Awards & Certifications

Hackathons, competitions, and certifications

๐Ÿ† Awards

Stats Under the Stars 8 โ€” International Hackathon

Result: 1st Place & Best Project Overall (2025)
Repository: https://github.com/emanueleiacca/SUS
LinkedIn: Winning announcement ยท Behind the scenes
Summary: Developed an AML detection system using graph-based modeling (transactional networks, topological features, multi-account patterns) combined with ensemble ML models (XGBoost + LightGBM) using cost-sensitive learning to deal with extreme class imbalance.

Target Reply โ€” RUL Estimation of Turbofan Engines

Competition: September Data Science Training Camp @ Sapienza University
Organizer: Target Reply Roma โ€” Result: 3rd Place
Repository: https://github.com/emanueleiacca/Target-Reply---Rul-Estimation-of-Turbofan-Engines
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Internal Hackathon โ€” Universidad de Deusto

Result: 3rd Place
Project: Snake with Curriculum Learning
Summary: Trained a SnakeEnv agent using Stable Baselines3 and curriculum learning:
- Started on small grids, scaling up to larger boards (up to 20x20)
- Removed rendering for faster training (~1h30 runtime)
- Best score: 18 apples eaten across 100 iterations

Poster Statistico โ€” Prize for Methodological Rigor (University of Naples Federico II)

Repository: https://github.com/emanueleiacca/Poster-Statistico-2023
Theme: Atmospheric pollution in Italy (ISTAT data) analyzed via regression, exploratory data analysis, and visualization with R, Python, and Datawrapper.
Results: Awarded for clarity of methodology, rigor in modeling, and effective data communication.

๐Ÿงช Kaggle Competitions

  • Forecasting Mini-Course Sales (Playground S3E19)
    Competition ยท Repo
    Rank: 922/1174

  • Predict COโ‚‚ Emissions in Rwanda (Playground S3E20)
    Competition ยท Repo
    Rank: 1046/1442

  • Improve a Fixed Model the Data-Centric Way! (Playground S3E21)
    Competition ยท Repo
    Rank: 623/956

  • Predict Health Outcomes of Horses (Playground S3E22)
    Competition ยท Repo
    Rank: 867/1543

  • Binary Classification with a Software Defects Dataset (Playground S3E23)
    Competition ยท Repo
    Rank: 242/1704

  • Binary Prediction of Smoker Status using Bio-Signals (Playground S3E24)
    Competition ยท Repo
    Rank: 663/1910

  • Predicting the Beats-per-Minute of Songs (Playground S5E9)
    Competition
    Rank: 365/2583

๐ŸŽ“ Certifications

FreeCodeCamp

  • Machine Learning with Python
    Issued: Aug 2024
    Credential ID: fccdc601991-7020-4b26-a936-de1cbcbeb2d6-mlwp
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  • Data Analysis with Python
    Issued: Jul 2023
    Credential ID: fccdc601991-7020-4b26-a936-de1cbcbeb2d6-dawp
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  • Scientific Computing with Python
    Issued: Jul 2023
    Credential ID: fccdc601991-7020-4b26-a936-de1cbcbeb2d6-scwp
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University of Naples Federico II

  • Python for Data Science โ€“ Basic Level
    Issued: Jun 2024
    Credential ID: kBK7T2YmRIK19XklQezl_g
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SAS Certifications (Credly)

  • SAS Programming 1: Essentials
    Issued: Jun 2022
    Credential ID: 5378915f-8d0b-489a-9d07-f6f252e77295
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  • SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques
    Issued: Jun 2022
    Credential ID: b53f05ed-2cf8-45ec-a3fa-1d85d6a22b27
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  • Statistics 1: Introduction to ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression
    Issued: Jun 2022
    Credential ID: 4726593d-94d0-4e04-a881-63c498f8ec70
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