CxC

A hackathon-like data challenge where students use real-world data to build projects and showcase their findings and ideas.

Who can participate

University of Waterloo students
Above legal age of majority in country of residence
All countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions

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About the challenge

A hybrid hackathon-like data challenge where students use real-world data to build projects and showcase their findings and ideas.

Data Sets + Important Info

Visit the Google Drive folder here

Requirements

What to Do

There are three datasets provided by Intact, Cyclica and Wyvern. Your goal is to train and fit models that best predict the required labels. For your submissions to be considered, please do all of the following.

What to Submit

Upload your final project to Devpost, with a public GitHub link to your project repository and an outline of your project, including technologies used, challenges faced, and of course the overall outcomes.

Next, submit the Google Form that compiles the links of the previous points, as well as your team members and contact information

In the Google Form, you are required to submit a csv file of the computed labels

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$CAD 3,550 in prizes

Cyclica Challenge Winner

1 winner

$500 gift card, winner feature on blog, Wolfram Award (Worth $375 of Wolfram usage per person). This is awarded to the team with the best scores in the Cyclica Challenge.

CxC Winner

1 winner

$300 prize ($75 each) and Wolfram Award (Worth $375 of Wolfram usage). This is not specific to any challenges.

MathSoc Winner

3 winners

$100 prize and Wolfram Award (Worth $375 of Wolfram usage per person). Winners must be Mathsoc members.

Intact Challenge Winner

1 winner

$200 ($50 each) Amazon gift cards, Wolfram Award (Worth $375 of Wolfram usage per person). This is awarded to the team with the best scores in the Intact Challenge.