✅ OFFICIAL COMPETITION RULES
ENTRY IN THIS COMPETITION CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL COMPETITION RULES.

By entering this Competition, you agree to be bound by these Official Competition Rules, the Competition Website terms, and all applicable policies. Submission of an entry constitutes full acceptance of these Rules.

This Competition is a skills-based Hackathon designed to promote innovation in decision science, artificial intelligence, and behavioral analytics.

Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges based on the Evaluation Rubric described on the Competition Website. Winners will be determined based on merit, innovation, and usefulness.

Multiple Kaggle accounts are prohibited. Participants may not submit from multiple accounts.

1. COMPETITION-SPECIFIC TERMS
1. Competition Title

CrisisMind: Human Intelligence Under Pressure

2. Competition Sponsor

Md Mahfuz Sumon

3. Competition Sponsor Address

Bangladesh

4. Competition Website

https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/crisis-mind-human-intelligence-under-pressure

5. Total Prizes Available

This is a community hackathon. No monetary prizes are guaranteed. Recognition, certificates, and community visibility may be awarded.

6. Winner License Type

Non-exclusive, open innovation license for research, educational, and public benefit use.

7. Data Access and Use

No official dataset is required. Participants may use publicly available data consistent with competition rules.

2. COMPETITION-SPECIFIC RULES
1. TEAM LIMITS

a. Maximum team size: 5 participants
b. Team mergers are allowed before the merger deadline.

2. SUBMISSION LIMITS

a. Each team may submit one final submission.
b. Participants may update their submission before the deadline.
c. The final submitted version will be evaluated.

3. COMPETITION TIMELINE

Competition start date, submission deadline, and judging period are listed on the competition Timeline page.

4. COMPETITION DATA
a. Data Access and Use

Participants may use:

✔ public datasets
✔ self-collected data
✔ simulated data
✔ open research datasets

Data must be legally shareable and ethically sourced.

b. Data Security

Participants must not share restricted or private data. Unauthorized distribution of sensitive data will result in disqualification.

5. WINNER LICENSE

By participating, winners agree to grant the Competition Sponsor a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, and showcase winning submissions for research, educational, and promotional purposes.

Participants retain ownership of their work.

6. EXTERNAL DATA AND TOOLS

Participants may use external tools, APIs, open-source libraries, and AI models provided:

✔ they are legally accessible
✔ they are reasonably accessible to others
✔ they do not violate licensing terms

Paid tools are permitted if reasonably affordable and accessible.

7. ELIGIBILITY

This competition is open worldwide.

Employees or affiliates directly involved in organizing the competition may participate but are not eligible for awards.

8. WINNER OBLIGATIONS

Winners may be required to:

✔ provide methodology details
✔ share code or reproducible workflow
✔ provide documentation explaining the solution

Submissions must be reproducible and transparent.

9. JUDGING & EVALUATION

Submissions will be evaluated by judges based on:

Innovation and originality

Technical implementation

Real-world usefulness

Clarity and documentation

The judges’ decisions are final.

10. DISQUALIFICATION

Participants may be disqualified for:

❌ plagiarism or copied work
❌ misuse of data
❌ harmful or unethical content
❌ violation of rules
❌ multiple account usage

11. GOVERNING LAW

This competition is conducted as a community innovation initiative. Participation implies agreement to fair use, transparency, and ethical AI principles.