HOW TO ENTER: To submit your entry, go to the contest web site located at http://extranet.iridiuminteractive.com/inductis/event.asp and complete the registration form and transmit the form via the Internet. All registrations must be received by 5:00 PM EST on February 15, 2007. Final contest projects, as outlined below, must be submitted in full no later than 5:00 PM EST June 30, 2007. Contest entries made through the Internet will be declared made by the registered user of the e-mail/Internet account. Sponsor is not responsible for phone, technical, network, electronic, computer hardware or software failures of any kind, misdirected, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmissions. Sponsor will not be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by entrants or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest.
ELIGIBILITY: The Shootout is open to anyone currently enrolled as a full-time student, staff member or faculty at an accredited academic institution. Open only to current residents of the US and Canada. Void in Puerto Rico and the Province of Quebec, and where prohibited by law. Employees (including immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each) of SAS, Inductis, their advertising, promotion and production agencies, the affiliated companies of each, and the immediate family members of each are not eligible.
PRIZES: Three (3) expense paid trips to M2007 will be awarded. One trip per winning team for a designated member of the team. Each prize will consist of the following:
- One free seat at M2007 – approximate retail value $698.00
- Three (3) days lodging in Las Vegas on September 30th, October 1st, and October 2nd, 2007 – approximate retail value $600.00.
- Three (3) days meal expenses in Las Vegas on September 30th, October 1st, and October 2nd, 2007 - not to exceed $225.00 (receipts required)
- Round trip airfare to Las Vegas from within the continental United States or Canada – approximate retail value $400.00.
ALL TAXES ON THE PRIZES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNERS OR WINNERS’ DESIGNATED RECIPIENT. Sponsor will notify winners by telephone, mail or e-mail, at Sponsor’s discretion. No substitutions or cash awards, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event of unavailability.
JUDGING: All entries will be judged based on the following criteria:
a) Models must be the original work of the submitter and/or his/her team.
b) All submissions must use SAS code.
c) Participants may only use the variables provided in the original data or transformed variables as a result of their work.
d) Each submission should contain only one program using the testing data provided after registration.
e) Participants must include a log and/or Enterprise Miner Project Flow, and any other information or instructions to ensure a successful run of the code.
f) Upon receipt of all materials, the Shootout Committee will contact you to confirm your successful submission. At this time you will be notified if additional material is needed.
g) After June 30, 2007 the Shootout Committee will score each entry and determine the three winning teams.
h) Winners will be notified on or before July 31, 2007 and announced at the M2007 Data Mining Conference in Las Vegas October 1-2, 2007.
Judging will be based on the application of the data, the quality of the predictive model, the method(s) used to reach a viable solution and a solid explanation of that solution. Entries must be the original work of the entrant; must be suitable for publication; and must not infringe third-party rights.
Winners will be selected and notified by July 31, 2007. Winner will be announced at M2007 Conference in Las Vegas, October 1-2, 2007 and required to present a 15 minute summary of their work at the conference. Winners may also be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility/liability/publicity release where legal within 14 days of prize notification. Non-compliance may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. Decisions of the judges are final. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the judges’ decisions.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:
An eligible entrant must enter via the online method as described. Online entrants must be the registered subscriber of the e-mail account by which the entry is made. All entries become the property of the sponsor. By entering, entrants acknowledge compliance with these official rules including all eligibility requirements. In the event of non-compliance with these requirements, the selected entrant may be disqualified and an alternate winner selected, at Sponsor’s discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to suspend, cancel, or modify this promotion if fraud or any other causes beyond its control destroys the integrity of the promotion, as determined by Sponsor’s sole discretion. If the promotion is cancelled, unawarded prizes may be returned to Sponsor or may be awarded by random drawing from eligible entries, to the extent a fair random drawing can be conducted, at Sponsor’s discretion.
GENERAL:
All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By accepting prize, winner consents to Sponsor’s use of their name and likeness without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. By entering, you release and hold harmless Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees and agents from any and all liability or any injuries, loss or damage arising from or in connection with participation in this promotion or acceptance/use of the prize.
By entering, participants release SAS and Inductis, their parent, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability with respect to all aspects of the contest.
Except where prohibited, acceptance of the prize constitutes winner’s consent to the use of his/her name, likeness and biographical information for advertising and promotional purposes, without limitation and without additional compensation.
Submission of any entry constitutes the entrant’s irrevocable, non-exclusive license to SAS, Inductis and their agents to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such entry in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, for use in association with SAS/Inductis’ advertising, promotion, archiving and review, including, without limitation, screenshots and selected portions of the winner’s entry, all without additional compensation.
For the name of the winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope by December 1, 2007 to Larry LaRusso, SAS Institute Inc. SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27713
SPONSOR: The sponsors of this promotion are SAS Institute Inc., SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513 and Inductis, 571 Central Avenue, Suite 105, New Providence, NJ 07974-1547 |
