1. What is SMUBIA Datathon? 🤔
Datathon is an exciting hackathon hosted by SMU's Business Intelligence & Analytics. It is a chance for students to collaborate, innovate, and create impactful solutions to real-world problems using technology. 🚀
2. Who Can Participate?
Datathon is open to all students, regardless of their university, major or coding experience. Whether you are a seasoned programmer or a curious beginner, you are welcome to join the experience! 👩💻👨💻
The datathon timer
Till Datathon starts
Please make sure to signup before the deadline!
3. What should I build? 💡
The Problem Statement will be released from 13 January onwards.
But our advice is: Be innovative, aim big, change the game! 🌟🚀
4. Theme
Datathon 2025 will have a problem statement that is presented by Ministry Of Home Affairs. 📝🔍
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Please do wait out till 13 Januart for the release of the Problem Statement. For now, hold tight!
5. Judging Criteria 🏆
Projects will be evaluated based on creativity, technical complexity, impact, and presentation quality. Judges include industry experts, professors, faculty members. 🧑🏫👩🔬
Please do submit the different documents required as per the launch infodeck.
Prizes.
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Stand a chance to win $3,000 worth of prizes!
Frequently Asked Questions
Timeline of Events
Registration Opens
Sign up for the hackathon
Kickoff Event
Release of Problem Statement
Workshop?
Workshop 1?
Submission Deadline
Submit your projects
Inital Results Release
Release of top 10 teams
Final Presentation
Present your projects to the judges
Awards Ceremony
Winners announced and prizes distributed
Guide
1. Find a team!
Try to find people from different backgrounds! This way you can learn from each other and leverage your strengths while compensating for your weaknesses.
2. Sign up!
Tell us you're in. Make sure everyone is a student!
by 01/13/2025
3. Build your project!
Start cooking.
4. (Optional) Record a video of your project!
This could be a demo, an online presentation, or a trailer!
5. Remember to do up the writeups!
Tell us what you did and let us know how you did it and convince us why it's cool!
6. Submit your project!
This is when we will judge your masterpiece!
by 02/02/2025
7. Demo day! Present your project!
Usually, people think that demo day is solely just a technical presentation. But it is also about the story you tell and the impact you made.
by 07/02/2025
8. win.
If anything, it is about the friends we made along the way. But also the prizes.
In search of innovation
Avoid finding a Solution in search of a Problem. Instead, find a Problem in search of a Solution.
Understand who your customers are and what they need. Are you B2B or B2C or B2B2C or B2G? Then, build a product that solves their problems.
KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid. Some things are better left uncomplicated.
Fail fast, fail often. Learn from your mistakes and iterate quickly.
Think about whether you are building a feature or a product. A feature is a part of a product, while a product is a solution to a problem.
Ensure that your infrastructure is actually doable and scalable. You don't want to be stuck with a product that can't grow with your business.
Lastly, have heart and passion. No one wants to work with someone who doesn't care about what they're doing.
Our Sponsors
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