QA Admin We completed the 2015 SDSU Data Contest on Saturday, with a fantastic collection of excellent submissions. The Judges are reviewing them now, but until you learn the winners at the Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, you can see all of the submissions here. Everyone is welcome at the Awards Ceremony, so follow the link to register. UCSD … Read more
Here is the schedule for the data contest hangouts this week. The next one is Monday at noon, and will present tips on accessing data from the Ambry databases. We’ll be broadcasting these events via Hangouts on Air. Visit our Google+ Page to attend the event.
The SDSU Data Contest Kickoff is tomorrow! Better register if you haven’t already. Here are all of the last minute details. Time and Location: Petersen Gym, SDSU, Room 153, 1:00 PM Parking: Parking Structure 5 ( PS5 ) Full Schedule. Before: Register for the contest web app at http://www.sandiegodata.org/contest/register. Bring: Laptop Staff Contacts: Eric Busboom, … Read more
To get ready for the Data Contest, you’ll want to ensure that your laptop already has installed on it all of the tools you’ll need. There is a set of tools that we use in most of our programs, and it will serve as a good base for your contest toolkit. These tools are: Tableau … Read more
The SDSU / Data Library Data Contest has teamed up with UCSD, Python User Group and several Data Science User’s groups to now offer a full day event with two morning tutorials (R and Python) a mid-day exhibition with many Data Science projects and software demos, an afternoon Machine Learning challenge and the kick off to the SDSU … Read more
The Student Data Contest is in less than two weeks, so it’s time to get your tools ready. If you are a student and want a shot at $2,100 in prizes, signup for the contest. One of the best tools available for quickly visualizing data is Tableau, and best of all, if you don’t need … Read more
Probably the most common statistic that people deal with is the average, which can often be a good approximation of the typical or general case. However, there are many cases where the average fails, and the most extreme example I’ve seen in recent data is lawyers’ salary distributions. The NALP has been publishing salary distributions … Read more
Along with SDSU and Teradata, the San Diego Regional Data Library is running a data analysis contest for San Diego area High School and College students. The contest starts February 28. Top prize is $1200. For complete details and to register, see the contest announcement page.
Solve Social Problems for $2,700 in Prizes The San Diego Regional Data Library, the SDSU Society for Statisticians and Actuaries and Teradata are organizing a data analysis contest to aid nonprofits, journalists and government agencies in making better use of data, develop a broader regional capacity for data analysis, and introduce students interested in data … Read more
We’re looking for some programers to visualize crime data and present it at our booth at the San Diego Magazine Big Ideas Party on Jan 21. The Data Library was one of the 25 Big Ideas covered in their January issue, so they’d like us to have a presentation at the party. I’d like to have … Read more