Out of 100 students competing at the Data Open Championship, 11 of them were from the University of Waterloo, making it the institution with the largest number of competitors to compete in the championship.
The top 24 teams from 23 datathon competitions held throughout the year at top universities across the US, Canada, Dublin, and Beijing pitched to a panel of top executive judges. Competitors had pre-submitted their reports on global infectious diseases. They used statistics and mathematical reasoning, and assessed complex, socially relevant problems and data sets. Presented by the hedge fund Citadel and trading firm Citadel Securities, the event took place at the New York Stock Exchange.
Congratulations to the 11 students for making it to the Championship:
- Priyank Jaini, PhD candidate, Computer Science
- Ankai Jie, undergraduate, Data Science
- Ryan Kinnear, Master’s candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Patrick Li, Master’s candidate, Statistics
- Neil Liu, undergraduate, Computer Science and Statistics
- Sai Praneeth, Master’s candidate, Applied Science, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
- Kevin Wang, undergraduate, Mathematics, Computer Science and Optimization
- Richard Wi, undergraduate, Computer Science
- Alexandre Xiao, undergraduate, Mathematics, Combinatorics and Statistics
- Richard Zhang, undergraduate, Computer Science and Statistics