Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Data Challenge Expo from the Government Statistics, Statistical Computing, and Statistical Graphics sections. The following two undergraduate students from Miami University won in the student category:

• First Place ($1,500): Lydia Carter for “An Analysis of Climate Change Impact on Society”
• Second Place ($1,000): Phuong Ho for “Data Expo 2020: Temperature Effect on the United States Agriculture”

We held a special event held after JSM during which the winners presented their results and answered the judges’ questions.

2021 Data Expo Challenge

The theme for the 2021 Data Expo Challenge is “Helping Families, Businesses, and Communities Respond to COVID-19.” We partnered with The Opportunity Project to establish the data set and provide the problem statement. The official challenge data set is the US Census Bureau 2019 American Community Survey one-year estimates. Contestants must present their findings at the 2021 Joint Statistical Meetings in a speed poster session.