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Judging Criteria and Awards
What are the judges looking for?
Problem
An algorithm or application that addresses an untapped gap in the industry of choice. The uniqueness and usability in a sustainable economy.
Solution
Is the solution clearly defined? Will it solve the problem? Is it viable?
Compelling Event
Are market trends and influences considered? Can this solution be considered captivating?
Key Metrics and Business Value
Is there a clear and straightforward value statement? Have success metrics been defined?
Technology
Has the application been demonstrated and proven to work? Teams need to showcase how SAS is used. For instance, the analytical lifecycle, technical components, code/program, models and visualization used. Is there potential after the hackathon? Will the model in production make an impact? Is there a scalable commercialization potential?
Innovation
Can the solution be considered novel and innovative? Will it be unique in the marketplace and from competitors?
Top Honors and Awards
To be a winning team – that’s big-time bragging rights!
Extraordinary business cases will be recognized in the following categories:
Tracks
- Banking
- Energy
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Insurance
- IoT
- Manufacturing
- Other
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Telecom
Technology
- Computer Vision
- Decisioning
- Forecasting
- IoT Technology
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Visual Analytics
- Sustainability
Regional
- EMEA
- Americas
- Asia Pacific
Overall Global Winner
- One team will be selected.