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Are you a Smart Data Scientist? Participate in DSL12-Data Science London Hackathon!
Probably this will be the 1st Data Science Hackahton of its kind in the world.
The aim of the hackathon is to promote Data Science and show the world what is possible today combining Data Science with Open Source, Hadoop, Machine Learning, and Data Mining tools.
In addition, the event's aim is also to promote the sense of community, team work, and free spirit competition for the sake of Data Science.
The Hackathon will run during 24 hours, starting at 12 noon Apr, 28th.
Data Scientists, data geeks, and hackers will self organize around teams with 3-5 members each team.
The contestants will spend 24 hours in the venue. Food, drinks, sleeping bags, camping mattresses, and chilling out area will be provided.
The teams will compete to win the competition prizes.
The contestants will be presented with a large big data set.
In order to win prizes, the teams will have to use data science tools and develop an analytical model that will solve a specific data science problem specified by the judging tech panel.
The contestants will have to report their achievements at specific milestones, and a leader board will be published online at each milestone.
Data Scientists from Data Science London, Greenplum, Hadoop UK, and Kaggle will provide support to contestants.
The contents will end at 12 noon 29th April.
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