Profiling Top Kagglers: Bestfitting, Currently #1 in the World
We have a new #1 on our leaderboard – a competitor who surprisingly joined the platform just two years ago. Shubin Dai, better known as Bestfitting on Kaggle or Bingo by his friends, is a data...
View ArticleMother's Day Interview: How Nicole Finnie Became a Competitive Kaggler on...
As Kaggle’s moderating data scientist for the Data Science Bowl, I’m fortunate to have met first-time competitor Nicole Finnie. Her team (Unet Nuke) impressively ranked within the top 2%, earning...
View ArticleProfiling Top Kagglers: Martin Henze (AKA Heads or Tails), World's First...
Let me begin by introducing myself: My name is Martin. I'm an astrophysics postdoc working on understanding exploding stars in nearby galaxies. From the very beginning of my studies, I was using data...
View ArticleWinner Interview | Particle Tracking Challenge first runner-up, Pei-Lien Chou
What does it take to get almost to the top? Meet Pei-Lien Chou, the worthy runner-up in our recent MLTrack Particle Tracking Challenge. We invited him to tell us about how he placed so well in this...
View ArticleFrom a Night of Insomnia to Competition Winner | An Interview with Martin Barron
Last year we took our annual data science survey to the next level by turning over the results to YOU through an open-ended Kernel competition. We were overwhelmed by the response and quality of...
View ArticleHackathon Winner Interview: RUDN University | Kaggle University Club
Welcome to the second installment of our University Club winner interviews! Today’s university students are tomorrow’s leading data scientists. That's the catalyst for Kaggle University Club — a...
View ArticleHackathon Winner Interview: Hanyang University | Kaggle University Club
Welcome to the third and final installment of our University Club winner interviews! This week the spotlight is on a top-scoring university team, TEAM-EDA from Hanyang University in Korea! Today’s...
View ArticleThe Future of AI in Africa Looks Bright | A Winner Interview with Mhamed Jabri
Last year we took our annual data science survey to the next level by turning over the results to YOU through an open-ended Kernel competition. We were overwhelmed by the response and quality of...
View ArticleTriple GM Abhishek Thakur Answers Qs from the Kaggle Community
Last week we crowned the world’s first-ever Triple Grandmaster, Abhishek Thakur. In a video interview with Kaggle Data scientist Walter Reade, Abhishek answered our burning questions about who he is,...
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