Prize / Competition · University of Zurich / N9 House of Innovation

RiskON 2026 Innovation Challenge

48-hour risk-management challenge using AI, ML, time-series, and operations-research approaches

upcoming / registration open no remote

Program overview

Relevant for finance risk, market-data quality, and applied ML challenge work

Notes

Current challenges include AI compliance assistance, operational-risk detection, market-data cleansing with ML/time-series methods, and operations-research agents.

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Quantiacs Contest 25 · Quant research challenge

Compete for $2M in strategy allocations.

Submit a unique trading system. The seven highest Contest Scores receive one-year notional allocations with performance fees currently based on a 10% profit share.

1st$1M
2nd$500K
3rd$250K
4th$100K
5th–7th$50K each

Unique systems only. Quantiacs applies a correlation filter, and allocations may be reduced or eliminated if a winner’s live Contest Score falls below its score at contest close.

Sponsored registration link. Prize amounts are notional strategy allocations; payouts are performance fees under Quantiacs’ Relative Performance Model. Winner allocations commence within 30 days after the contest ends. Eligibility and official rules apply; no purchase is necessary.