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SUMMARY:2019 Undergraduate Datathon
DESCRIPTION: \n\nThe Center for Business Analytics will partner with The Ch
 emours\nCompany to offer the 2019 Dragon Datathon for undergraduate studen
 ts.\n\nWHAT IS THE DRAGON DATATHON?\n\nDrexel LeBow’s Dragon Datathon is
  a high energy\, one-day event that\nbrings together teams of undergraduat
 e students to turn data into\nactionable insight. During the event\, stude
 nt teams tackle analytics\nchallenges using open-source datasets.\n\nIn pr
 eparation for the datathon\, undergraduate students will form\nteams of 5-
 7 members. For the duration of the event\, students are\ntasked with turni
 ng a business problem into a series of statistical\nquestions\, designing 
 a technical approach\, and using data analysis and\ntechnology skills to d
 evelop solutions to solve the problem.\n\nAt the conclusion of the event\,
  teams present their insights to a\npanel of industry and faculty judges\,
  outlining their data-driven\ninsights related to the business problem\, t
 he scope of their analysis\,\ntechnical challenges\, overall solutions\, i
 mplementation plan\, and\nexpected impact.\n\nStudents use their own lapto
 ps and are provided access to a computer\nlab with software applications. 
 Dr. Murugan Anandarajan\, Professor\,\nDecision Sciences and MIS\, will se
 rve as the faculty advisor\noverseeing the challenge.\n\nMeals and refresh
 ments will be provided to participants.\n\nPARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY\n\nTo b
 e eligible to participate\, team members must be currently-enrolled\nunder
 graduate students proficient in core techniques for business\nanalytics\, 
 such as data mining and statistical modeling.\n\nDATATHON CHALLENGE\n\nSum
 mary and specifics of the datathon challenge are forthcoming.\n\nREGISTRAT
 ION\n\nTo participate in the Datathon\, all students must register by Frid
 ay\,\nApril 5.\n\nDRAFT OF EVENT TIMELINE\n\nTimeline is tentative and sub
 ject to change.\n\nSaturday\, April 13\, 2019 8:30 am: Team check-in\; bre
 akfast available\n_All team members must be present and checked in prior t
 o the event\nkick-off at 9 am. Individuals not present for check-in will f
 orfeit\ntheir ability to participate._ 9:00 am: Event kick-off with facult
 y\nand industry partner\; data provided to teams 12:00 pm: Working lunch\n
 4:15 pm: Team presentations to panel of judges\n 
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LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, 408\, Philadelphia\, PA
  19104
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