ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ASEAN DSE) Competition

ASEAN DSE competition has been endorsed by the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Youth (SOMY) and ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education (SOM-ED) as it supports the achievement of the ASEAN Work Plan on Youth and Education 2021-2025.

ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ASEAN DSE) competition is one element of the ASEAN DSE programme, which aims to:

• Promote ASEAN awareness, particularly ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 (ASCC), and ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 (AEC)
• Promote United Nations – Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
• Empower youths across the 10 ASEAN Member States with data analytics skills and other relevant skills such as problem-solving skill, critical thinking skill, analytical thinking skill, collaboration skill, and communication skill
• Inspire youths across the ASEAN region to take part in tackling pressing socio-economic issues across the region through data-driven proposals that will contribute to the achievement of the UN-SDGs within the region

What to do?

• In this competition, your team (one team comprising two students from the same ASEAN country) is required to develop data analytics storyboards/proposals using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). You need to choose one particular issue in ASEAN across the six selected SDGs to solve through their data analytics storyboard.
• After your team selected the issue, the team is advised to gather relevant datasets to analyse using SAC and start developing their storyboard. You can use this list of sources to gather your datasets or other reliable sources you know and are familiar with. If you are not familiar with SAC and how to operate it, you can learn about it through the SAC Manual and mock-up datasets they have provided in this website. Alternatively, you can join the enablement session, SAC and SAP Build App training session, organised by us and the working partners. Updates on the dates of the enablement session are published on the social media platforms.
• They advise your team to create an app using SAP Build App or any technological product/prototype as the solutions/recommendations (or one of the solutions) to solve the issue your team has picked to get a better chance of being shortlisted for the National Finals.

Eligibility

ASEAN DSE is open to individuals who:

• Did not represent their country at the Regional Finals in preceding years
• Were not the Top 3 Finalist from National Finals in preceding years
• Are nationals of ASEAN member countries (ie. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam)
• Are youths currently undertaking full-time education in educational institutions (high school, university, polytechnic, etc.) based in the 10 ASEAN countries
• Are youths aged 15 to 30 years old. Parental consent is required for participants under the age of 18

For more information, visit ASEAN Foundation.