Thank you and congratulations to all who participated in this year’s DataFest! This year, we welcomed students from Vassar College as well as Bard College, Dutchess Community College, SUNY New Paltz! 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 challenging task, but awarded prizes to:
Mind Over Metrics (Ashley Barmore, Catherine Chen, Kangning Luo, and Frances Zehner) for Best Overall Analysis
JT Queen (Kungpeng Wu and Yuqei Zhang) for Best Visualization
Team A (Wyatt Nault and Chelsea Qiu) for Best Use of Outside Data/Information/Research
Precision Peregrines (Nick Bennett, Oscar Blanco, Jessica Sundeen) for Best Narrative
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 2027 @ Vassar!
We welcome registrations for DataFest 2026 @ Vassar on the registration page. There is no cost to participate, but you must register before Friday, March 27, 2026 (Friday after Vassar’s Spring Break). Note that you can register either with a team of 2–5 participants (all participants of the team must register) or as an individual and be placed with a team. We hope you can join us!
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:
The Data Trio (Meron Kebede, Sara Neequaye, and Ezekiel Ekanem) for Best Overall Analysis
Team Null (Samip Paudel, Alex Teabo, and Tung Nguyen) for Best Data Visualization
Mo’ Data, Mo’ Problems (David Caldas and Oscar Blanco) 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 2026 @ Vassar!
DataFest @ Vassar 2025: Friday, April 11 – Sunday, April 13, 2025!
Registration is now available on the registration page. There is no cost to participate!
If you have a team (2-5 members), then you can use the team registration form. Otherwise, fill out the individual registration form and we will put you on a team.
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)!