Datathon Competition

Competition is now open as of March 11th, 2024

Additional Datasets - Not required for competition, but can be helpful.

Scoring Rubrics - The following is the rubric used for this year’s competition.

Datathon is a longer competition that spans from 4 to 5 weeks. This competition is meant for students to work in a team environment to analyze and find solutions to the theme. You can download the necessary data above to start your analysis.

Data Derby Theme: Education Costs

Rules:

Students will form teams of 2-4 to participate. Student teams will have about 5 weeks to work on the data, and create a presentation showing your data processing, data analysis, data visualization, results and conclusions. On April 20th, each team will be presenting their findings in-person to the judges. The use of AI or ChatGPT is strongly discouraged in this event. Student teams need to show their work of data processing and analysis to the judges.

Agenda on April 20th, 2024

7:30 am - 8:30 am: Registration

8:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast/coffee and network

9:00 am - 9:15 am: Opening introduction to Datagon

9:15 am - 10:45 am: Datagon debate competition

10:45 am - 11 am: Break and top team announcement

11:00 am - 11:30 am: Datagon top team debate

11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Lunch and prep for Datathon

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Datathon Competition

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: Break

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm: Awards and Closing