Rules and Guidelines
The Data Science Bowl Engagement contest is open to all individuals over the age of 18 at the time of entry and to all validly formed legal entities that have not declared or been declared in bankruptcy. The contest will contain three phases, each with a separate mini challenge and instructions on how to participate. The instructions on how to participate in the first mini-challenge/phase are listed below.
OVERALL CONTEST OVERVIEW:
Mini-Challenge # 1
:
February 1 – 15 3:00 p.m. ET; Prize: $2,500
Mini-Challenge #2
:
February 15 – 28 3:00 p.m. ET; Prize: $2,500
Mini-Challenge #3
:
March 1 – 15  3:00 p.m. ET; Prize: $5,000
Mini-Challenge #1 (Feb 1-15): HOW TO PARTICIPATE (PHASE 1):
Using
Instagram and/or Twitter
, share a post using the
hashtags #DataSciBowl AND #Data4Good
. Start sharing NOW until February 15th for a chance to win $2,500!
We want you to help spread the Data Science Bowl by sharing your connection and excitement about it! Why are you looking forward to this year’s #DataSciBowl? Do you have a connection to lung cancer, cancer, data science for good, or the Data Science Bowl in general? Show us how you’re excited about the power of data for good!
Sample Posts:
Knowledge is power. #Data4Good can help identify lung cancer. #DataSciBowl
#DataSciBowl I’m competing for my cousin #Data4Good can help with early detection.
The power of data is inspiring. Excited to see the results from the #DataSciBowl & how we can use #Data4Good to fight lung cancer!
Mini-Challenge #2 (Feb 16-28): HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Using
Instagram and/or Twitter
, share a post using the
hashtags #DataSciBowl AND #Data4Good
. Start sharing NOW until February 28th to qualify to win $2,500!
We want you to share your commitment to the Data Science Bowl (participating, watching, promoting, other something else) by writing a pledge to #Data4Good. What will #DataSciBowl mean to you? You might choose to pledge your passion, your best guess, your undivided attention. Or the challenge might inspire you to pledge a donation or volunteer with a nonprofit. Show us how the power of data for good inspires you.
Sample Posts:
My pledge for #DataSciBowl will help my brother fight his cancer. #Data4Good
I’m competing in #DataSciBowl with coworkers My pledge is to be a top-10 team. #Data4Good
Did you see the results at #DataSciBowl? My pledge: This is the end lung cancer! #Data4Good
I dedicate my #DataSciBowl participation to Sarah who lost her life too early to cancer #Data4Good
#Data4Good I pledge to use data to fight disease by participating in the #DataSciBowl.
Mini-Challenge #3 (March 1-15): HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Using
Instagram and/or Twitter
, share a behind-the-scene moment in photo or video format from your experience with the Data Science Bowl using the
hashtags #DataSciBowl and #Data4Good
. Start sharing NOW until March 15 to qualify to win $5,000!
Data science for social good is an incredibly powerful initiative – tell the world what inspired you to enter the Data Science Bowl. Other great ideas for posts include a photo or video of your team working, having fun, celebrating a success, or how you first learned about the competition. From your team’s special way of brainstorming new ideas, to your favorite food or beverage while working – we want to hear what’s going on “inside the Data Science Bowl.”
CONTEST CRITERIA:
Each mini-challenge will have one winner. One winner will be chosen for during each phase of the contest. The winner for each of each mini-challenge will be randomly selected via a random drawing on the last day of each mini-challenge:
February 15 (#1)
,
February 28 (#2)
,
March 15 (#3), 2017
. Entries will be closed at 3pm ET on the last day of each mini-challenge/phase of the contest.
In order to be eligible for the random drawing, you must use the designated hashtag(s) for each of the respective mini-challenges in which you are participating. (e.g., phase mini-challenge #1 = #DataSciBowl & #Data4Good)
To be eligible, entries must use appropriate content – no foul language or trolling, and use only releasable, allowable, and appropriate imagery.
Individuals are encouraged to share their personal connections to the Data Science Bowl competition, lung cancer, data science for social good, or other related topics.
We will announce the winner for each phase in a Tweet from @kaggle, and t then contact each winner offline for prize award details.
We encourage you to participate in each of the 3 phases throughout the contest – since the winner selection for each is a random drawing, an individual has the potential to win more than one contest!
ELIGIBILITY NOTE: Members of the following organizations are invited to participate in the competition, however, they will not be eligible to win a cash prize: Booz Allen Hamilton, Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, NCI Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, Functional Image Analysis group, Radboud University, The Cancer Imaging Archive, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, and Copenhagen University Hospital. Additionally, anyone who has previously accessed any of the data sources outside the purview of this competition will not be eligible to win a cash prize. Officers, directors, employees and advisory board members (and their immediate families and members of the same household) of the Competition Sponsor, Kaggle and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, contractors (with the express exception of Kaggle’s authorized Kaggle Community Evangelists), agents, judges and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible for prizes. Residents of a country designated by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (see
[http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx](http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx)
for additional information) are not eligible to receive prizes.