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Over 100 undergraduate and graduate students gathered in Mathematics 3 early Saturday morning to tackle large datasets at The Data Open, a competition听that brings together the best minds in mathematics, engineering, science听and technology to collaborate and compete using the world鈥檚 most important data sets. Students received the datasets at 8:00 a.m. and, in teams of three to four, had until 3:30 p.m. to analyze the data, extract meaningful insights, and propose solutions to a socially impactful problem.

Similar to hackathons for software engineers, these live-action competitions use real-world data to develop and substantiate solutions instead of building apps. After the teams completed their solution reports, students networked with Correlation One and Citadel employees, while a panel of three judges reviewed the 22 submissions.

鈥淥ur students had the opportunity to showcase their skills while modelling a meaningful, real-world problem,鈥� said Professor Stefan Steiner, chair of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and a judge of the competition. 鈥淭he overall quality of the submissions was outstanding. It was remarkable how much the student teams accomplished in just over seven hours.鈥�

The team in first place received US$20,000, with second and third place teams each receiving US$2,500. The winners of this year鈥檚 competition were all University of 蓝莓视频 students:

• 1st prize: Priyank听Jaini听(PhD, Computer Science), Ankai听Jie (4A, Computer Science), Neil Lin (3B, Computer Science), and Sai Praneeth听Mupparapu听(Master's, Mechanical and Mechatronics)

• 2^nd prize: Patrick Li (4B, Math), Rahul Patel (5B, Computer Science), Simon Suo (5B, Computer Science), and Yuchi (Richard) Zhang (4A, Computer Science)
• 3^rd prize: Ronak Pradeep (3B, Computer Science), Sidhant Saraogi (4A, Computer Science), Terry TaeWoong Um (PhD, Electrical and Computer Science), and Yezhi Zhang听(4B, Statistics and Actuarial Science)

In addition to a financial prize, the winning team gains automatic entry into the final Data Open competition where they will compete against teams from schools including Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and University of California, Berkeley. They also receive the opportunity to interview with Citadel and Citadel Securities.

The competition was held by Citadel and Citadel Securities in partnership with Correlation One and 蓝莓视频鈥檚 Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. To apply, students complete a brief survey and answer a 60-minute, 15 question multiple choice assessment. Correlation One received over 500 applications for the 蓝莓视频 Datathon and invited only 110 students.