Open Data Student Award 2019: call for entries

  • Student Award

Open Data Student Award

Open data enable more transparency, interdisciplinary innovation, efficiency and civic engagement. To promote this potential, the associations Opendata.ch and CH Open have decided to award a student prize for open data projects. This prize stands for outstanding applications of open data in teaching and continuing education. SBB, Swisscom, Swiss Post and Netcetera are on board as sponsors.

The award honours a piece of student work, for which the winners receive prize money totalling CHF 1000 (from the companies mentioned above).

The award will be presented at the Opendata.ch/2019 Forum on 4 July 2019 in Bern.

Award criteria

The student work uses open data and/or open government data (OGD) relating to Switzerland in an exemplary way. Where appropriate, it uses data visualisation and open standards (file formats, web services).

The result can be a written paper or an application. Ideally, it stands for open science, which also includes open source, and is reproducible, including raw data and program scripts. Novelty, creativity, cost-effectiveness, documentation, practical relevance and exemplary use of OD or OGD will be assessed. The author(s) of the work agree to the submission and to the publication of the work and of the media (photos and videos).

Eligibility

All students at a Swiss higher education institution are eligible. The following forms are permitted:

  • Coursework at a higher education institution (incl. CAS)
  • Exercise or internship paper
  • Semester paper, bachelor’s or master’s thesis
  • Private work by a currently enrolled student

Nomination and submission

  • Short description (one-pager) incl. illustration
  • Student work (PDF and/or link to the app)

The submission must be made in full and on time by the student before 21 June 2019. Submit by email to rahel.ryf@opendata.ch. The prize will be awarded at the Opendata.ch/2019 Forum on 4 July. The winner is expected to attend. The winner will be notified in advance. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the award.

Jury

Daniel Krebser
Founder/Owner/Managing Partner ATIZO

Patricia Spitz-Lehmann
Head of IT Innovation, SBB AG

André Golliez
Co-Founder / Managing Partner Zetamind
Board, Opendata.ch

Jannis Valaulta
CH Open board member

Prof. Stefan Keller
Professor of computer science, HSR Rapperswil