I just returned from PSI conference 2018. I got a chance to give an oral present at session “Step into the Real World”. I shared my experience from taking part in Roche Advanced Analytics Data (RAAD) Challenge. The take-home message is “with available wealthy real-world data and the power of machine learning for such data, statisticians would be benefit to know machine learning methods”. You can read my slides “Predict survival for cancer patients using real world data: simple model or advanced machine learning?