Get ready for an exciting and challenging experience at the 7th annual 2024 Illini Datathon! Hosted by the Department of Statistics and Illinois Statistics Club in partnership with [....], this event will be held on March 29-31, 2024 at the Campus Instructional Facility (start time pending). Whether you're an individual or part of a team, everyone is welcome to register and join us for a weekend of data-driven problem solving and learning. Enjoy delicious food, network with industry professionals and receive guidance from experienced mentors. With workshops, networking opportunities and prizes up for grabs, the 2024 Illinois Statistics Datathon is not one to be missed!
Registration Deadline is March 8, 2024! Join the competition and showcase your skills at the weekend-long datathon. Assemble a team and tackle an engaging data-related challenge by cleaning data, constructing models, visualizing results, and interpreting outcomes. The datathon will test your knowledge in a variety of areas such as time series, survival analysis, and statistical learning. Train, test, and evaluate multiple data sets to uncover your solutions for your chance to win big and gain some bragging rights!
Registration Details
Teams of four will compete against other teams from statistics, mathematics, computer science, and other disciplines to conquer the weekend. Individuals are permitted to register as individuals and will be assigned to a team after registration is completed.
Team captains are responsible for registering their entire team for the competition. Captains will register the team name, and provide the names, emails, and degrees of the other team members. Teams need a minimum of three (3) in order to register, less than that, each person will need to register as an individual. Teams with less than four (4) competitors at the end of register will be assigned individual registrants at random to complete their teams.
Registration Link: Available soon!
Other Details
Leading up to the 2024 Illini Datathon, the Department of Statistics will host a skill check workshops for participants to gain insight and details on the best way to solve related problem sets.
The official problem and dataset will be provided at the kick-off event on Friday, March 29 at the Campus Instructional Facility. Mentors from [...] and the Department of Statistics will be on hand to help work through the problem to keep you on track. The competition will conclude on March 31 (time pending). Teams will turn in their solutions and visualizations to the judges. An awards ceremony with lunch will be held in the afternoon of March 31!
Final Results
Problem Statement: <Mystery until day of event>