The Smith Analytics Consortium (SAC) hosts the annual Datathon, a 9-day long data-focused competition. Students will have the opportunity to use their problem solving, analytics, and data visualization skills and apply them to a real world business problem.
Students can form teams of 4-5 members across different programs.
The cash prize is variable based on all collected registration fees and will be awarded to the winning team.
Core Consulting Series: A targeted workshop, hosted by Deloitte, to hone the skills needed to succeed in the Datathon and an opportunity to meet team members.
Judges will be from Deloitte, KPMG, and Merkel(SAC partners) and the students will be mentored by Deloitte professionals.
Below is a general timeline:
April 12: Registration Closes
April 15: Core Consulting Series
April 19: Datathon Kick-Off
April 29: Datathon Final Presentations
Past Case Competitions and Datathons
Intended Participants: students enrolled in the MBA program at Smith School
Date: September 1, 2020
Students were organized into teams of roughly five members each and given 48 hours to prepare presentations for judging panels composed of KPMG professionals, as well as Maryland Smith faculty and alumni. The top three presentations selected by judges then advanced to a final round.
Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition
Intended Participants: Students enrolled part- or full-time in an accredited Master of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Information Systems, Master of Public Health, Master of Business Administration program, or other similar master’s programs that educate students in business, health care, or analytics at an educational institution based in the United States are eligible to enter. Students must be currently enrolled and must not have graduated from the qualifying program at the time of the final case competition presentations. Employees of Humana Inc. are not eligible to participate
Date: Application Deadline: September 18, 2020
The Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Competition is adapting to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, the case competition will be held virtually.
Adobe Analytics Challenge 2020
Intended Participants: All college students
Date: Application Deadline: September 22, 2020
The Adobe Analytics Challenge is a unique analytics-focused business case competition where university students are given the opportunity to use Adobe’s industry-leading analytics products and access to real-world data from leading organizations such as Major League Baseball, T‑Mobile, Starwood, Lenovo, Condé Nast, Comcast, Overstock.com, Backcountry.com, Sony PlayStation, and MGM Resort International.
Intended Participants: students enrolled in the MBA program at Smith School
Date: September 1, 2020
Students were organized into teams of roughly five members each and given 48 hours to prepare presentations for judging panels composed of KPMG professionals, as well as Maryland Smith faculty and alumni. The top three presentations selected by judges then advanced to a final round.
Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition
Intended Participants: Students enrolled part- or full-time in an accredited Master of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Information Systems, Master of Public Health, Master of Business Administration program, or other similar master’s programs that educate students in business, health care, or analytics at an educational institution based in the United States are eligible to enter. Students must be currently enrolled and must not have graduated from the qualifying program at the time of the final case competition presentations. Employees of Humana Inc. are not eligible to participate
Date: Application Deadline: September 18, 2020
The Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Competition is adapting to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, the case competition will be held virtually.
Adobe Analytics Challenge 2020
Intended Participants: All college students
Date: Application Deadline: September 22, 2020
The Adobe Analytics Challenge is a unique analytics-focused business case competition where university students are given the opportunity to use Adobe’s industry-leading analytics products and access to real-world data from leading organizations such as Major League Baseball, T‑Mobile, Starwood, Lenovo, Condé Nast, Comcast, Overstock.com, Backcountry.com, Sony PlayStation, and MGM Resort International.