{"id":23045,"date":"2025-12-12T10:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=23045"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:08:12","slug":"next-generation-explorers-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2025\/next-generation-explorers-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Generation Explorers Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Calling all data enthusiasts!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mineral deposits are getting harder to find even as the demand for minerals continues to grow. The\u00a0<b>Next Generation Explorers Award<\/b>\u00a0is an international student competition looking to find innovative solutions for making mineral exploration more effective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">We are looking for\u00a0<b>Earth Sciences, Computer Science, and other undergraduate (any level) and\/or graduate students<\/b>\u00a0to form a multidisciplinary team. No prior experience with geoscience data or mineral potential modelling is needed, although experience working with different types of spatial data, predictive modelling, machine learning, AI, and\/or uncertainty analysis are considered assets for this competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Competition Details:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><b>Prize:<\/b>\u00a0Compete for cash prizes totalling more than\u00a0<b>$14k CAD<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><b>Team:<\/b>\u00a0Carleton University is seeking to submit one or more teams<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><b>Timeline:<\/b>\u00a0Work starts in\u00a0<b>2026<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Interested?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Learn more:<\/b>\u00a0Check out the competition website:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/pdac.ca\/students\/frank-arnott-award\/about-the-award. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpdac.ca%2Fstudents%2Ffrank-arnott-award%2Fabout-the-award&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKhadijaAbdi%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Cf5f097fa730942fdf2b408de398f5fc3%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639011485153946523%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=w%2FUfYGwi96gzW9yRN3jYMCdmAWtyDnZCYRySczGsNUg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/pdac.ca\/students\/frank-arnott-award\/about-the-award<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Join a team:<\/b>\u00a0Please reach out to\u00a0<b>Christopher Lawley<\/b>\u00a0at\u00a0<a title=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x63;&#x68;&#x72;&#x69;&#x73;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x70;&#x68;&#x65;&#x72;&#x6c;&#x61;&#x77;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x79;&#x40;&#x63;&#x75;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x74;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;&#x72;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;\" href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;ch&#114;&#105;&#x73;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x70;he&#114;&#108;&#x61;&#x77;&#x6c;&#x65;y&#64;&#99;&#117;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x74;&#46;c&#97;&#114;&#108;&#x65;&#x74;&#x6f;n&#46;&#99;&#97;\" data-linkindex=\"1\">&#99;&#x68;&#x72;i&#115;&#x74;o&#112;&#x68;&#x65;r&#108;&#x61;w&#108;&#x65;&#x79;&#64;&#99;&#x75;n&#101;&#x74;&#x2e;&#99;&#97;&#x72;l&#101;&#x74;&#x6f;&#110;&#x2e;&#x63;a<\/a>\u00a0before\u00a0<b>January 9<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all data enthusiasts! Mineral deposits are getting harder to find even as the demand for minerals continues to grow. The\u00a0Next Generation Explorers Award\u00a0is an international student competition looking to find innovative solutions for making mineral exploration more effective. We are looking for\u00a0Earth Sciences, Computer Science, and other undergraduate (any level) and\/or graduate students\u00a0to form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,76,26],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Next Generation Explorers Award - School of Computer Science<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calling all data enthusiasts! 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