{"id":1078,"date":"2025-09-23T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/raise\/?page_id=1078"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:54:50","slug":"raisecompetition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/raise\/raisecompetition\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"event-container\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;line-height: 1.6;max-width: 900px;margin: 0 auto\">\n<p><!-- Event Header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-header\" style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 30px\">\n<h1 class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title\"><strong>RAISE-25 Our Future With AI: Utopian or Dystopian?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!-- Event Image --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0;text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 600px;max-width: 100%;height: auto;border: 1px solid #ccc;border-radius: 6px\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/raise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1121\/2025\/09\/Our-future-with-AI-5-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"RAISE 2025 Event Banner\" \/><\/div>\n<h4>Informatics \u2013 Data Science \u2013 AI Competition<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Step into the future of innovation! RAISE-25 will challenge you to unravel the scope of AI\u2019s impact on our lives and human society. RAISE-25, a novel Informatics \u2013 Advanced Data Science \u2013 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Competition, provides an opportunity to unleash your problem-solving prowess to tackle one of the most defining questions of our time: What will our AI-powered future look like? RAISE-25 invites all young geniuses to explore this time-sensitive and critical theme: Will AI shape our future into a utopian or dystopian reality?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Graduate and undergraduate students \u2013 Dive into real-world data and explore how AI is transforming education, reshaping careers, and redefining society as we know it. Whether you\u2019re eager to showcase your skills or spark bold insights, this is your chance to lead the conversation on humanity\u2019s AI-powered future. With total prizes of up to $17,000 to be WON, this is your chance to showcase your informatics, advanced data science, analytics, and AI-driven problem-solving brilliance!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"event-section\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px\">\n<h4>RAISE-25 Student Informatics, Data Science, and AI Competition Overview<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAISE (Rethinking AI for Shared Empowerment),<\/a>\u00a0a virtual AI Lab, presents another challenge on human-AI interaction: RAISE-25!<\/li>\n<li>The RAISE-25 competition is titled \u201cOur Future with AI: Utopian or Dystopian?\u201d and seeks to uncover key themes emerging from news headlines on the promises and challenges of AI in shaping our future in 3 key areas: education, jobs and careers, and societal change.<\/li>\n<li>RAISE-25 is a great opportunity for talented students to showcase their informatics, advanced data science, analytics, and AI.<\/li>\n<li>Hosted by Rutgers Bloustein School\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bloustein.rutgers.edu\/graduate\/public-informatics\/mpi\/\">Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Join us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.rutgers.edu\/rutgersinfx\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0for more updates and insights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Special Thanks --><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-section\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px\">\n<h4>Registration<\/h4>\n<div><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">RAISE-25 registrations are now closed.<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Please join our LinkedIn forum for all updates on RAISE-25, RAISE-26, research, job openings, other future events, etc.\u00a0<a id=\"LPlnk159816\" title=\"https:\/\/go.rutgers.edu\/rutgersinfx\" href=\"https:\/\/go.rutgers.edu\/rutgersinfx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/go.rutgers.edu\/rutgersinfx&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Important Dates<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Team registration deadline:\u00a0<strong>Closed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ONLINE submission deadline:\u00a0<strong>February 16, 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Finalists announced:\u00a0<strong>March 10, 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Finalists only \u2013 In-person finals at the Bloustein School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ:\u00a0<strong>April 11, 2025 <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Eligibility<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Teams of 2-5 members can register for either the undergraduate or graduate track by signing up through the registration form. Teams must then reply to the RAISE-25 team\u2019s subsequent confirmation email to formally join the competition<\/li>\n<li>The competition is open to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students from accredited US institutions<\/li>\n<li>Participants must legally reside in the US for the entire duration of the competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Prizes and Awards<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>First Prize (one per track): Up to $5,000 per team<\/li>\n<li>Second Prize (up to two per track): Up to $1,750 per team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light\" href=\"https:\/\/rutgers.box.com\/s\/9w14loehn9n2kwkohiss662yk9gck4pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review the RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Judging Criteria<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Submissions will be evaluated based on overall excellence, creativity, breadth of analysis, depth of exploratory analytics, application of NLP and text informatics methods, LLM-based approaches, originality of the analytical approach, clarity, ethical considerations, and recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Judges\u2019 decisions are final and binding, with no provision for appeals or review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Competition Guidelines and Details*<\/h3>\n<p>The RAISE-25 competition invites participants to explore the theme \u201cOur Future with AI: Utopian or Dystopian?