Invitation to submit a Data/AI Challenge proposal in CODS 2025

[Raj Sharma]

Dear Community:  The Data/AI Challenge Chairs at CODS 2025 are inviting exciting proposals to challenge India's Brightest AI Minds.  Submit your toughest AI problem and watch as thousands of AI practitioners compete to solve it at CODS'25, India's premier AI and Data Science conference.

 

What is it?

• CODS'25 (India's premier AI and Data Science conference) annually hosts a challenging competition.
• Attracts thousands of students, academics, and industry professionals vying for top honors.
• Any one can submit and host a challenge - Enterprises, Start-ups, or Academic Research Groups/Labs

 

Why Submit Your Challenge?

• Crowdsource Innovation. Expose your problem to a community of 100K+ data science/AI practitioners
• Brand Visibility. Connect and show up with top-tier institutes and industry professionals in India's AI ecosystem
• Talent Pipeline. Interview top performers for internships and full-time positions

 

Recap of CODS'24 AI Challenge, Organized & Sponsored by Meesho

CODS'24 AI Challenge

• Real-world problem of predicting attributes given e-commerce product images
• Large-scale human-rated dataset consisting of 320,000+ images
• INR 4,00000+ worth of prizes won by the top 3 teams

Major Highlights from 2024

• 5000+ participants (~2500 teams) across top institutions from India
• Over 200 teams fiercely battled for top ranks on Kaggle
• 3 teams are declared winners after reviewing 20+ submissions

Top-10 Institutions w.r.t. participants in 2024

1. IIT Kharagpur
2. IIT Madras
3. IIT Kanpur
4. IIT Delhi
5. Netaji Subhas University of Technology
6. IIT Mandi
7. IIIT Delhi
8. IIIT Allahabad
9. IIT Dhawad
10. IIT Bombay

 

Got a challenge worth solving?

Step up as the next host—submit your proposal now!

For more details, visit: https://ikdd.acm.org/cods-2025/call-for-data-ai-challenge-proposals.php

Deadline: 15th July 2025