The American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest 2017
Hosted by the UNM Dept of Mathematics and Statistics, a CAUSE Institutional Member.
Organized by Prof. Erik Erhardt.
Located in SMLC 120 (map)
Friday 4/21 5 PM to Sunday 4/23 3 PM, 2017
Press release. Poster. Video (2016). News. UNM DailyLobo.
During the 48-hour event that begins Friday evening and concludes Sunday afternoon, each team competes head-to-head for prizes in categories ranging from “Best in Show,” “Best Visualization,” and “Best Use of External Data.” Each team presents its findings to a panel of judges—comprised of graduate students, professors, and representatives of the company or organization that provides the data set for the competition.
“The student-competitors will be trying to catch the attention of the various company and organization representatives who will be attending the event,” said organizer Erik Erhardt, Associate Professor of Statistics in the UNM Department of Statistics and organizer of DataFest.
The competition is for undergraduate and graduate students as separate groups. However, interested graduate students are also welcome to stop by and help mentor and guide teams, or participate as judges. I am also recruiting faculty and people from industry to serve as judges. Please feel free to direct any students or faculty with questions to me.
Best in Show, Undergraduate team
The Incredibles
Patrick DeBonis Mathematics and Statistics, Sophomore
Catlin Herrera Mathematics and Statistics, Senior
Marc G Pierre-Louis Psychology & Statistics, Junior
Jeanette Varela Mathematics and Statistics, Junior
Best in Show, Graduate team
Vizards
Eswar Damaraju Engineering, PhD Grad student
Alex Fedorov Engineering, PhD Grad student
Rogers Silva Engineering, PhD Grad student
Best Use of Outside Data, Graduate team
The Most Squares Problem
Manish Bhattarai Engineering, PhD Grad student
Kyle Henke Mathematics and Statistics, MS Grad student
Patrick Hennecke Mathematics and Statistics, MS Grad student
Kellin Rumsey Mathematics and Statistics, PhD Grad student
Zach Stuart Mathematics and Statistics, PhD Grad student
Best Visualization, Graduate team
The Tchebby Tchasers
Alex Benedict Mathematics and Statistics, PhD Grad student
Elizabeth Benedict English, MS Grad student
Special thanks to:
Mentors
Li Li (Professor of Statistics, UNM)
Maziar Yaesoubi (PostDoc researcher at MRN)
Judges
Gabriel Huerta (Professor of Statistics, UNM)
Laura Soito (Professor and Physical Sciences Librarian, UNM)