Below is a list of past/upcoming challenges and contests related to data and information visualization. My focus is on online contests, i.e. that anyone can perform at home/work with no mandatory physical presence (e.g. workshops, barcamps, ..). Let me know if anything wrong or missing.
LAST UPDATE : DECEMBER 18, 2012.
2013
- Visweek / InfoVis / VAST / SciVis 2013 Contest (Datasets and tasks to be released by February 2013)
2012
- Khan Academy: Challenge – Number pattern visualization (No deadline)
- VizWiz Contest: Electric City has been eaten by pies and donuts. Save it! (December 31, 2012)
- Graph Makeover Contest (December 9, 2012)
- Visualize the Return on Education (November 8, 2012)
- Hubway data visualization challenge (October 31, 2012 – but still open)
- The Economist-Nielsen Data Visualization Challenge (Oct. 15, 2012)
- Data Design Diabetes (March, 23, 2012)
- World Bank’s Apps for Climate Competition (March 16, 2012)
- Challenge of the stars, The Information is Beautiful Awards (
January 30,February 6th, 2012 )
2011
- CheckMyMap (December 11, 2011)
- Concours Google Dataviz French Election 2012 (December 7, 2011)
- Challenges Are Beautiful: visualise the economic crisis (December 5, 2011)
- Visualizing Marathon (December 4, 2011 but all year long in different cities accross the globe)
- Dashboard Insight’s First Annual Dashboard Design Contest (November 31, 2011)
- Data Visualization Student Challenge (October 31, 2011)
- The International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge (September 30, 2011)
- Strata Vizathlon:Visualize Big Apples (September 4, 2011)
- data in sight 2011 (June 24-25-26, 2011)
- Tableau Interactive “Viz” Contest (June 3, 2011)
- Design for America (May 17, 2011)
- Visualize Your Taxes (March 27, 2011)
- TEEB Visualizing the Value of Nature Challenge (February 21, 2011)
- World Bank’s Apps For Development (January 10, 2011)
2010
- Mozilla Open Data Visualization Competition (December 17, 2010)
- World Economic Forum Data Visualization Challenge (November 15, 2010)
2009
- The Nokia Guide and Dataviz contest (December 22, 2009)
- IEEE VAST Challenge (June 20, 2009)
2008
- Shows immigration to the United States by country of origin – FlowingData (December 5, 2008)
- IEEE InfoVis 2008 Contest (July 11, 2008)
- IEEE VAST Challenge (July 11, 2008)
2007
- IEEE InfoVis Contest (July 13, 2007)
- IEEE VAST Contest (July 13, 2007)
2006
- IEEE Infovis Contest (September 20, 2006)
- IEEE VAST Contest (July 18, 2006)
2005
- IEEE InfoVis Contest (April 10, 2005)
2004
- IEEE InfoVis Contest (June 24, 2004)
2003
- InfoVis Contest: Visualization and Pair Wise Comparison of Trees (August 1, 2003)
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