2024 TXST Open Datathon Winners
2024 Datathon Competition
Student teams of 1 to 4 investigated open data related to a specified research challenge, formulated a research question, and developed insights, potential solutions, and recommendations based on their findings. Special thanks to our campus partners, the TXST Center for Analytics and Data Science (CADS) and the Office of Data, Analytics & Institutional Research.
![Winning team before presentation](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677612/w/2000/6MJobfDTIYIp/winning%20team%20before%20presentation.jpg)
![Students listening to MC at kickoff event](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677600/w/2000/xOEEptI3w3wB/Students%20at%20kickoff%20presentation.jpg)
![Datathon illustration](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/690485/w/2000/JgM9jeKiXCDj/Datathon%20logo-1.jpg)
![2nd place presenter](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677596/w/2000/nz21_VTSJYn4/solo2%20presentation%206.jpg)
![Judges waiting to go to work](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677591/w/2000/jshFMJJT9iIH/judges%202.jpg)
![students meet to form team](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677597/w/2000/uhSAIWYRCoB_/student%20chat%209.jpg)
![Team 2 presentation](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677606/w/2000/C9wtnb2vcKMK/team%202%20presentation%204.jpg)
![students working before presentation](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677626/w/2000/NRAqhKTxsAv7/students%20at%20work%205.jpg)
![Dr. Xuan Zhou helps student participant](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677589/w/2000/PLTe2kMace9z/consult%20with%20Xuan%202.jpg)
![students working on final presentation](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677602/w/2000/BFtp6yGSKIuz/students%20at%20work%2012.jpg)
![Team 4 presentation](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677608/w/2000/WYU-2n6P9Obf/team%204%20presentation%205.jpg)
![Team 6 presentation](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677609/w/2000/eDmpgBO2RIHt/team%206%20presentation%205.jpg)
Winning Teams
Awards were presented for first through third place.
First Place Winners
![Winning team pictures with library director, Dr. Kelly Visnak](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677611/w/2000/8pZhdoik8BEC/winning%20team%20award%201.jpg)
The team of Jennifer Gross & Max Garza selected the Educational Technology challenge topic and presented: Educational Technology Resources, Challenges, And Effects on Student Learning in K-12 Schools.
Second Place Winner
![2nd place winner](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677588/w/2000/_BEfuqV3Wpns/2nd%20place%20award%204.jpg)
James Pavlicek selected the Open Data Solutions for Bobcat Community challenge topic and presented: Analyzing Texas State Public Universities Retention Rate.
Third Place Winners
![Team 1 presentation](https://docs.gato.txst.edu/677605/w/2000/a-jlRi6PY4WV/team%201%20presentation%2010.jpg)
The team of Evan Ortiz and Taylor Ranson chose the Open Data Solutions for Bobcat Community topic and presented: From Texas to the Cosmos: The James Webb Telescope, Open Source, and the Bobcat's Stellar Journey.
2024 Datathon Participants
Congratulations to participants who successfully completed the challenge and gave great presentations of their work at the 2024 TXST Open Datathon.
Shivendra Bhagat
Samrakshan Rijal
Shreejal Bhattarai
Sumit Sah
Ashley Ogbolu
Emily Guajardo
Blessing Adeyinka
Ryan Faxigue
Diego Lechuga
Chioma Akaluso
Alex Syzov
Kusum Bhattarai Sharma
Saksham Adhikari
Bonny Amin
2024 TXST Open Datathon Projects
Find projects and datasets from the 2024 competition in our repositories.