Mini-Hackathon

The Mini Hackathon, organized in collaboration with the Center for Data Science, University of Colombo, Creative Software and the Stat Circle of University of Colombo, as part of the first ever International Conference in Data Science in Sri Lanka.
This competition is open for undergraduates in both government and private Sri Lankan universities.

The final Round of the Mini-Hackathon: 30th June 2021 at 4.30 PM

Instructions for the competition

General Instructions

  • The competition will be held virtually.
  • A team should consist of 4 members.
  • Registration is open from the 29th of May until the 5th of June 2021.
  • The competition is open for participants representing any government or private Sri Lankan University.
  • All the team members from the same University/Institution are preferred (not mandatory).
  • There will be 3 rounds: Preliminary round, Semi final round and the Final round.
  • Top 10 teams who get the highest score in terms of the competition accuracy and the report will be selected to the semi final round.
  • Out of the first 10 teams in the semi final round, the top 5 teams will be selected to the final round by a panel of experts.
  • Then top 3 teams will be ranked by a panel of experts based on the presentation and the demonstration.
  • A general awareness of Data Analytics Algorithms, Data Analytics Tools and Software will be sufficient as a background requirement for the contestants.
  • Tools that can be used: R and/or Python