Teaching data science through competitions

About 5 years ago I became a lecturer for a "Data Analysis and Machine Learning" course. Sounds boring, and it really was. I will tell you a story, how to engage students and make the most exciting and useful course by running competitions.

You will also learn:

• How to work as a lecturer and skip your lectures.
• Can schoolchildren be Data Science specialists?
• What role could computer games like Dota 2 play in education?