Allstate University Prediction Challenge

You're invited to:

April 11 - 24, 2016

About

Students from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago can form teams of up to 4 students from their school. The challenge will be to predict the probability a vehicle Allstate insures will have a claim using characteristics of the vehicle, such as number of cylinders, weight, and horsepower

Prizes

First place $500

First Place at Northwestern University (and not overall winner) $250

First Place at The University of Chicago (and not overall winner) $250

Schedule

Kick-off / Contest Registration Opens Monday, April 11th 6pm

Northwestern University and University of Chicago Campuses

Office Hours with Allstate Data Scientists

Monday, April 11th 6:15pm-8pm

Pizza provided

Northwestern University and University of Chicago Campuses and Google Hangout

Office Hours with Allstate Data Scientists

Monday, April 18th 6pm-8pm

Sandwiches provided

Northwestern University and University of Chicago Campuses and Google Hangout

Contest ends

Sunday, April 24th 3:30pm

Award Ceremony

Monday, April 25th 6:00pm

Northwestern University and University of Chicago Campuses

Event Kickoff, Office Hours & Award Ceremony Location for Northwestern University Students

Kickoff/office hours April 11th and Award Ceremony April 25th:

Donald P. Jacobs Center Room G40

2001 Sheridan Rd.Evanston, IL 60208

Office hours April 18th:

Donald P. Jacobs Center Atrium (ground floor)

2001 Sheridan Rd.Evanston, IL 60208

RSVP for office hours with Allstate Data Scientists on Northwestern University's campus so we know how much food to order

https://allstate.formstack.com/forms/nu_hackathon_office_hour_rsvp

Event Kickoff, Office Hours & Award Ceremony Location For The University of Chicago Students

Room for all three on-campus days:

Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC) Room 001

924 E. 57th St.

Chicago, IL 60637

RSVP for office hours with Allstate Data Scientists on The University of Chicago's campus so we know how much food to order

https://allstate.formstack.com/forms/uchicago_hackathon_office_hour_rsvp

Online Office Hours Via Google Hangout

RSVP for online office hours with Allstate Data Scientists

https://allstate.formstack.com/forms/online_hackathon_office_hour_rsvp

Event Kickoff, Office Hours, and Award Ceremony Location

for Northwestern University Students

Links

Competition Website:

https://inclass.kaggle.com/c/claims-loss-prediction-challenge

Competition platform will be Kaggle in Class

Please use your @northwestern.edu or @uchicago.edu email account to sign up

(any subdomain such as @u.northwestern.edu will work)

https://inclass.kaggle.com/

Tutorial Documents:

Data Import/Export

http://allstate-university-hackathons.github.io/PredictionChallenge2016/DataImportExport

Logistic Regression

http://allstate-university-hackathons.github.io/PredictionChallenge2016/LogisticRegression

Gradient Boosting Machines

http://allstate-university-hackathons.github.io/PredictionChallenge2016/GBM

Understanding Business Value from Loss Modeling in Insurance

http://allstate-university-hackathons.github.io/PredictionChallenge2016/BusinessValueFromLossModeling

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Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Allstate Claim Prediction University Challenge kicks off on April 1st, and you're invited to take part in the Hackathon. Allstate's downtown Chicago office is our meeting spot the kci. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

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Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Allstate Claim Prediction University Challenge kicks off on April 1st, and you're invited to take part in the Hackathon. Allstate's downtown Chicago office is our meeting spot the kci. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!