Participate

Who can apply

Students and researchers: BTech, MTech, MSc, PhD and similar. Take part alone or in a team of up to four. Please register with your institutional email ID if you have one.

What you need

Python and pandas, and some comfort with statistics or machine learning. No finance background is required.

How to take part

  1. Register your team.

    The form takes a few minutes: team name, members, a contact person and a short description of the team.

  2. Get your ticket number.

    It arrives by email as soon as you register. Quote it in every message to us.

  3. Hear from us on Thu 1 Oct.

    Selected teams receive the data pack, the full rules and a worked example.

  4. Build.

    A second data file arrives on Fri 16 Oct.

  5. Submit

    between Sat 17 Oct and Mon 19 Oct, 5 pm IST, through the link sent to your registered email.

Register your team

Registration closes Wednesday 30 September.

Timeline

  1. Thu 24 Sep

    Registration opens

  2. Wed 30 Sep, end of day

    Registration closes

  3. Thu 1 Oct

    Selected teams receive a confirmation, the data pack and the full rules

  4. Fri 16 Oct

    A second data file, covering 25 Sep to 16 Oct

  5. Sat 17 to Mon 19 Oct, 5 pm IST

    Submission window. The link is sent to your registered email

  6. 20 to 26 Oct

    The organizers run and review every submission

  7. Early November

    One-to-one calls with prize contenders, then verdicts

Questions

Contact

Email contact@commodity-open.xyz and quote your ticket number.