Are you a self-proclaimed data nerd? Do you get a rush from digging into data sets, and using your technical skills to derive conclusions and tell interesting stories? If so, prove your data analysis chops in the Kontagent Big Data Challenge—you could win $10,000!

Here’s what you’ll have to do: Use data from the Toronto Open initiative to solve a problem you find interesting. These are just some examples:

• Try to quantify the reliability of the local transit system
• Find compelling trends in expenses of municipal government
• Identify parts of the city that are hotspots for parking tickets

There is so much that you can do with the data and the choice is yours—we’ll leave it up to you to decide what puzzle you want to solve. Impress the judges with your big-data analysis skills, and you could win the $10,000 grand prize! Click to learn more.

Looking forward to seeing your awesome project. Good luck!

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