DetectaRobo


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.

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:

Champion RoboSleuth
Team HaV: Ved Deshpande and M. Henry Linder

Master RoboSleuths
Team Milibo: Sridhar Ramakrishnan and Shuping Liu (of Conviva)