You just have to turn on the television to hear about Data and Data Science, particularly since the “Cambridge Analytica” (Facebook) scandal. The truth is that in today’s world virtually everything we do generates data. Such data may (and should) be used by firms and public organizations to help them take all kinds of virtual decisions.

• Do you know that whenever you stop watching a series or a film on Netflix you are helping this platform to create better and better series or films?
• Have you noticed that Spotify can often guess the music pieces you love, even before you get to know them?
• Did you know that a US supermarket chain found out that a woman was pregnant before she learned it?

If you don’t know all the answers, NOVA IMS will give you, in a morning, the answers to these and other questions, through the presentation of practical examples and the application of a challenge with the award of prizes to the first and second place!

Come and have a small glimpse of everything you can do with data in order to have a successful career!

Target

• Secondary Education Students who wish to obtain knowledge about Data Science and Technology.

Date and duration

• The Data Science Challenge will take place on June 8^th, 2022. Duration: 1 morning, from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Language

• Portuguese.

Taught by

Professor Frederico Cruz Jesus.

Requirements

• PC or Mac with Microsoft Excel installed and with connection to the Internet;
• Zoom Platform - if you don't have Zoom installed, you can download it here.

Registrations

• Registrations are open until June 7^th, 2022. They are limited to the number of vacancies available. To register, please submit the registration form on this page.

If you need further information, please send an email to licenciaturas@novaims.unl.pt.

Challenge

At the end of the programme a list of two thousand clients will be provided, so that the students may choose which should be contacted in connection with a marketing campaign.

Each contact will involve a cost and potential benefit. Once the data that were made available as well as the implementation of the concepts that were taught are analysed, the students will have three days to submit their Proposal, including the list of Customers that the firm should contact.

The first and second prizes will be awarded to those whose proposals were considered the best.

Prizes

• 1^st place
  A 6-month subscription of Spotify Premium or a 70€ Netflix voucher.
• 2^nd place
  A 3-month subscription of Spotify Premium or a 35€ Netflix voucher.