The BDHSC is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its sixth annual National Big Data Health Science Case Competition. This event has been held by the University of South Carolina Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) since 2020. It takes place before the BDHSC’s other signature event, the National Annual Big Data Health Science Conference.
The 6th Annual Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition will be held virtually between February 7th- 9th 2025, before the University of South Carolina’s National Big Data Health Science Conference, scheduled for the following weekend, February 13th-14th 2025. Last year’s champions hailed from our very own University of South Carolina—now it’s time for others to step up and try to take the title! The Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition is intended to provide enthusiastic teams of graduate and senior undergraduate students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge to analyzing big datasets in health care. Specific details about this year’s challenge will be provided later.
Each participating team will analyze the case and datasets to be released on Friday, February 7th,2025, at noon EST. During this period, team members will work together to present their methods, analyses, and results at the Big Data Health Science Center Case Competition virtually. A panel of industry and academic experts will judge the presentations based on each team’s use of full analytics tools/processes, from framing the problem to data use, model building, innovation, and communicating the solutions to decision-makers. Applications are open until January 29th, 2025, or until all spots are filled.
Last year, Thomas Chandler, Dean, Arnold School of Public Health, and Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, at the University of South Carolina, announced the winners at the opening remarks of the 5th National Big Data Health Science Conference on February 2, 2024. The top award of $5,000 went to Sankalp K. Jajee, Gaurav Kumar, and Supriya Nayanala from the University of South Carolina, SC. The winners of second place, which was $3,000, were Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Frankle Muchahary, and Roger Tan from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. The winners of third place, which was $2,000, were Zach Grammer, Dan Johnson, and Aidan Riordan from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. Additionally, the teams of Alec Buetow, Sai Priya Lakkireddy, and Riya Mehta from Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, and Jason Gerstenberger, Gail Han, and Dylan Wright from the University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, received honorable mentions of a $500 prize at the 2024 National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition.
Last Year's Competing Teams
