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What Is DataFest?

DataFest is a weekend-long Data Hackathon sanctioned by the American Statistical Association.

Undergraduate students work in teams of 4-5 to find and share meaning in a large, rich, and complex data set.

This event takes place during the spring semester of each academic year. 

Register Your 2026 Team

DataFest'25 has concluded!

The Center for Analytics and Data Science is happy to announce a close to this DataFest season. DataFest’25 was made possible by our sponsors.


Overall there were 70 participants from five different schools who competed this year. We would like to thank students for attending from the following schools:

  • Miami University
  • BGSU
  • College of Wooster
  • Xavier University
  • University of Cincinnati

Thank you for our sponsors for making DataFest possible:

DataFest 2025 Sponsorships

DataFest '25 Winners

Teams were ranked using a score based system

Best Insights: Data Dolphins

Best Use of External Data: The Kronecker Deltas

Best Visuals: BANA Bearcats

DataFest'24

DataFest 2024 Winners

Top Score: Data-Holic Redhawks
Best Insight: Drake's DataFesters
Best Visualization: The Derivative Falcons

Thank you to the following sponsors for making DataFest 2023 possible

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DataFest'23

DataFest 2023 Winners

A 2023 Winning Team

Thank you to the following sponsors for making DataFest 2023 possible

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