Telegram Contests

2021-05-06 16:30:22 In case you missed this from the blog, the Telegram Jobs page has some new vacancies:
https://telegram.org/jobs

Note that candidates for the position of Content Moderator and Translator should submit their applications via @jobs_bot before 23:59 Dubai time on May 10 and May 14 respectively.

Applications received after that point will not be considered in this round – and will have to wait for future vacancies. Open / Comment

2021-05-02 18:25:12 @ContestBot is now ready to accept submissions for the Data Clustering Contest, Round 2.

Remember that that deadline is 23:59 Dubai time (~4,5 hours from now). Open / Comment

2021-04-29 14:59:38 A third test data set has been added for the Data Clustering Contest, Round 2:
https://contest.com/docs/dc2021-r2#source-data Open / Comment

2021-04-22 17:39:16 A new test data set has been added for the Data Clustering Contest, Round 2:
https://contest.com/docs/dc2021-r2#source-data Open / Comment

2021-04-18 11:56:09 Data Clustering Contest 2021, Round 2 Prize fund in round 2: $50,000. Deadline: 23:59 on May, 2 (Dubai Time) Task: improve the C/C++ library you created in Round 1 to determine the topic of Telegram channels based on provided data. - Only participants… Open / Comment

2021-04-17 22:02:49 Data Clustering Contest 2021, Round 2

Prize fund in round 2: $50,000.

Deadline: 23:59 on May, 2 (Dubai Time)

Task: improve the C/C++ library you created in Round 1 to determine the topic of Telegram channels based on provided data.

- Only participants of Round 1 can take part.
- Categories should be determined for channels in English, Russian, Arabic, Persian and Uzbek.
- Samples include more banned content than in Round 1, added 8 new categories.
- Samples include more data: number of subscribers, total number of text posts, total number of posts containing various media, metadata for media and links.

Details: https://contest.com/docs/dc2021-r2 Open / Comment

2021-04-16 18:54:11 The Second Round of the Data Clustering Contest will start tomorrow, on April, 17.

This round will be available to all participants of the first round.

The task will be to improve the C/C++ libraries for detecting the topics of Telegram channels created in Round 1. Open / Comment

2021-04-05 15:10:17 We received 17 submissions for the Second Round of the Android Contest.

Everyone is welcome to check out the apps on contest.com (at their own risk) while our judges evaluate the results:
https://contest.com/android2021-r2 Open / Comment

2021-04-04 22:06:50 The results of the first round of the Data Clustering Contest are in.

In our evaluation, accurate sorting by category carried twice as much weight as sorting by language. Overall speed of the algorithms influenced the final score.

If a submission required adjustments or fixes to make it work, it was penalized accordingly.

1st PLACE

Dark Lizard – $9,000 + $2,000 bonus
Bonus prizes for:
- Categories EN
- Categories RU

Mindful Kitten – $9,000 + $900 bonus
Bonus prize for:
- Language detection
Penalties (-$100):
- Minor fix penalty

2nd PLACE – $5000

Gifted Piranha
Tall Raccoon
Daring Frog (-$200 rebuilding penalty)

3rd PLACE – $3000

Giant Fox
Gifted Lemur
Hip Hyena
Sharp Sloth (-$200 rebuilding penalty)

4th PLACE – $2000

Bright Deer
Tanned Gull
Small Dolphin (-$200 rebuilding penalty)

Congratulations to the winners!

The next round will be announced within two weeks. All participants of the first round will be able to take part. Stay tuned! Open / Comment

2021-04-04 21:24:11 The results of the Aptitude Test Contest are here!

This contest was one of the most involved, requiring that participants pass our evaluation tests to take part, and then demanding their constant attention for over 1.5 months.

We have split the entire remaining €250,000 Quiz Contest prize pool among those participants who completed all the tasks:

Participants had to design a set of 30-question Quizzes which tested three aptitude groups:
• English Language
• Mathematical Ability
• Spatial & Logical Thinking

They then reviewed 9 Quizzes from other participants (that's 270 questions) and submitted rebuttals – reflecting on the reviews their work received.

Finally, Telegram Judges analyzed the content of each Quiz, its adherence to the rules and its overall usefulness. The quality of Peer Reviews and the validity of Rebuttals was also assessed.

All of these ratings produced a final Contest Score for each Quiz, between 1 and 4.3.

There are 4 reward tiers for this contest, per Quiz:
– €3000 – Contest Score 4+
– €1500 – Contest Score 3+
– €500 – Contest Score 2.1+
– €50 – Contest Score 2 and below

Bonuses were awarded for Outstanding Peer Reviews.
Penalties were incurred for Unoriginal Content and Low-effort Peer Reviews.

You can view all of the participants and their results here:
https://contest.com/aptitude-tests

Congratulations! Open / Comment