DataHack season is here ~ Grab $8000 cash prizes in Machine Learning Hackathons

Heat is turning on!

We have some awesome data science & machine learning hackathons coming up on Analytics Vidhya in next 30 days. These hacks bring problems from different industries to you to be solved in a time bound manner along with other community members.

Most awesome thing is the competitive + collaborative environment for the hacks - not only people with in community compete, but they also collaborate to help other people and by open sourcing their solutions. If this sounds exciting and appeals to the data scientist in you, check out these contests now:

5th March - 6th April, 2018: DataHack Premier League 2018 (Total Cash prizes ~ INR 3 Lacs)

10th March - 11th March, 2018: McKinsey Analytics Online Hackathon- Recommendation Design (Prizes ~ An all-expenses paid trip to an international analytics conference)

24th March - 25th March, 2018: Lord of the Machines: Data Science Hackathon (Total Cash prizes ~ INR 1.3 Lacs)

Let me give you a sneak peak into each of these contests.

DataHack Premier League

For all cricket lovers, as the season 11 of IPL begins this year in April, Analytics Vidhya has the perfect hackathon to whet your appetite! We bring you an opportunity to put your data science skills to the test in DPL 2018

DataHack Premier League 2018 - The Largest Sports Analytics Competition.

Use your data science skills to navigate through ball-by-ball action to predict the highest run-getter and the highest wicket-taker in each game of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. Lucrative prizes are up for grabs so step on to the pitch and smash your way to the top! The battle has already begun - click here to download the dataset and start your explorations.

Concentrate, play your game and don’t be afraid to WIN

McKinsey Analytics Online Hackathon

You can take a rest-day during DPL 2018 and take part in McKinsey’s 24-hour global hackathon. During this hackathon, you will apply machine learning to a recommendation system. The competition starts on 10th March 2018, 00:00 GMT (5:30 IST) and the winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to an international analytics conference of their choice as a McKinsey guest, subject to visa approval and ticket availability.

Lord of the Machines

And if your mission is to attain supremacy and be the king of data science, then join us for Lord Of The Machines - a perfect hackathon to put your machine learning skills to use. The contestants who build the most interesting models will win cash prizes upto INR 1,30,000.

Talent wins games, but TEAMWORK and INTELLIGENCE wins championships

Make sure you don't miss out on your sleep while you hack ;) See the data scientist in you.