The Arizona Chapter completed its second annual ASA DataFest at Arizona State University/Tempe March 24. The event attracted 56 student online registrations, with 45 showing up at check-in.
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GMU Students Win Best Data Visualization
More than 30 students participated in Data Challenge DC, six of whom were from GMU. One of GMU’s graduate statistics students was on the team that won for best data visualization.
Arizona Chapter Members Participate in DataFest
The Arizona Chapter concluded its first ASA DataFest competition on March 25 with excellent participation from students of Arizona State University’s Tempe and West campuses.
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
Mine—who is originally from Istanbul, Turkey—works on the OpenIntro project, whose mission is to make educational products that are free and transparent and to lower barriers to education.
Arizona Chapter Promotes DataFest
The Arizona Chapter kicked off the academic year with a meeting at Arizona State University, where officers pitched the ASA’s DataFest to students and faculty.
Data Challenge 2017 Winners
Three ASA sections—Computing, Government, and Graphics—sponsored Data Challenge 2017.
Student Chapter Officers Gather for First Time at JSM 2017
ASA student chapter officers and faculty advisers came together for the first time at this year’s JSM to share their experiences and plan for the future.
DataFest Shows Spike in Growth, Provides Immersive Experience
DataFest is an annual 48-hour competition in which teams of undergraduate students work to reveal insights into a rich and complex data set.
DC DataFest: George Mason’s ASA Chapter Wins ‘Best Visualization’ Award
The multidisciplinary team of five students from the ASA’s George Mason University Student Chapter participated in the weekend-long Big Data analysis competition April 8–10.
A Festival of Data: Student Perspectives
For the September President’s Corner, Nathaniel Schenker invited Andrew Bray, postdoctoral research associate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to write about student perspectives on DataFest.