Data Treasure Hunt
數據「掏」寶比賽

“Small World · Big Data”
小世界 · 大數據

Science Festival 2017
Faculty of Science
Hong Kong Baptist University

About the Event

Science Festival

Science Festival is an annual flagship event of Faculty of Science of Hong Kong Baptist University. It aims to promote science to the educational sector and the public. This year, the Science Festival themed “Small World · Big Data”  (小世界 · 大數據) is scheduled to be held on July 6, 2017 (Thursday).

Apart from laboratory tours, demonstrations, workshops, games and shows for arousing students’ awareness on the importance of big data in our daily life, “Data Treasure Hunt” Competition will be organized to let participants gain more experience on the application of big data in real world.

“Data Treasure Hunt” Competition

The “Data Treasure Hunt” Competition is about data analysis and visualization! It lets you interact with data, break the data down, find the answers in data and convey your insights from the data to people.

We cordially invite senior secondary school students (Form 4 or above) to participate in this competition. This event consists of two training workshops to provide background on the data analysis and visualization software, and to assist the participants to work with your data and make your data come to life. The participants are expected to work as a team (4 students/team) and present your results on the competition day.

Important Dates

Competition and Prize Presentation Date:6 July 2017 (Thu)
Training Workshops: 18 March 2017 (Sat) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm and
25 March 2017 (Sat) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Application Deadline:6 March 2017 (Mon) 5:00 pm (HKT)

Overview of the Competition

Training Workshops

All participants are required to join the training workshops organized by the Department of Computer Science on 18 March 2017 (Sat) and 25 March 2017 (Sat).

Planned Idea Submission

Each team should provide a short description to briefly explain the idea of their presentation.

Poster Submission & Presentation

Each team should design a poster to present their findings and provide a presentation on 6 July 2017 (Thu).



Awards and Certificates

There are three awards (Champion, First Runner-up and Second Runner-up). Certificates will be awarded to all participants who have completed all the training workshops and participated in the competition. At least one delegate of the participating team shall be present during the presentation ceremony on 6 July 2017 (Thu).

Note: The result of the competition shall be decided by the organizer. The organizer reserves the right to make final decisions and amend the rules of the competition without prior notice.

Training Workshops 1 & 2

To provide background on the skills related to the competition, participants are required to join two training workshops in Hong Kong Baptist University. The training materials will be prepared in English and the workshops will be conducted in Cantonese (supplemented by English).

Date:  18 March 2017 (Sat) and 25 March 2017 (Sat)
Time:  9:30 am – 12:30 pm (*Please arrive at 9:20 am for registration)
Venue:  FSC901C&D, 9/F, Fong Shu Chuen Library, Ho Sin Hang Campus (HKBU), 224 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Participants are recommended to bring a USB thumb drive to save sample data in the workshop.


Data Source: 玩具達人 Facebook

Application

Application Deadline: 6 March 2017 (Mon) 5:00 pm (HKT)
Application has to be submitted by school before the deadline and each school can submit at most two applications.

Application result notification has been sent to teachers in charge by email on 7 March 2017.

Contact Us

Telephone: (+852) 3411 2528
Facsimile: (+852) 3411 5862
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Faculty of Science
Office of Dean of Science
FSC701, Fong Shu Chuen Library
Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
224 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong