Participants will have four weeks to develop clever algorithms and analysis methods to find patterns in labeled data in order to make predictions on unseen data. The cash prizes for the Student Track are sponsored by the companies Just ADD AI, Tagaia, Neuland - Büro für Informatik and Sparkasse Bremen. They range from 100 Euro (5th place) to 500 Euro (1st place). In all tracks, the winning teams will each be rewarded with a trophy, places 1-5 with medals, and all participants of the 30 best teams with attractive non-cash prizes.

The most important information at a glance:
* Launching on March 1st and closing on March 31st, 2026
* Programming challenge that focuses on data analysis
* Student, Professional and Industry Track
* Individual participants or teams with up to 3 people
* Prize money up to 1,500 Euro (Student Track)
* Attractive non-cash prizes for all members of the first 30 places (Student, Professional und Industry Track)
* Live and up-to-date leaderboard
* Creditable as the practical part of the BBDC-seminar (for students in Computer Science at the University of Bremen)
* Organized by the “Cognitive Systems Lab“ (CSL) of the Fachbereich 3 at the University of Bremen

The conditions of participation and further information including pointers to the registration can be found at: https://bbdc.csl.uni-bremen.de/en/