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ASA DataFest@NAU 2025
Final Student Registration is Live! Closes March 17th, 2025.
The American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest at NAU sponsored by the College of Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences is an outstanding opportunity to work actively with challenging real-life data. The weekend competition is focused on giving undergraduate students unique experiences with data handling and analysis, while engaging in important Career Development skills such as communication and teamwork. Here at NAU, we strive to put together strong interdisciplinary groups of 5 students prior to the competition. Undergraduates from any NAU discipline are invited to participate!
Date, Time, and Location Accordion Closed
Date: The weekend of Friday, March 21st – Sunday, March 23rd
Time: 5:00pm Friday, March 21st – 5:00pm Sunday, March 23rd
Location: Adel Mathematics (Building 26)
Coordinator Accordion Closed
Name/Email: Dr. Robert Buscaglia
What is DataFest? Accordion Closed
The American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest is a nationally-coordinated undergraduate competition in which undergraduates work together around the clock to find and share meaning in a large, rich and complex data set. Employers love to see this kind of experience on student resumes!
Previous years’ data sets have included crime data from the Los Angeles Police Department, dating data from eHarmony, energy use data from GridPoint and sales data from Ticketmaster. This year’s data set will be revealed at the opening of the event on Friday evening. At the conclusion of the competition, each team will have five minutes to make a presentation to our panel of judges. In addition to a Judges’ Choice award, we will give awards such as Best Visualization, Best Insight, and Best Use of External Data.
Who can compete? Accordion Closed
Undergraduate students from any major at Arizona State Universty, Northern Arizona University or University of Arizona can participate in ASA DataFest. The competition is hosted locally on each university campus and virtually for online students this year.
ASA DataFest Arizona will require competition groups to be maximized to 4 or 5 competitors. The DataFest organizers will regroup teams such that team sizes are maximized, while ensuring you are grouped with teammates of your choice. Any teammates indicated on the final registration form will be maintained.
Need a team or have questions about the event? Accordion Closed
DataFest organizational meetings have ended for this event.
How do students register? Accordion Closed
Final Registration closes March 17th!
Mentors and Judges Accordion Closed
DataFest@NAU is looking to fill roles in the areas of: mentorship, judging, and student facilitation (event organization). We are also always interested in discussing potential sponsorships!
If you are interested in DataFest@NAU but have additional questions, please contact the event coordinator.
Click the link below to register.