ASA DataFest, 25 – 27 November 2022
14SCO 163 Active Learning Space, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW
Teams of two to five undergraduate students compete to extract meaningful insight from a rich and complex dataset. Meet like-minded students, academics, and data professionals to share your passion for data. All Macquarie Undergraduate students from any degree can compete. If you don’t have a team in mind, we can put you into a team!
The American Statistical Association DataFest™ is a friendly festival of data in which teams of two to five students work to attack a large, rich, and complex dataset over three days. The dataset is provided by an industry partner and is chosen to provide many avenues of discovery. This collaborative competition emphasises on the art of storytelling with data. It challenges students to find their own story that is meaningful to the data donor.
DataFest™ aims to bring the spirit of hackathons to statistics. It creates an opportunity for students to gain experience on the end-to-end data science workflow that employers are looking for. Having worked on a data analysis problem at this scale helps students become good candidates for any position that involves analysis and critical thinking. It also provides a concrete example for students to demonstrate their experience on solving real-life data problems during interviews.
DataFest™ also brings together the statistics and data science community. Students are assisted by roving mentors that we invitefrom our Alumni network, industry partners and faculty members. They are data analytics professionals from a variety of fields. This event would be a great networking opportunity between our students and industry partners.
After two days of intense data wrangling, analysis, and presentation design, each team is allowed a few minutes and a couple of slides to impress a panel of judges. Prizes are given for a number of categories such as Best Visualisation, Best Insight, Best Statistical Analysis, and Judges' Choice award.
You will spend a weekend (with catering 🍔 🥤 provided)
🖥 Analyse data chosen by a real-life organisation
📈Present your findings to a panel of judges to win some awesome awards
🤝 Network with professional statisticians and data scientists
👩💻 Build skills to impress future employers
This event is sponsored by the Faculty of Science & Engineering and the School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences.
Please express your interest by completing one of the following EOI forms:
- Prefer to enter as a team
- Prefer to be put into a team
If you have any questions about this event, please email Iris Jiang