2023 Spring Columbia Data Science Hackathon

About

The Columbia Data Science Society is proud to host its eighth annual Columbia Data Science Hackathon. Come work with novel datasets, engage with sponsors, and present your findings to a panel of judges from academia and the industry! This hackathon is open to all Columbia students, though prior experience with data science or computer programming is recommended.

The Hackathon will run from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm on Saturday, February 11th.

Further information, as well as the submission portal, can be found on Devpost.


Sponsors

Hudson river trading

Patient safety technology challenge

Wolfram research

IEOR

dsi

CS@CU


Where

Lerner Auditorium
2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Opening Ceremony:

Presentations and Closing:

When

Saturday, February 11, 2023
Start: 9:00 am
End: 10:00 pm


Opening Ceremony

Attend the Opening Ceremony from 9:00-9:30 am for a full welcome.

Welcome to the 8th annual Data Science Hackathon!


2023 Hackathon Winners

NIST-MST Data Privacy

Grand Winner

Team Members: Shubham Kaushal, Fred Cunningham, Daniel Young

Prevent reconstruction attacks on our dataset using the NIST-MST method and the ε - differential privacy standard.

Boosting patient Safety

Patient Safety Track Winner

Team Members: Sai Rithvik Kanakamedala, Saili Myana, Shreya Oak, Vedangi Wagh

Understanding the reasons for adverse drug reactions is crucial for patient safety and it motivated us to work on developing a solution for this problem.

Gaming Track Winner

Team Members: Elvin Ko, Chrstine Lam, Kevin Ma, Max Zhang

Identify if there are any anomalies in the Genshin Impact user wishing data, which point to non-disclosed features.

ML for Differential Privacy

Popular Choice Award

Team Members: Prahlad Koratamaddi, Prateek Jain, Suchit Sahoo, Nikhil Balwani

To analyze an existing differential privacy scheme called the Laplacian Mechanism. To explore novel approaches to make categorical variables differentially private.

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