Oct. 13 will be a big day for the D.C. restaurant scene. Inevitably, some will celebrate and others will mourn when the first-ever Michelin guide to restaurants in the District is released.

But here’s a question: Can data science help us predict who will win the stars?

That’s the gist behind this contest sponsored by General Assembly and the Michelin Guide. The contest calls on data scientists to use APIs, webscraping, previous city guides, other reviews, subject matter expertise and more to try to figure out which restaurants will be included in the guide, and how many stars each will get.

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