Tickmill holds its first competition of data science in trading in Cyprus, offering thousands of EUR as prizes.
Acknowledging the central role of machine learning and data science in trading, Tickmill steps up the game by holding a competition for the academic community of Cypriot, a pool of experts in algorithmic trading in Cyprus.
This competition calls for students in the Republic of Cyprus who have dedicated their studies to learning machines. These future data scientists are required to estimate the value of a financial asset using a time series of financial data and a number of attributes that Tickmill's Quant Team has provided. In the end, their contributions will be compared to the ground truth that has been set internally. As a reward, students are able to win EUR5,000 EUR3,000, and EUR2,000.
According to Tickmill's head of Quantitative Research, Chariton Christou Tickmill, this forecasting competition allows the students to experiment with real-world financial time series data and apply quantitative analysis to solve the issues potentially encountered by future clients.
Students and the academic community may benefit from this competition as they may gain access to previously unavailable yet accurate financial data and are exposed to addressing real-world data challenges. Students will also be able to put their substantial knowledge to work and compare their abilities to those of students from other colleges. In order to overcome the gap between academia and business, colleges will be able to measure their students' performance and forge strong links with a major broker.
Further information about this competition as well as its terms and conditions are available on Tickmill's official website.