Woman in Fintech DATATHON

Event date
May 16, 2022 - September 21, 2022
Venue
online
Country
Albania
Short description

Woman in Fintech Datathon is a data mining event (data analysis) organized by Women in Fintech Conference Committee, University of Tirana and University of Naples Federico II.

Registration for the Datathons end on July 15. The event finishes on 21 September 2022. During that period, the teams could use their knowledge, tasks and facilities to implement the analysis and send the results. On 22 September 2022, there will be a closing ceremony with a session where the first three selected teams will have 10 minutes to explain the used approach and their main results.

Description


Woman in Fintech Datathon is open to the participation of teams from every European country. The team should be composed by a maximum of 5 members (male or female). All the teams should be composed by bachelor, master or PhD students (one of the last two categories is compulsory). High-performing teams are composed of individuals with specialized expertise and complementary skills.

The registrations will be open until July 15, 2022. The teams should fill out the registration file pointing out the name of the team, the name of the members, nationality and an e-mail for the contact.

For more information and the registration, please see https://fin-ai.eu/datathon/

The data-set will be freely accessible by sending an e-mail to diversityandopportunities@gmail.com after registration. The event has been communicated during the Diversity challenges and Opportunities in Fintech Conference (Naples, May 16-17).

Teams need to produce a short report or a presentation (10 pages maximum) where they report the goal, the analysis and the main results with some references.


The selection of the three main teams with the best contributions will be done by an interdisciplinary committee composed of Statisticians, Data analysts, Economists, Experts in Finance, Gender Equality and Informatics. The selection will be done on the base of methodological framework, readability, clarity, and the communication impact. Detailed guidelines will be sent to participants after the registration.

The main interesting contributions will be presented during the Conference. The first in the rank will receive a grant/prize.

•  May 17, 2022: Datathon kick-off

•  July 15, 2022, midnight (CET): registrations closed

• September 5, 2022: last term for the presentation of the team results.

• September 21, 2022: closing ceremony.

The event is supported by COST Action Fintech and Artificial Intelligence.

Banka Kombëtare Tregtare is proud to support the young generation and students in the Datathon event with a prize of 500 Euro (gross of taxes).
The COST FinAI Datathon Scientific Committee includes:

Maria Iannario, University of Naples Federico II
Daniele Marazzina, Politecnico Milano
Rezarta Shkurti Perri, University of Tirana
Albulena Shala, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”

COST FinAI Datathon Program Committee
Rosa Fabbricatore, Lucio Palazzo, Roberto Rondinelli, Francesco 
Santelli, University of Naples Federico II
Nevila Baci, Dorina Kripa, Brunilda Zani, University of Tirana

Geographical focus
  • Albania
  • General/no specific focus
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary
  • Engineering and Technology
Event type
  • Conference in EU/international

Entry created by Elke Dall on June 7, 2022
Modified on June 7, 2022