February 22-23 @ Loma Pelona

36-hour hackathon at UC Santa Barbara bringing together innovators, coders, and data enthusiasts to craft impactful solutions powered by data!

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Our Datathon





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Over $3,000 in Prizes

Work on cutting-edge artificial intelligence projects with fellow students.

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Everyone is Welcome

All students from the United States are welcome to attend this 36-hour hackathon from February 22nd.

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Gain Knowledge

We are hosting multiple workshops through the weekend including Computer Vision, Data Analysis, and more!

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Create Your Project

Develop and diversify your skills in the realm of data by creating an impactful solution powered by data!

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Career Opportunities

Connect with our judges, ranging from industry professionals to executive leaders.

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Meet New Friends

Talk to people from all over the United States and meet your team.

Our Datathon Prizes:

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Best Overall ($1000):

Awarded to the best project.

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Runner Up ($300):

Awarded to the second place project.

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Social Good Award ($500):

Awarded to the winner of the AI for Social Good Track.

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Predictive Modeling Award ($500):

Awarded to the winner of the Predictive Modeling Track.

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Natural Language Processing Award ($500):

Awarded to the winner of the Natural Language Processing Track.

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Data Visualization and Insights Award ($500):

Awarded to the winner of the Data Visualization and Insights Track.

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Best Use of Groq ($500 in Groq Store Credit):

Awarded to the project that best demonstrates innovative and effective integration of GROQ technology, delivering breakthrough performance and novel solutions that push the boundaries of AI and data science.

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Sports Analytics Award ($200):

Awarded to the project that most creatively harnesses data science to unlock breakthrough insights and drive transformative strategies and predictions in sports performance and team dynamics.

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Slither.io Star Commander ($50 Woodstocks Gift Card):

Awarded to the highest Slither.io Score. Submission Link

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Silent Disco Star ($50 Woodstocks Gift Card):

Most epic dancer at the Silent Disco event!

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Datathon Lottery ($20 Caje Gift Card):

Each Datathon activity you attend (technical workshops, professional workshops, silent disco, painting and networking) will give you another entry for our lottery!



Our Judges:

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Matt White

Executive Director @ PyTorch

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Alex Peng

Growth Engineer @ SingleStore

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Rupesh Dabbir

Engineering Manager @ Google

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Pratik Karki

Co-Founder & CTO @ Anthromind

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Kara Godshalk

Director of Customer Insights @ Pacific Life

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Aditya Kartikeya

Technical Staff @ Oracle

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Suraj Sinha

Sr. Manager Data Science @ Workday

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Venkata Vamshi Krishna Gunji

Data Scientist @ Workday

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Tomoyuki Ichiba

PSTAT Chair, Professor

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Ziad Matni

Professor @ UCSB

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Kathleen M. Coburn

Professor @ UCSB

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Uma Ravat

Professor @ UCSB

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Andrew Carter

Professor @ UCSB




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