

• Participants need to sign a self-declaration on data security and time commitment.

• Participants will be provided data over a DB server connection (Oracle) and App Servers. These servers will be exposed to only Zone Startups IP address.

• Participants cannot download / take backup of the data.

Awards:

• First prize: Rs. 1 Lakh

• Second prize: Rs. 50,000

• If insights are found useful, the corporate partner can chose to engage long term for a full scale commercial project.

How to register?

We are looking for teams to register with 4-5 members in each team. Maximum 12-15 team can participate. Register at

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lv9psRaI-b09ugJK8yvTjfcZ47HAYB7JIVjRa5iR0vQ/viewform

The hackathon will be kept open for only 12 teams to participate.

Look forward to your participation, and a successful hackathon.