10 months ago

And the winner is...

The judges have weighed in, and we're excited to share the news! Go to the Columbia Data Science Society Hackathon 2023 gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.

Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.


10 months ago

Submission help

We're in the last 1.5 hours of the hackathon!

Submissions are due on Devpost at 6:00pm, no exceptions will be made. Please submit early, you can edit your post later on. Uploading your materials and writing your "Elevator pitch" will take at least 10 minutes so please keep that in mind! 

Please put a link to your presentation on the "Try it Out Link". 

The "Project Story" section of the description is not required.  

Office hours are still ongoing! 

Questions?

If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.


10 months ago

Presentation Guidelines & Advice

Hi all,

We just wanted to give some general advice and guidelines for your presentations:

  1. Aim for an at most 10-minute long presentation, if you had to present it
  2. Remember to include details about your data processing, modeling, findings, and any particular impacts
  3. Aim for clarity: while detail is necessary, having an intelligible and clear presentation is just as important
  4. Remember to upload both an official PowerPoint file, as well as a link to your presentation for other participants to view

If you want some references, check out the winning presentations from previous years on the CDSS website. Also,…

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10 months ago

Lunch update and Patient Safety Office Hours

 Please join this zoom link 11-12pm to talk to Ariana from Patient Safety: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/8224528513,
We will actually start serving lunch in a few minutes so stay tuned for that announcement.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.


10 months ago

Lunch update

Hi all,

Lunch was delivered earlier, so we wil begin serving lunch at 11:30am. 

Questions?

If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.


10 months ago

CDSS Hackathon Dataset Update

If you would like to use another publically available dataset in conjunction with one of the track datasets, it is permitted, but keep in mind the main focus should be the track dataset. Make sure that other datasets are properly cited and can be accessed by our judges. 

Reminder that the Data Science Communication will start at 11AM in Lerner 569, and pizza will be served at 12:00pm. 

Questions?

If you have any questions about the hackathon, please email cdss_executives@columbia.edu post on the discussion forum.