Post date:

15/04/2025

On behalf of Eurostat, we are pleased to announce the final round of the European Statistics Awards for Web Intelligence, focusing on Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Groups Data: Discovery & Extraction Challenges. Running in parallel, these competitions aim to drive innovation, develop new methodologies, and benchmark approaches for processing web content in MNE Group data analysis.

Both competitions are now open for registration and the deadline for registering is 22 April 2025.

By running both challenges in parallel, the European Statistics Awards Programme aims to enhance MNE Group Data analysis by enabling those participants that develop integrated pipelines to benefit from possible synergies, while also allowing specialised teams to fully focus on either of the two challenges.

The competition pursues three key goals: driving innovation in web intelligence for statistics, benchmarking approaches for discovering financial MNE Group data sources, and evaluating extraction methods using advanced technologies. This initiative seeks to advance methodologies and improve statistical practices in MNE Group analysis.

We believe that the researchers in your country (in particular data scientists) would be most interested in signing up for this opportunity.

Teams (1–5 members) will have the opportunity to apply their Web Intelligence expertise and programming skills (particularly in Python and R) to a real-world use case while competing for substantial prizes.

Prizes for each challenge include:

€10 000 for first place in the Accuracy Award
€10 000 for first place in the Reusability Award
€5 000 for first place in the Innovativeness Award

A team securing first place in all three categories can win up to €25 000 per challenge. By achieving the top prize in both challenges, a team could earn a total of up to €50 000.

We would therefore appreciate if you could:

post the announcement (below), flyer , a link to the European Statistics Awards homepage on your website; and press release on the Eurostat website;
distribute the announcement (below) and flyer to your mailing lists (via a newsletter or a mail message);
share the announcement and flyer with your research networks;
repost LinkedIn or X announcements with #EUStatisticsAwards, #EUwebIntelligenceAwards

If you would like to compete yourself please register at https://statistics-awards.eu/accounts/signup/

Announcement

Eurostat is pleased to announce the final round of the European Statistics Awards for Web Intelligence, with a focus on Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Groups Data: Discovery & Extraction Challenges. Running in parallel, these competitions aim to drive innovation, develop new methodologies, and benchmark approaches for processing web content in MNE Group data analysis.

Both competitions are now open for registration and the deadline for registering is 22 April 2025.

By running both challenges simultaneously, the European Statistics Awards Programme aims to strengthen MNE Group Data analysis by enabling those participants that develop integrated pipelines to benefit from possible synergies, while also allowing specialised teams to fully focus on either of the two challenges.

The competition focuses on three main objectives: fostering innovation in web intelligence for statistics, benchmarking methods for identifying financial MNE Group data sources, and assessing extraction techniques using advanced technologies. This initiative contributes to refining methodologies and enhancing statistical practices in MNE Group analysis.

Do you know how to code in Python or R? Register by 22 April 2025 and try your chances on your own or with a team of colleagues.

You and your team have the chance to win up to €50 000 by securing first place in all three award categories across both competitions.

The top prize breakdown per competition includes:

€10 000 for Accuracy Award
€10 000 for Reusability Award
€5 000 for Innovativeness Award

Additionally, second and third place prizes are awarded as follows:

Accuracy Award: €5 000 (2nd place) | €3 000 (3rd place)
Reusability Award: €5 000 (2nd place) | €3 000 (3rd place)
Innovativeness Award: €3 000 (2nd place) | €1 000 (3rd place)

By placing first in all three categories in one competition, your team could win up to €25 000, and by doing so in both competitions, you could win a total of €50 000.

For more information on the European Statistical Awards Programme, please refer to the European Statistics Awards website or drop us a line to learn about any further details.

Many thanks in advance for considering signing up, and for sharing this information,

The European Statistics Awards secretariat

info@statistics-awards.eu

https://statistics-awards.eu/

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