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NU Data Science Club presents
3,000,000 ₸ prize pool
24 hours in the void with real data. Find the 12 eyes on your way down and the portal opens.
Oct 17-18Nazarbayev UniversityTeams of 2 to 4
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Catch #1
24 hours. One real dataset. Your team finds what matters in it and pitches it to a jury.
QuestDatathon '26
- Get the dataset at kick off
- Dig until you find the signal
- Pitch your story to the jury
Reward: a share of 3,000,000 ₸
No slides about the future of AI. Just data, models and a story that holds up.
WhenOct 17-18opening 11:00When24 hours, offline. Opening at 11:00.
WhereNazarbayev UniversityAstanaWhereNazarbayev University campus, Astana.
FormatOffline · Freeteams of 2 to 4FormatIn person and free. Bring a crew of 2 to 4.
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How it works
Sign up
Create an account and confirm your email with the link we send.
Build a crew
Start a team and share its code or link, or join a friend's. 2 to 4 people.
Lock it in
Two or more members before 16 Oct, 23:59 and you're in.
Timeline
Four islands, four stops. The ship is where we are right now.
Now to 16 Oct, 23:59 Oct 17, 11:00 Kick off
Opening ceremony, dataset reveal. The 24 hour clock starts at 12:00.
Oct 17 to 18 Mining
24 hours of modelling with mentor check ins along the way.
Oct 18, 13:00 Final pitch
Teams pitch to the jury. Closing ceremony at 18:00.
Raid boss
THE DATASET
Teams
Every raid needs a mix. Someone who models, someone who reads the data, someone who builds and someone who sells the story.
Party 4/4 · ready for the raid
Party rules
- 2 to 4 people per team, leader included.
- Invite with an 8 character code, a link or by email.
- The leader manages the roster and can rotate a leaked code.
- Rosters freeze when registration closes.
No team yet? Register solo, we'll help you find people in the participants chat.
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Want to join the raid as a partner? Write to datascience@nu.edu.kz
Questions
Page 1 of 8. Is it free? Yes. Participation is free.
Yes. Participation is free.
Anyone who signs up before the deadline: university and school students, working professionals and everyone in between.
You must be 16 or older, and at least one teammate must be 18 or older.
Sign up anyway. You can join a team with a code later or find people in the participants chat.
Yes, until registration closes. After that rosters freeze.
A laptop, a charger and a teammate who knows pandas.
No. Strong teams mix modelling, analysis, engineering and pitching.
It is revealed at kick off. Bring curiosity, not assumptions.
The bottom of the void
Bring the eyes you found on the way down. Each one lights a block of the frame. Missing some? Tap an empty block and it fills anyway.
0/12eyes placed
Registration closes 16 Oct, 23:59.