Hello everyone, I’m Zhang Bingxue, and I’m delighted to be connecting with you all here in the Hugging Face community. As a researcher who has long followed developments in data mining and machine learning, I’d like to take this opportunity to enthusiastically recommend a competition that I believe is of great value—the KDD Cup 2026.
If you’re familiar with the field of data mining, you’re surely aware of the prestige of the KDD Cup—the official flagship competition of the International Conference on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (KDD), often hailed as the “World Cup” of the global data mining community. Every year, leading academic experts, industry pioneers, and university students from around the world compete on this stage, driving the cutting-edge advancements in data science.
Here, you’ll have access to real-world datasets and compete against top teams from around the world—your models and ideas will be put to the ultimate test.Two challenges—there’s sure to be one that’s right for you!
- Tencent UNI-REC Challenge: Unified Sequence Modeling and Feature Interaction in Large-Scale Recommendation Systems: Total prize pool of up to $885,000, with winners eligible for full-time or internship offers from Tencent.KDD Cup 2026: Tencent UNI-REC Challenge
- HKUST Data Agents Challenge: Build autonomous AI agents that decompose complex analytical questions, orchestrate multi-step reasoning over heterogeneous data sources, and deliver accurate answers.$30,000 prize pool.KDD Cup 2026: Data Agents
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below, and I’ll do my best to answer them. Please also share this with friends who might be interested—maybe the next winning team is just one person away.
Let’s come together and create new possibilities on the KDD Cup 2026 stage.