\u201d by analyzing and uncovering dominant themes in AI\u2019s role in shaping our future. Participants will examine how AI influences education, jobs and careers, and society, from its utopian potential to empower and innovate to dystopian challenges and ethical dilemmas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze news headlines, generate insights, assess ethics, and make recommendations for shared empowerment.<\/li>\n<li>Any\/all of these could be addressed or used: Embedded topics and themes,\u00a0Sentiment Analysis, emotion recognition, Abstractive and extractive summaries, Machine learning methods, rules-based and synthetic approaches, Use of Large Language Models and derivate tools, applications, and code modules, Use of exploratory methods for textual informatics, data visualization, Other AI methods.<\/li>\n<li>Participants will be expected to use informatics, data science, analytics, and AI-based approaches to discover dominant and hidden themes from the dataset.<\/li>\n<li>Participants may use exploratory analyses, data visualizations, statistics, computational linguistics, quantitative modeling, machine learning, or other analytical methods.<\/li>\n<li>Each team is free to define its strategy \u2013 teams can also use LLMs and tools like Claude, Bard, or ChatGPT. However, the use of any AI tool\/s MUST be explicitly declared along with a list of prompts submitted as an appendix. Any use of AI without explicit declaration of specific prompts is disallowed. References for all sources must be cited using APA 6 or higher.<\/li>\n<li>Tools and languages allowed: Python \u2013 Colab or Jupyter Notebooks only, R \u2013 .R or .RMD only, Tableau, Excel, For any other tool \u2013 please confirm with the organizers<\/li>\n<li>Shortlisted finalists will be provided with additional instructions and invited to attend (required) the final round of the competition to be held on April 11, 2025, at Rutgers University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Information Sessions<\/h4>\n<p>Virtual information sessions will be hosted to provide information and guidance on the competition structure, materials, schedule, and expectations. All sessions will cover the same topics and will be followed by an open Q&amp;A. All instructions will be provided in the documentation which will be shared with registered participants. However, due to the large number of participating student teams from all over the US, it is advisable to attend one of these sessions as it may be difficult to respond to all emails promptly with the required clarity. Please register and attend at least one of the sessions below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Session 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Jan 8, Wednesday \u2013 12 PM EST<\/li>\n<li><strong>Session 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Jan 24, Friday \u2013 12 PM EST<\/li>\n<li><strong>Session 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Feb 7, Friday \u2013 12 PM EST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RSVP through this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/LMABOC9FS1K1g5AHfYilLQ\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/LMABOC9FS1K1g5AHfYilLQ\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <em>Note: Once registered, you can attend any of the sessions. Ignore the dates suggested by Zoom \u2013 add only the 3 dates mentioned in this email to your calendars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>About the Hosts<\/h4>\n<p>The Bloustein School\u2019s Master of Public Informatics is a distinguished program for educating highly talented professional student cohorts in the competencies needed in public informatics, advanced data science, and analytics, which includes topics such as machine learning, global data analytics, artificial intelligence, textual analytics and natural language processing, statistics, programming, data management, GIS, visualization, spatial analysis, domain applications, and the application of these skills for domain-specific value creation. The MPI program at Rutgers provides excellent state-of-the-art research-driven project opportunities. Graduates of the MPI program will provide a deep understanding of advanced data science and analytics methods, context, and public benefit perspectives in this fast-growing and high-demand domain.<\/p>\n<h4>Interested in sponsorships? Contact our team:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu\">informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Contact Us<\/h4>\n<p>RAISE-25 Coordinator: Julia Esguerra Graduate Teams Coordinator: Esha More Undergraduate Teams Coordinator: Mansi Asher Please use this email for all correspondence: informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu RAISE-25 CHAIR:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bloustein.rutgers.edu\/people\/samuel\/\">Prof. Jim Samuel\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Code of Conduct<\/h4>\n<p>Participants must adhere to a strict code of ethical conduct, and agree to abide by all the rules and requirements of Bloustein, Rutgers, and the State of New Jersey. Please review the\u00a0<a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light\" href=\"https:\/\/rutgers.box.com\/s\/9w14loehn9n2kwkohiss662yk9gck4pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions<\/a>\u00a0that apply to all participants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Registration --> <!-- Footer Note --><\/p>\n<div class=\"footer-note\" style=\"font-size: 14px;color: #444;text-align: center\">Questions? Email <a href=\"mailto:informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu\">informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu<\/a><br \/>\nJoin the Intelligent Informatics forum on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.rutgers.edu\/rutgersinfx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/go.rutgers.edu\/rutgersinfx<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAISE-25 Our Future With AI: Utopian or Dystopian? Informatics \u2013 Data Science \u2013 AI Competition Step into the future of innovation! 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