LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge

Big Thinkers. Big Data. Big Opportunity: Announcing The LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge

LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Facilitating economic empowerment is a big task that will require bold thinking by smart, passionate individuals and groups. Today, they’re kicking off an initiative that aims to encourage this type of big thinking: the LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge.

The LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge is an idea that emerged from the development of the Economic Graph, a digital mapping of the global economy, comprised of a profile for every professional, company, job opportunity, the skills required to obtain those opportunities, every higher education organization, and all the professionally relevant knowledge associated with each of these entities. With these elements in place, LinkedIn can connect talent with opportunity at massive scale.

The LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge is launched to encourage researchers, academics, and data-driven thinkers to propose how they would use data from LinkedIn to solve some of the most challenging economic problems of our times. Anyone who is interested to submit their most innovative, ambitious ideas is invited. In return, they will recognize the three strongest proposals for using data from LinkedIn to generate a positive impact on the global economy, and present the team and/or individual with a $25,000 (USD) research award and the resources to complete their proposed research, with the potential to have it published.

If you’re interested in submitting a proposal, here’s what you need to know:

• The LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge begins at 9:00am PST on October 14, 2014, and entries must be submitted by midnight PST on December 15 , 2014. Winning proposals will be selected in early 2015.
• A winning team or individual will receive a one-time $25,000 (USD) research award. Winners will also receive two trips to LinkedIn’s headquarters to participate in the LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge Research Reception (early 2015) and Final Presentation (Fall 2015).
• With LinkedIn oversight and approvals, the winning team or individual may have the opportunity to work with data from LinkedIn to complete and potentially publish their research.
• The LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge is open to U.S. residents only.

Submission Deadline: 15 December 2014

Read more and apply here.