YandexYandex Cup

Machine learning

Machine learning category

At Yandex, we train ML models on a wide variety of data: from small datasets in spreadsheets to multi‑terabyte sets of labeled videos.
For the championship, we have selected the most interesting tasks that our engineers face:

  1. Autonomous Driving camera sensor image generation
  2. STEM problem illustrations Q&A with VLMs
  3. Large Language Models hallucinations robustness

The best of the best

Date

October 15 – November 5 online
Qualification
You can start solve tasks before the end of the stage
December 5–7
Finals
In‑person Yandex Cup 2025 finals and award ceremony in Istanbul

Team

  • Petr Ermakov
    Petr Ermakov
    ML Brand Director
  • Maksim Sporyshev
    Maksim Sporyshev
    Head of Behaviour and Prediction Team, Autonomous Vehicles Department
  • Sergei Fironov
    Sergei Fironov
    Lead Developer of Behaviour and Prediction Team, Autonomous Vehicles Department
  • Kirill Fedyanin
    Kirill Fedyanin
    Senior Developer in Reinforcement Learning Group, Autonomous Vehicles Department
==============
Stay connected
==============