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Dataiku announces The 2022 Frontrunner Award winners

NEW YORK, LONDON, & PARIS – Oct. 20, 2022: Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, today announced the winners of its second annual Frontrunner Awards program. Created to celebrate the success of all people who harness the power of data, the awards saw 80 entries submitted from Dataiku customers, partners, nonprofits, academics, and individuals. The category winners and finalists were chosen by a panel of judges composed of Dataiku executives and industry experts.

“This year’s Dataiku Frontrunner Awards saw some excellent entries from those leveraging Dataiku to do everything from systemizing the use of data to building moonshot projects for a better future,” said Florian Douetteau, co-founder and CEO of Dataiku. “Every entry demonstrated Dataiku’s expertise in bridging the gap between business users and data scientists, and our judges had their work cut out for them in selecting among these truly impressive initiatives. We’d like to extend our thanks to all those who submitted entries, and our congratulations to all finalists and winners.”

Category Winners and Finalists of the 2022 Dataiku Frontrunner Awards

Data Science for Good Winner: The Ocean Cleanup - Creating the World’s Largest Beach Cleanup Database to Optimize Positive Impact Finalists: besea.n - Analyzing News Articles to Further Advocacy Work and Fight Bias & One Acre Fund - Creating a Chatbot With Limited Resources to Forecast Optimal Seeding Time in Sub-Saharan Africa

Responsible AI Winner: Atlantic Technological University - Research on Application of Machine Learning to Optimize Learning Analytics & Improve Student Retention Finalist: FPT Software - Analyzing Employee Feedback to Improve Retention, Productivity Rates, and Workplace Satisfaction

Value at Scale Winner: Australia Post - Leveraging ML-Based Forecasting to Optimize Capacity Planning at Processing Facilities in a Large-Scale Logistics Network Finalists: ADNOC - Leveraging Analytics to Optimize Cost of Oil Production & A.P. Moller - Maersk - Empowering the Pricing Support Team Through Data Analysis Special Distinction for Best MLOps Use Case: FLOA - Delivering Automated, Real-Time Credit Scoring at Scale

Partner Acceleration Winner: Aviva - Machine Learning Approach for Log Analytics by Wipro Finalists: Eulidia - Enabling a Leading Luxury Group and Its Brands to Gain AI Maturity at Scale & Snow Fox Data - Building a Free Plugin to Efficiently Catalog and View Data Lineage

Moonshot Pioneers Winner: Unilever - Creating Data-Driven Product Ideas Based Exclusively on Consumer Wants and Needs Finalists: Schlumberger - Predictive Maintenance to Improve Reliability of Drilling Services & Solvay - Soda Ash Production Cost Real-Time Monitoring

Most Impactful Transformation Story Winner: AstraZeneca - How Dataiku Is Helping Enable Self-Service AI and Data Analysis Across the Enterprise Finalists: bp T&S - Re-Imagining Fundamental Analytics in bp Trading & Shipping & ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales - Empowering Business Units to Scale Their Impact, Easily and Securely

Most Impactful Ikig.AI Story Winner: ALMA Observatory (on behalf of volunteers) - Fostering Collaboration From All Backgrounds For a Good Cause Finalists: The Brilliant Club - Using Data to Support Less Advantaged Students to Access and Succeed at Competitive Universities

Excellence in Teaching Winner: Columbia University - Creating a Data Science Module That Fosters Upskilling and Professional Opportunities for Finance Students Finalist: Dayananda Sagar University - Developing Management Professionals With Data-Driven Problem Solving and Decision-Making Skills

Excellence in Research Winner: Akira Insights - Developing a Cutting-Edge ML Model to Forecast Solar Power Production Finalist: Leidos, Inc. - Staffing Execution Evaluation and Prediction Capability Using Novel Combinations of Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches

Most Extraordinary AI Makers Winner: Standard Chartered Bank - Learning Together, Faster Through 100 Days of Coding Finalists: NXP Semiconductors - Finding a Path to Everyday AI & ALMA Observatory (on behalf of volunteers) - Fostering Collaboration From All Backgrounds For a Good Cause

Learn more about the Frontrunner Awards and read all of the 2022 submissions.

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