Philippine Junior Data Science Challenge 2023

The 2023 Philippine Junior Data Science Challenge was co-presented by the UP Data Science Society and the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). It was held in partnership with the UP Association of Computer Science Majors (UP CURSOR) and brought to you by the UP Circle of Industrial Engineering Majors, with special thanks to the UP Statistical Society. The outputs centered on promoting financial inclusivity through data science.

Timeline

Pre-registration and the schedule were announced on August 2, 2023. Workshop 1 followed on August 21, 2023, with over 200 attendees, and the livestream recording was posted afterwards. The competition then ran for about three months across four challenges that tested data science concepts, data segmentation, interpretation and recommendation, artificial intelligence integration, and narrative presentation. Of the 160 teams that entered, 50 remained after the first challenge, and the Top 15 were announced on October 25, 2023. The final challenge trimmed the field to three teams, who presented at the BPI Data Wave Summit 2023 at One Esplanade, Pasay City, on November 6, 2023, where BPI executives handed out the prizes. The organizers thanked the UP Data Science Society team and volunteers on December 2, 2023.

Winners

• Champion: Insigion, Mapua University (Christine Love Ladringan, Alwin Denz Santos, Lorenzo David Divina)
• 1st runner-up: The Immortals, Mapua Malayan Colleges Mindanao (Luis Angelo Fruto, Jaen Rafael Toyoda, Jhon Lloyd Dayuno)
• 2nd runner-up: Team SEC-A, Ateneo de Manila University (Christell Doria, Anjanette Cayabyab, Jimson Paulo Layacan), who received a trophy and a Php 90,000 cash prize

A Special Award in Financial Inclusion and AI Innovation went to the seventh-placed team of Ateneo mathematics alumni Ryan Roi Cayas, Ralph Joshua Macarasig, and Genesis Tan. Eight of the Top 15 teams came from Ateneo de Manila University, the strongest showing by any school that year.

Sources: the PJDSC Facebook page and the Ateneo de Manila University news article Ateneo math majors finish strong in the Philippine Junior Data Science Challenge 2023.