ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2017 Data Analytics Competition

To mark the turning 50 of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Foundation is working with strategic partners to establish new initiatives centered around building a sense of ASEAN identity. The first of which is the “ASEAN Data Science Explorers” (ASEAN DSE), a regional competition in partnership with SAP, the market leader in enterprise application software.

Titled “Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s World”, the competition will allow all ASEAN youths to play a key role in tackling today’s social issues facing the region and help create positive change for a better future.  Tertiary students across all 10 ASEAN member countries from any discipline, this data analytics competition aims to enhance awareness and appreciation of the ASEAN community amongst ASEAN youths.

By utilizing the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud tool, the initiative encourages the participants to deliver data-driven insights which focuses on issues in ASEAN across six United Nation Sustainable Development Goals - good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, decent work and economic growth, and sustainable cities and communities. This will also work towards realizing the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 vision of creating an ASEAN community that engages and benefits the people, and is inclusive, sustainable, resilient and dynamic.

The competition will be organised in all 10 ASEAN Member States in October, with winners of the respective in-country competitions going into a regional final that will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia in November this year.

Together with SAP, ASEAN Foundation invites tertiary students in the 10 member states to take part in this initiative and take part in leading social transformation within the ASEAN bloc.

The ASEAN Data Science Explorers Competition Details

Background and Introduction: 
The ASEAN Foundation and SAP are pleased to launch the ASEAN Data Science Explorers competition. Through a data analytics competition, this joint-initiative encourages ASEAN youths in all ten ASEAN Member States to harness the power of data, highlighting the key issues in ASEAN and derive meaningful insights that lead to innovative solutions.


Eligibility and Rules 

Eligibility 

The contest is open to individuals who:

• are nationals of ASEAN member countries (ie. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)
• are full-time tertiary students currently pursuing their Diploma / Undergraduate studies in one of the tertiary institutions in Southeast Asia (includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam);   
• are above the age of 16 as at the start of the Contest Period. Parental consent is required for participants under the age of 18.

Rules and Regulation 

• Each participant is only eligible to join ONE team. 
• Each team will consist of 2 members from the same university. Both members of the team should hold a valid passport in the event that they are chosen to travel down to Jakarta for the regional competition.
• Each team is allowed to submit only one entry. This entry will be used to judge for qualifying rounds to finals. No amendment is allowed after submission has closed.
• The entry must be built using SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.
• Each team must adhere to the submission guidelines stated.
• Teams are allowed to use given data or data from other reliable sources (publicly accessible or via special permissions from the owner of the dataset) but they must be clearly acknowledged in the submission form. 
• All submissions must be in English. 
• All submitted material must be original and created by team members. If previously published content is used, it must be properly attributed to the original author. 

Timeline/Process

• Action Timeframe Online registration 2 May - 16 June 2017 
• Online submission 16 June - 11 September 2017
• National finals (in 10 ASEAN Member States) End October to early November 
• ASEAN Face-off End November 2017 

Final Selection and Prizes 

Judging criteria: 

• Visualization: Use of visual analysis, compelling charts and graphs to depict the datasets and give viewers meaningful insights.
• Data: volume, variety and relevance of data used to support your theme. 
• Compelling story: Design and layout of storyboard. Plausible recommendations, creativity and overall flow of the story. 
• User Experience: “Wow” Factor in total user experience.  

Prizes 

National finals: 
Cash prizes for the top three winning teams across 10 countries:
o 1st place: € 800 (will participate in the regional competition)
o 2nd place: € 400
o 3rd place: € 200

ASEAN Face-off: 
Cash prizes for the top three winning teams:
o 1st place: € 1800
o 2nd place: € 1200
o 3rd place: € 600
 

Students can find out more about the competition and register online via the ASEAN DSE’s official website: www.aseandse.org. The registration portal is open until 16 June 2017.

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