Adia Lab Market Prediction Competition

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Organized by ADIA LAB

An Abu Dhabi-based, independent research institute dedicated to basic and applied research in data and computational science.

ADIA Lab is supported by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), which provides the necessary backing for ADIA Lab to pursue its independent research agenda.

Organized by ADIA LAB in partnership with CrunchDAO

Prize Pool: 100,000 USD

Total prize pool of $100,000 with the 10 top entries receiving a cash prize and $40,000 available for the competition winner.

Prize Pool: 100,000 USD

Earn a certificate by ADIA Lab, a leading center of innovation.

In recognition of the difficulty of the challenge, a selection of the top entries will receive a certificate of achievement issued by ADIA Lab, a leading center of innovation for the extraction of actionable insights from complex datasets.

Earn a certificate by ADIA Lab, a leading center of innovation.

This competition is a Code Competition

Competition
Phases

Week
1 - 12

Code Submission

The objective of the participant is to estimate the rank of risk adjusted return of each stock in the Adia Lab investment universe, from the highest to the lowest.
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During the first weeks, participants access training data.

Anonymous features
Anonymous universe constituents
Cross-sectional like
Training target(s)

Week
12 - 24

Scoring Out-of-Sample

Participants can no longer modify their code.
Participant’s code is run on the new data to produce the prediction of the player.
Participant’s are scored out-of-sample.

Week
25

Awards

Total prize pool of $100,000 with the Top 10 entries receiving a cash prize and $40,000 available for the competition winner.
In recognition of the difficulty of the challenge, a selection of the top entries will receive a certificate of achievement issued by ADIA Lab, a leading center of innovation for the extraction of actionable insights from complex datasets.

top entries will receive a certificate

signed by Marcos López de Prado himself

prize pool

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Prize
1

Tarandros
$40,000

Prize
2

Fun-Robert
$20,000

Prize
3

HJ67
$10,000

Prize
4

Cautious-Mayeul
$5,000

Prize
5

Realistic-Yewen
$5,000

Prize
6

Serigne-Cisse
$5,000

Prize
7

Strict-Siddharth
$5,000

Prize
8

XGBoosted-Abilio
$3,500

Prize
9

Impressive-Yodharin
$3,500

Prize
10

Subtle Rajat
$3,000

Who is Marcos López de Prado ?

Marcos López de Prado, Professor of

Practice at Cornell University's

College of Engineering

He has spent the last 20 years advancing finance through machine learning and supercomputing, while developing statistical tests to identify false investment strategies. He has received multiple scientific awards for his contributions.

Currently, Marcos serves as the Global Head of Quantitative Research and Development at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and is the founder of True Positive Technologies LP. He has advised clients with a combined AUM of over $1 trillion and managed up to $13 billion in assets at Guggenheim Partners.

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Competition
Highlights

Every Month

An AMA will take place to answer all your questions.

Month 1

1. Webinar: "The Future of Artificial intelligence in Finance. Is a Chat GPT for finance possible?"

2. Webinar: "Building a simple model on financial Data"

Month 2-3

1. Webinar: "Tabular or stochastic processes? A unifying attempt"

2. Webinar: "Sequential decision making in finance"

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here’s what

people say

about us

testimonials

01.

Emanuele Olivetti,Global Head – Quantitative Research & Development at ADIA

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Emanuele Olivetti,Global Head – Quantitative Research & Development at ADIA

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Emanuele Olivetti,Global Head – Quantitative Research & Development at ADIA

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Emanuele Olivetti,Global Head – Quantitative Research & Development at ADIA

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Emanuele Olivetti,Global Head – Quantitative Research & Development at ADIA

What is ADIA Lab?

ADIA Lab is an independent institution engaged in basic and applied research in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and High Performance and Quantum Computing, across all major fields of study.
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This includes exploring applications in areas such as climate change and energy transition, blockchain technology, financial inclusion and investing, decision making, automation, cybersecurity, health sciences, education, telecommunications, and space.
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Based in Abu Dhabi, ADIA Lab is an independent, standalone entity supported by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), a globally-diversified investment institution that invests funds on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi.
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ADIA Lab has its own governance and operational structure, and is guided by an Advisory Board of global thought leaders in data and computationally-intensive disciplines, to pursue its research independently.

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