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National Phase – Award Ceremony

The award ceremony for the National Phase of the European Statistics Competition 2022-2023 finalist teams took place today, at the University of Cyprus. The ceremony was addressed by the Rector of the University and President of the Cyprus Statistical Society, Professor Tasos Christofides, the representative of the Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Dr Andreas Philippou and the representative of the Director of the Statistical Service, Ms Marilena Loukaidou.

In Cyprus, the competition, which was established as an annual event, is organized by the Statistical Service, the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth, the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus Statistical Society. Participation in the national phase of the competition is open to all secondary-age students studying at any officially recognized educational institution in Cyprus. Students participate in teams of 2 to 3 pupils, each with a teacher from their institution acting as the tutor. The teams participated in one of two categories, Category A: Upper Secondary and Category B: Lower Secondary.

In this year's competition, 323 students took part, forming 111 teams. The first assignment included: (a) a Basic knowledge test, (b) a Use of official statistical data sources test and (c) an Interpretation of statistical reports test. A jury assessed the projects, and the winners were announced at the end of the process. The top ten teams of the first assignment in each category qualified to prepare an output from the statistical analysis of a dataset.

The co-organizers express their warm congratulations to all the teams that participated and excelled in the competition.

The teams that were awarded are:

Category A: Upper Secondary [up to 18 years on 31/12/2022]:

1st Award (each student: amount of €200, tutor: 1 tablet)

Team: STATIES

Students: Agni Antoniadou, Eleni Christodoulou, Ara Mahdessian

Tutor: Michalis Gavrielides

2nd Award (each student: amount of €50, tutor: 1 graphic tablet)

Team: STATROCKS

Students: Konstantinos Charalambous, Antonis Dianellos, Varnavas Hadjipanayis

Tutor: Eleni Apostolou

Honorary Mention:

Team: ELEOS

Students: Andreas Kyriakou, Alexandros Kousios

Tutor: Koula Menelaou

Team: STATSTARS3

Students: Constantinos Mosfilis, Chara Theodorou, Peggy Tsilimidou

Tutor: Elena Hadjigeorgiou

Team: MEANBOYS

Students: Michalis Economidis, Alexandros Stavrou, Constantinos Tornaritis

Tutor: Afroditi Mattheou Argyrou

Category B: Lower Secondary [up to 16 years on 31/12/2022]:

1st Award (each student: amount of €200, tutor: 1 tablet)

Team: ARCHIMEDES

Students: Christos Andreou, Andreas Christodoulou, Constantinos Markidis

Tutor: Georgia Stefanou

2nd Award (each student: amount of €50, tutor: 1 graphic tablet)

Team: ANOVA1

Students: Omiros Neofytides, Pavlos Nicolaou, Demetris Polydorou

Tutor: Christos Anastasiades

Honorary Mention:

Team: AGELOS4

Members: Anna Theodorou, Damianos Constantinou, Loukas Christou

Tutor: Meropi Savva

Team: ENGOMI1

Members: Triandafyllos Memtsoudis, Pavlos Moschos

Tutor: Stella Christodoulou

Team: B1GPK

Members: Andrea Antoniou, Danai Kypridaki, Maria Filippou

Tutor: Nikos Dimitriou

Team: ENGOMI4

Members: Alexandros Louka, Sotiris Protopapas, Iakovos Skouros

Tutor: Stella Christodoulou

European Phase – Results

After a tough national phase, which involved 19,000 students from 19 countries, the winning teams in each participating country took part in the European final. They were asked to make a two-minute video on the topic of well-being. Contestants had to imagine being invited to an international event to present a video about well-being in their country, based on official statistics.

A jury of European experts in the fields of statistics, mathematics, well-being and communication assessed the 63 submissions to choose the top 5 videos in both the age group 14-16 (30 submissions) and the age group 16-18 (33 submissions).

Winners of the 16-18 age group

In the senior age group (16-18), the first prize goes to team KOMPOT (Slovenia) with their touching video on the reasons why protagonist Branko should not leave Slovenia. The jury was impressed by the creative story used to counter the narrator’s questions and thoughts with statistical data, as well as the technical quality of the video.

Team ALGEBROS (Luxembourg) is second and team GAVRAN (Croatia) takes home third place. Teams SEPTIMAGJH and JASEJA (both from Slovakia) take respectively fourth and fifth place.

Winners of the 14-16 age group

Team AFS_GR_1 (Greece) takes first prize in the junior age group (14-16) with their very professional video on the daily life of Yannis and different dimensions of well-being in Greece. The jury particularly appreciated the strong story line, the original format of a video-game and the excellent use of data and visualizations.

The second place goes to team 3VIS (Italy) and the third place to team BUNG BANDA (Hungary). The teams BTCMASTERS (Slovakia) and SPOMINCICE (Slovenia) obtain respectively fourth and fifth place.

The award ceremony will take place on 26 June 2023 at 11:00 (CEST) in Luxembourg and will be web streamed.

For the whole process you can watch the relevant video here.

For more information on the competition, go to ESC_2023 (esc2023.eu)

For all videos in the European final, go to the playlists of the age groups 14-16 and 16-18.

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