MHB What is the Kaggle Data Science Bowl 2017 competition about?

[Jameson]

There is a neat site called Kaggle that is home to lots of data science info and the place of very featured competitions with large cash prizes. The goal of this year's competition was to create a model to detect lung cancer. It just wrapped up last week and the results are being verified right now as far as I know. $500,000 goes to the 1st place model, so very big money here.

Since I have become a professional model builder/checker, I find this kind of thing really cool and a great idea. Present a challenge to the whole internet with a large cash prize and see what comes back. You could be a grad student, a medical doctor, or completely untrained in the traditional ways but if your model is the best you win.

In a way this is like the Millennium Challenge Problems, each with a $1 million prize but this is more applied and coding centered than those (well perhaps except the P=NP proof :D).

Anyway, what do you guys think about this competition and these kinds of competitions in general?

 

[Greg]

I like it. Particularly, with the focus on cancer, who knows what benefits for the medical community may arise.

 

[alyafey22]

I am currently participating in a competition to recognize sea lions. The competition is fierce to be honest with many previous winners but it is always a good experience that you learn from. Also the Cash prize is a good incentive.

 

[Joppy]

Yep. Nothing like a bit of money to force one to pull his finger out.

 

[Jameson]

I am currently participating in a competition to recognize sea lions. The competition is fierce to be honest with many previous winners but it is always a good experience that you learn from. Also the Cash prize is a good incentive.

What contest is this for?

Currently there is another Kaggle competition on predicting house prices in the Russian housing market. I have done a similar project for my actual job so am very curious on the methods that contestants use.

 

[alyafey22]

What contest is this for?

Currently there is another Kaggle competition on predicting house prices in the Russian housing market. I have done a similar project for my actual job so am very curious on the methods that contestants use.

It is a computer vision competition . The question is, given an image how many sea lions are there ? Actually it is more complicated since it asks for the type as well.