Ilhan M. Izmirli, GMU Student Chapter Faculty Adviser

From left: Brooke Gipson, Alyssa McDonald, Evan Cypher, and Megan Maloney

This past April, the George Mason University (GMU) Student Chapter experienced two significant successes.

The first occurred when the GMU Student Chapter competed at DataFest DC 2018, hosted by Summit Consulting April 20–22, with 11 other area universities. Two teams participated:

Stat of the Art

Brooke Gipson
Evan Cypher
Megan Maloney
Alyssa McDonald
Mariya Prokhorenko

The Patriots

Ray Koser
Anushka Prativadhi
Abhinav Kimar
Jesse Scearce

George Mason’s presentation, “How Can Indeed Better Connect US Health Care Employers with Nurses?” won first place for Best Data Visualization.

The second success took place during Data Challenge DC the weekend of April 28. The GMU Student Chapter, led by Glen Hui, was instrumental in organizing the meeting. More than 30 students participated, six of which were from GMU. One of GMU’s graduate statistics students was on the team that won for best data visualization.