Shanghai, May 17 / PRNewswire-Asianet /-- by 2025, the talent gap of China's big data will reach 2 million, and the ratio of supply to demand is only 0.05. The size of the gap is obvious. China has become the largest digital application scene in the world. In order to help enterprises speed up the preparation of data talents, the 4th China online data Marathon (China Online Datathon), jointly organized by 51 job (Nasdaq: JOBS), an authoritative Chinese human resources service, and Correlation One, a US data science talent evaluation professional agency, has announced the opening of online registration, and the final is scheduled to be held in Shanghai on July 30th. This competition is divided into two groups: the student group and the social group. At that time, contestants from more than dozens of top universities at home and abroad and social figures from major well-known enterprises will compete for a prize pool of 150000 yuan.

The China online data Marathon (China Online Datathon) is an open event that provides real-world data scenarios for contestants. Contestants need to combine a given background and data set to set up research topics and write reports to show how to explore data, build models, test hypotheses and draw relevant conclusions, in order to demonstrate creative thinking, the ability to pursue interesting analytical problems, and teamwork leadership. Employers, on the other hand, have the opportunity to establish their position in the data science talent market and gain access to top big data talents in an interesting and competitive environment. "one of the most valuable things about Correlation One is that we can find neglected people who are not good at writing resumes," says Sham Mustafa, co-founder and CEO of Datathon.

Since 2018, the total number of contestants in the three competitions of (China Online Datathon), the China online data Marathon aimed at China's future top big data talent, has doubled every year, helping more than 100 companies attract nearly 10,000 outstanding data talents. The winning teams in 2020 are from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of California, San Diego, University of Edinburgh and other well-known universities at home and abroad. In addition to statistics, mathematics, computer and other majors, there are also outstanding winners from finance, business administration, marketing, biology, chemistry and other fields. Previous participating companies, such as 3M, HSBC and Ikea China, have said that the data marathon provides a very comprehensive evaluation framework for data science and engineering, which helps companies to identify urgently needed target talents.

The relevant survey shows that more than 90% of the enterprises have invested large resources in infrastructure, platforms and tools, data sources and algorithm optimization, but there is still a huge gap in the matching of professional big data talents. Big data talents have strong community stickiness because they like challenges and attach importance to long-term learning, and participating in all kinds of big data / AI competitions has become a very important part of community interaction. The China online data Marathon (China Online Datathon), which 51 job and Correlation One, a US data science talent evaluation professional agency, reopened in 2021, covers world-renowned data categories, IT communities and the top 50 domestic colleges and universities.

The fourth competition is for students or members of the public in reference majors such as statistics / applied statistics, mathematics / applied mathematics, computer science, physics, computer engineering, financial engineering, data science / machine learning, biomedical informatics / engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and so on. In this year's competition, a new offline defense session has been added: finalists need to complete the data report required for the final within a week, and will conduct an offline defense in Shanghai on July 30 to compete for a prize pool of 150000 yuan. The final evaluation period will be broadcast live on multiple platforms, and thematic activities such as a data salon sharing forum will be held to give big data talents the opportunity to learn more about the market, acquire new knowledge and get to know their peers.