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The participants need to build an algorithm for the most accurate prediction of the number of reported cases of COVID-19 dynamics for the next seven days. 
The competition aims at drawing attention to the pandemic forecasts building. It may probably help to find problems in the data sources or build a useful forecast using the most reliable data.

 
<a href="http://opendatascience.slack.com/archives/C011745MET0">The competition channel in&nbsp;Slack ODS:&nbsp;#proj_covid</a> 
<a href="http://covidforecast.sberbank.ai/">Description of the competition in Russian</a>

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The main goal of the contest is open science development support, forecasting techniques development, and sharing experience in building predictive models. The tasks like that organized as public benchmarking allow scientists, researchers, and engineers to test and compare different approaches and together develop the best practices, at the same time making them available to the entire research community.

The next goal of the contest is to draw attention to the problem of pandemic surveillance and qualitative modeling of its spreading worldwide. The development of open qualitative predictive models that allow assessment of the immediate dynamics of epidemics supports future quick decision-making and effective responses aimed to prevent the next pandemic spread. 
 
<a href="https://storage.yandexcloud.net/datasouls-competitions/sberbank-covid19-forecast/COVID19_Data_Challenge_Rules_RU%20-_17.pdf">Contest rules RU</a> 
<a href="https://storage.yandexcloud.net/datasouls-competitions/sberbank-covid19-forecast/COVID-19_Rules_EN_17.pdf">Contest rules EN</a> 
<a href="https://www.sberbank.ru/ru/pol_pd">Processing of Personal Data Sberbank RU</a>

<h3>Prizes</h3>

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The winners are determined in three stages:

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<ul>
	<li>Stage 1: for the week 13.04 - 19.04, the winners will be determined on Tuesday 21.04 (solutions sending deadline is 12.04, 11:59&nbsp;p.m., GMT +3 (Moscow)). 
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	<li>Stage 2: for the week 20.04 - 26.04, the winners are determined on Tuesday 28.04 (solutions sending deadline is 19.04, 11:59&nbsp;p.m., GMT +3 (Moscow)). 
	In the second stage of the competition, the results will be announced both according to country forecasts and for Russian regions. 
	Second stage prizes will be given to those who make the best forecasts for Russian regions. 
	&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Stage 3: for the week 27.04 - 03.05 winners are determined on Tuesday 05.05 (solutions sending deadline is 26.04, 11:59&nbsp;p.m., GMT +3 (Moscow)). 
	In the third (final) stage of the competition, the results will be announced both according to country forecasts and for Russian regions. 
	This stage prizes will be given to those who make the best forecasts for Russian regions. 
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</ul>

<h3>FAQ</h3>

What&nbsp;period is forecasted?

The forecast is produced for each day until the end of the competition. The intermediate results are given for one week. It may seem like a too-short planning horizon for such a long-distance problem. However, the epidemic&rsquo;s dynamic is strongly influenced by the quarantine measures taken in each country. It is not possible to predict the exact dates of their implementation as well as their effectiveness.&nbsp; 
Moreover, as of the contest starting date, there is no complete data on all the measures implemented, and the impact of the implemented measures has yet to be assessed.

Why predict if there is no confidence in the data validity?

Considering the contest task limitations, the algorithms and solutions developed in its course can still be useful, especially given the increase in data reliability. The competition is, first of all, a public benchmark of predictive models for COVID-19 epidemic data. The participants should focus primarily on modeling rather than on engineering aspects and limitations of systems and solutions, just like their models had to be immediately used in the real environment.

How were the evaluation metrics chosen? 
 
Task features cause the choice of metrics. First, the number of infected people grows exponentially. Second, the general development of the epidemic dynamics in any of the countries is more important than focusing on predicting the exact number of infected in most-pandemic countries. And third, different countries have different standards and approaches to COVID-19 testing, as well as different stages of the epidemic, so the problem needs a sustainable path.

Please note that the metrics may change during the contest. The final version will be announced no later than a week before the end of the competition. 
 
The organizers are waiting for suggestions for improvement from the Open Data Science community.

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#	Teams (111)	Точность	Last	Entries
1	Niw	0.3726203475	6y	19
2	ZFTurbo (Роман Соловьев)	0.3963948074	6y	5
3	solemn_leader	0.3995833591	6y	3
4	Школьники Нонны	0.4110715196	6y	12
5	Philipp Lozovoy	0.4185969953	6y	11
6	Siberian GANs	0.4304787252	6y	8
7	Квентин Карантино	0.4374997843	6y	8
8	Topspin26	0.4531676923	6y	7
9	Alexei Chernobrovov	0.455656682	6y	12
10	Andrew Shevelev	0.4642920838	6y	3
11	KJ	0.4703927764	6y	6
12	Роман Пьянков	0.4941429448	6y	3
13	Олег Шаповалов	0.4996154069	6y	11
14	Renat Ramazanov	0.5143265391	6y	1
15	Кирилл Рыбкин	0.5268481508	6y	2
16	how	0.5333988307	6y	2
17	ihvh@github	0.5431243698	6y	12
18	bat_soup	0.555528638	6y	5
19	Medical Advisers Group	0.5600744662	6y	2
20	Jupyter Invaders	0.5613930541	6y	5
21	a18	0.5670564946	6y	4
22	Последний Боярин	0.5675621738	6y	3
23	drts	0.5721771588	6y	4
24	Alex	0.5762040914	6y	6
25	Ivan Komarov	0.5867689226	6y	2
26	Babusya	0.5931349983	6y	2
27	Victor Zaguskin	0.5946543435	6y	4
28	Михаил	0.6017631196	6y	3
29	Vladislav	0.6179009738	6y	17
30	JK	0.621123333	6y	2
31	Anatoly Ilyenkov	0.6265825307	6y	1
32	Team data has been deleted	0.6278237636	6y	2
33	Nikita Churkin	0.647591996	6y	2
34	supertoha	0.6501102477	6y	9
35	Sergei Dvindenko	0.6593224941	6y	2
36	Альберт Тухватуллин	0.669298106	6y	2
37	EkaterinaE	0.6766130021	6y	7
38	Konstantin Phd	0.7378857027	6y	6
39	Николай Брадис	0.7437817052	6y	4
40	Etvas Никто	0.7557889485	6y	3
41	Kirill Gerasimov	0.7728035492	6y	2
42	Twins	0.7832226224	6y	1
43	SG_da (Максим Сигида)	0.8183912617	6y	15
44	Invincible	0.8466846174	6y	3
45	Андрей Кузнецов	0.8475220699	6y	3
46	Electric Boogaloo	0.8810139644	6y	4
47	Nikolay Kobalo	0.9037624272	6y	3
48	SpaceDoge	0.9593949661	6y	10
49	MR M	1.0348883271	6y	2
50	Максим Шульга	1.1221059082	6y	2