As part of the National Day of Civic Hacking on June 6, 2015, the FTC challenged the tech-savvy public to DetectaRobo. Contestants analyzed call data to create algorithms that could predict which calls were likely robocalls.
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Nineteen teams registered for the contest. Our judges reviewed and scored submissions based on functionality, accuracy, innovation, and creativity, and selected one winning team, and two runners-up. There were no monetary prizes for this contest, but teams were awarded these titles: