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Get ready for an exciting and challenging experience at the 8th annual Illinois Statistics Datathon! Hosted by the Department of Statistics in partnership with Synchrony Financial, this 36-hour data event will kick off on March 28, 2025 at the Campus Instructional Facility Illinois students of all levels and degrees can register as a team or as an individual to participate. With workshops, networking opportunities and prizes up for grabs, the 2025 Illinois Statistics Datathon is not one to be missed!

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Registration Deadline is March 14, 2025, but register before March 7 to secure your exclusive 2025 Illinois Statistics Datathon T-Shirt! Join the competition and showcase your skills at the weekend-long datathon. Participants are permitted to register as individuals and will be assigned to a team after registration is completed. Teams need a minimum of two (2) to register as a team.

Team captains are responsible for registering their entire team for the competition. Captains will register the team name, and provide the names, emails, and degrees of the other team members. 

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Leading up to the 2025 Illini Datathon, the Department of Statistics will host a skill check workshops for participants to gain insight and details on the best way to solve related problem sets. 

The official problem and dataset will be provided at the kick-off event on Friday, March 28 at the Campus Instructional Facility. Mentors from Synchrony and the Department of Statistics will be in-person and on Discord throughout the weekend to help work through the problem to keep you on track. Teams will turn in their solutions and visualizations to the judges on March 30 (time pending). Winners to be announced at the closing ceremonies on March 30!

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