The event consisted of two parts. The employees of the companies of Societe Generale Group in Russia and the participants of the contest had a look at the project presentations that were prepared by the winners and exchanged experience in the field of data analysis using the advanced approaches of predicative analytics with the use of machine learning.
An awarding ceremony of the winners that were determined by the results of submitted online calculations was held. The participants listened to the finalists’ reports, asked questions, found out more about the approaches and difficulties that popped up during the decision-making. Konstantin Nikolayev was the first, Kirill Khrylchenko occupied the second place and Evgeny Semenov was the third.
Separate report contest was held among the participants from the top-30 that did not occupy the prize places. Seven participants showed their presentations one after another and “The Best Report” was elected as a result of the voting that was carried out among the presentees. The diploma was given to Nikita Churkin.
At the end of the event Dmitry Smirnov, Head of Rosbank Data Lab, gave a speech and said that it was the first time for Rosbank to organize an open data analysis championship and it turned out to be successful. He noticed that such online events not only help to solve the problems but also are the perfect practice of brand promotion among data researchers community.