Materials Identification Based on Passively Emitted Electromagnetic Radiation

I just encountered a new data mining competition featuring a $45,000 prize for materials identification. Here is the link: Materials Identification Based on Measurements of Passively Emitted Electromagnetic Radiation

I find this challenge very similar to the explosive detection project I am working on. We are detecting explosives (TNT etc.) from their hyperspectral signatures using differential spectrometry. More on it later.

Online product recommendations challenge

Overstock.com has a $1 million prize challenge for retail personalization. Who doesn't want to easily find relevant products from the millions available online? Here is the link

Search

Here are some great finds to search for papers in computer science:

1- IEEE
2- Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
3- Open access to e-prints
4- Computer science journals list in Wikipedia

Heritage Provider Network

is hosting a health prize. Ohh I am interested! I want to graduate ASAP, just so I can jump into any project such as this one! "The goal of the prize is to develop a predictive algorithm that can identify patients who will be admitted to the hospital within the next year, using historical claims data.". Here is the link: