Datathon
PSTU Online Datathon 2026
Specially tailored for beginners in Data Science and Machine Learning.
Max 2 members per team (solo participation is also allowed).
৳300
Entry Fee
Max 2
Team Size
Open to all university students
Slots
12 August 2026, 11:58 PM
Closes
Contest Info
Datathon at a glance
An online datathon featuring a beginner-friendly tabular dataset. Test your skills in Exploratory Data Analysis, feature engineering, and model validation.
Date
8–12 August 2026
Time
Starts Aug 8 (12:00 AM) — Ends Aug 12 (11:58 PM)
Venue
Online (Code Submission via Google Form)
Entry Fee
৳300 per team/participant
Format
Private Leaderboard evaluation + Jupyter Notebook Markdown review
Team Size
Max 2 members
Platform
Online
Slots
Open to all university students
Registration Deadline
12 August 2026, 11:58 PM
Rules & Regulations
Know before you compete
Read these carefully — registering means your whole team accepts them.
Eligibility & Team Rules
- All participants must be currently enrolled university students (undergraduate or postgraduate). Verification of student ID will be conducted.
- Teams can consist of a maximum of 2 members (solo participation is allowed).
- Members of a team can be from different universities.
- Registration fee is BDT 300 per team or participant.
- All team members must be declared during the initial registration process. Altering teams on the platform differs from official registration and leads to disqualification.
- Unregistered individual submissions without prior team registration will face immediate disqualification.
Event Schedule
- Competition starts: August 8, 2026 (12:00 AM).
- Google Form released for code submission: August 11, 2026.
- Competition ends & code submission deadline: August 12, 2026 (11:59 PM).
- Winners announcement & award ceremony: August 15, 2026, during the Grand Closing Ceremony of IT Carnival 2026.
- Physical presence is NOT mandatory. All prize money, digital certificates, and rewards will be transferred/dispatched online.
Evaluation Criteria
- Private Leaderboard Score (90%): Evaluated against the hidden private test set.
- Hidden Metric: The exact evaluation metric will remain hidden/undisclosed from participants.
- Code Quality & Markdown Documentation (10%): Evaluated based on code cleanliness, reproducibility, and clear explanations in Markdown cells.
Fair Play & APIs
- External paid or proprietary API keys (e.g. OpenAI, Claude, Gemini) are strictly prohibited.
- Open-source libraries and open pre-trained models (e.g. Hugging Face, LightGBM, XGBoost, CatBoost, PyTorch) are fully allowed.
- Plagiarism, multiple accounts, and private code sharing outside your team are strictly forbidden.
Registration
Registration for Datathon
Registration details for this event.
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Pre-registration for the Datathon is not open on this platform. Please prepare your team according to the rules and contact the coordinators for queries.
FAQ
Questions, answered
The things Datathon teams ask us most.
No. Physical presence at the venue is NOT mandatory for participants. All prize money, digital certificates, and rewards will be transferred/dispatched online to the winners.
Yes, cross-university teams are fully allowed.
You are fully allowed to use open-source frameworks, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and open pre-trained models (including Hugging Face Transformers, LightGBM, XGBoost, CatBoost, etc.). Proprietary API keys like OpenAI or Gemini are prohibited.
An official Google Form link will be provided on August 11, 2026. All participants must submit their final code (Jupyter Notebook / GitHub repository link) by August 12, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
Coordinator Contact
Still need help?
Reach the people running this contest directly.
Technical Support
Datathon Tech Team · CSE Club, PSTU
Technical Support
Datathon Tech Team · CSE Club, PSTU
Technical Support
Datathon Tech Team · CSE Club, PSTU