Thank you and congratulations to all who participated in this year’s DataFest! Students, you should be proud of the perseverance and creativity that you demonstrated this weekend that resulted in some insightful presentations. As always, our judges had a tough task, but awarded prizes to:

• Team 87 (Deanna Chun, Isaac Rudnick, Sam Shelly, Alex Teabo, Leo Valenti) for Best Overall Analysis
• The Data Table of CAMA-lot (Axel Estrada, Anders Hansen, Meredith Hillier, Caitlin Gong) for Best Data Visualization
• Team Blank (Elta Bajrami, Boxiong Du, Caroline Klein, Roman Shrestha, Tanish Pradhan Wong Ah Sui) for Best Use of Outside Data

We also thank all of our consultants, judges, and sponsors for helping to make the weekend happen. We look forward to welcoming everyone back for DataFest 2025 @ Vassar!

Please visit the registration page to register by Friday March 1, 2024. Note that you can register either with a team of 2–5 participants (all participants must register) or as an individual and be placed with a team.

Save the Date for DataFest @ Vassar 2024: Friday, April 5 – Sunday, April 7, 2024!

Check this site again in the spring for more details and registration links, but for now, save that weekend and start planning your teams (2-5 members)!

Contact mian@vassar.edu with any questions.

Congratulations and thank you to all who participated in DataFest 2021 @ Vassar!  Thank you to the students for your enthusiasm and perseverance that resulted in some insightful presentations, volunteer consultants & judges for your time and expertise, the Vassar President’s Office for sponsoring this year’s prizes, and other departments and offices from Vassar, Marist, and New Paltz for your support.

DataFest 2021 @ Vassar is happening this weekend!  Join us on Zoom this Friday, April 16 at 5PM for the Opening Ceremony, where we’ll introduce our teams and reveal this year’s data.  Registered participants and volunteers for DataFest 2021 @ Vassar will receive a Zoom link in their emails this week.

The dates have just been set for DataFest 2021: April 16-18, 2021!  Update your calendars to reserve that weekend and stay tuned for more details.

Congratulations and thank you to all who participated in DataFest 2020 @ Vassar: COVID-19 Virtual Data Challenge!  In these challenging times, we especially appreciate (and commend!) everyone for their enthusiasm and collaborative spirit.  Thank you to the students for  submitting projects, volunteer consultants & judges for their time and expertise, the Vassar President’s Office for sponsoring this year’s prizes, and other departments and offices from Vassar and Marist for their support.

This weekend would have been our DataFest 2020 @ Vassar!  Although we will miss this live event with you all, we are pleased to announce the ASA DataFest: COVID-19 Virtual Data Challenge that will take place over a two-week period: May 20 – June 3, 2020.  While this virtual DataFest will still include some key aspects of our usual live DataFests (e.g. working in teams, data-centered fun and exploration, workshops, volunteer consultants, panel of judges, prizes), there are also some important differences (notably,  no dataset provided- you find your own, so no need for secrecy either!)

Read more about this year’s challenge on our COVID-19 Virtual Data Challenge page.  The registration deadline is May 1, 2020.