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DataFest 2025

Third annual DataFest brings together students from across UF in a celebration of data

Undergraduate and master’s students from 20-plus degree programs across the University of Florida — from data science to finance and public health to math — came together March 28-30 to compete in the American Statistical Association DataFest.

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R-Madillos – Best Overall

Breanna Blackwood, Statistics

Kejin Dong, Statistics and Physics

Casie Lin, Statistics and Economics

Bryn Nurczyk , Statistics

Zachary Pipping, Economics and Statistics

 

DSI – Best Visualization

Matheus Kunzler Maldaner – Data Science

Aaron Goffstein – Finance

Aadhitya Varshan Durgadevi Vijaisenthil – Data Science

Ishan Kumthekar – Computer Science

Adit Potta – Computer Science

Real World Engineering – Judges Choice Award

John Crawford – Statistics

Bryson McGinley – Data Science and Psychology

Aaron Schumer – Computer Science

 Jennifer Moloney – Data Science

Michael Miarecki – Statistics and Psychology

 

Graduate Division

The winning team from the Graduate division were the Data Daredevils. The team consisted of three UF UG Statistics alumni and from one Public Health. They are all currently graduate students in the Biostatistics department.

 

Sophia Teklitz   Statistics (Undergrad), Biostatistics
Nicole Kindel    Statistics (Undergrad), Biostatistics
        Tracy Lin             Public Health (Undergrad), Biostatistics
Mallory Yee       Statistics (Undergrad), Biostatistics