Discover the winners of the European Data Portal's first data competition
First competition hosted on the European Data Portal’s new competition platform concludes
The first competition launched on the European Data Portal’s new competition platform has come to a close. Entitled ‘CORDIS – mapping EU-funded research projects to the Sustainable Development Goals’, the competition invited participants to develop approaches for mapping EU-funded research projects to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Six submissions were received by the deadline of 30 September. Following the evaluation, the detailed results are now available on the competition platform’s leaderboard.
The final ranking is as follows:
- Dtangle team (Marc Siegrist, Jean-Marie Le Goff and Paul Bagourd)
Explainable, concept-based mapping of Horizon Europe projects - Mah Talat
Mapping EU-funded research to the SDGs through a transparent, vocabulary-grounded approach - Paulo Villalobos
Nexus – evidence-based mapping of CORDIS projects to the SDGs - Attila Angyan
CORDIS SDG Mapper - Michail Chatzistamatis
Explainable CORDIS SDG target mapping - João Simas
Evidence-based mapping with human review
Among the aspects particularly appreciated in the three highest-ranked submissions were their innovative approaches to mapping research projects to the SDGs and their careful consideration of different sources of evidence. The winning solutions also stood out for the transparency and explainability of their methodologies, allowing individual assignments to be traced and their reliability assessed.
Other important aspects included the validation and reproducibility of results, as well as the practical value of the tools developed to explore and analyse the data.
The results demonstrate the different ways in which data and innovative methodologies can be used to better understand the contribution of EU-funded research to sustainable development.
The first competition marks an important milestone for the European Data Portal's new competition platform, which provides a space for participants to work with data, develop solutions and share their results with the wider community.
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