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Student Challenge

Registration opens January 7, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. ET

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Challenge Overview

CIBC, Deloitte and Tableau are excited to announce the Data VizArt Student Challenge (DVA), a nationwide competition for data visualization, storytelling and analytics, open to undergraduate / graduate students from post-secondary, full-time programs across Canada. Students can participate as part of a team of 2 or 3; all team members must be from the same school, regardless of faculty or program. Teams are limited to a maximum of 3 participants.

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Grand Prizes

The prizes for the first and second place winning teams will be cash or cash-equivalent.

First Prize
$3000 CAD
Second Prize
$1500 CAD
2018 Winning Submission
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Here’s how it works

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Form a Team

Assemble a team of creative and curious people who love a challenge and want to hone their data visualization skills. Assign a Team Captain. Each team must have a minimum of two (2), to a maximum of three (3) participants, including the Team Captain. And remember all team members must be from the same school.

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Get Started

Competition opens January 7, 2019! Download Tableau Desktop for Students, open the data sets provided (on January 7, 2019), and start building your viz! A business problem will be provided for each round of the competition. Keep in mind that no additional data should be used to create your visualizations.

3
Submit

Competition closes January 25, 2019! Have your assigned Team Captain upload your visualization into Tableau Public. The link to your Viz on Tableau Public must be copied into/inserted in your Data VizArt registration & submission form along with the packaged Tableau workbook.

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Challenge Timelines

The contest has two rounds: Qualifying and Finals Rounds.

Qualifying Round (January - February 2019)
  • 1
    Jan. 7, 2019

    Announcement of Business Case (Registration Opens at 12:00 p.m. ET)

  • 2
    Jan. 25, 2019

    Deadline for Submission of Visualization (Registration Closes at 8:00 p.m. ET)

  • 3
    Feb. 14, 2019

    Announcement of Advancement of Winners

Finals Round (February – March 2019)
  • 4
    Feb. 15, 2019

    Announcement of Business Case for Qualifying Round winners (12:00 p.m. ET)

  • 5
    Mar. 15, 2019

    Deadline for Submission of Visualization for Qualifying Round winners (Submission Closes at 8:00 p.m. ET)

  • 6
    Mar. 22, 2019

    Final Presentation in Toronto, Judging, Winners Announced

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