Challenge Us
An opportunity offered by SoBigData to companies who want to exploit the potential of data in their business.
All companies are welcome to submit their innovative ideas aimed at extracting value from their data. Our researchers are ready to offer comprehensive big data analysis services to selected projects.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
All companies are welcome to submit their project by 31 MARCH 2025
Fill out the form and send it by email to challengeus@sobigdata.eu
Participation instructions: link
Download form: link
The Challenge Us 2025 will take place in two phases:
- Companies will describe in detail a project or problem they intend to solve and/or the data they plan to analyze with the support of SoBigData.it partners, possibly accompanying the proposal with a proposed solution.
- SoBigData.it researchers will select the most exciting projects for which they will offer free advice by identifying possible solutions and will develop a feasibility study.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Call opening: 12 February 2025
Submission of proposals: 31 March 2025
Evaluation of the proposals and selection of the winners: 01 April - 14 April 2025
Notification to the winners: 15 April 2025
Development of the winning projects: 01 May - 15 September 2025
Final event: Early October 2025
Italian version
RESEARCH TEAM
Michela Natilli, Giulio Rossetti, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
Raffaele Bruno, Maurizio Tesconi, CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy
Giuseppe Manco, CNR-ICAR-BMSA, Rende (CS), Italy
Stefano Silvestri, CNR-ICAR-SLSAS, Napoli, Italy
Alberto Zanella, CNR-IEIIT-SRE, Torino, Italy
Laura Pollacci, University of Pisa, Italy
Giovanni Trappolini, Farooq Ahmad Wani, University of Rome, Italy
Michele Tucci, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Angelo Facchini, IMT, Lucca, Italy
Giorgio Rizzini, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
Giulio Ferrigno, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
Raffaele Bolla, University of Genova, Italy
Gianni Pasolini, University of Bologna - Dept. of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi", Italy
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna - Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Italy
Daniele Croce, University of Palermo, Italy
Giovanni Schembra, University of Catania, Italy
PAST EDITION
ADDITIONAL INFO:
How much time will the project development require?
The project will be developed in maximum four months, from the date of proposal submission to the final presentation.
What will be the selection criteria?
A SoBigData.it scientific committee will select the most valuable submitted projects, evaluating proposals based on scientific interest and feasibility.
What is the cost of this service?
SoBigData offers the service to selected companies free of charge. SoBigData is supported by European and Italian projects that include among their objectives the dissemination of big data culture among various stakeholders, including companies and private companies.
How will company data be protected?
The collaborative project will include signing a confidentiality agreement (Non-Disclosure Agreement) to protect information and data that companies will share with researchers. The results obtained in this activity will remain company property.
SoBigData will assure confidentiality measures, such as the anonymized or pseudonymized use of data and secure transmission. The project's business-specific information will also be removed from public presentations within the SoBigData network. The extent to which any information is shared will be pre-agreed with the company.
What are SoBigData's purposes?
SoBigData's sole purpose in this initiative is to disseminate the culture and potential of Big Data in industrial processes.
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