{"602004":{"#nid":"602004","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Datathon Challenges Students to Create Solutions to Real-World Problems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E (IDEaS) teamed with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.correlation-one.com\/\u0022\u003ECorrelation One\u003C\/a\u003E and sponsors Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities to host a Datathon, or Data Open, in the Klaus Advanced Computing Building on Feb. 3.\u0026nbsp; Faculty members\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~dchau\/\u0022\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E (School of Computational Science and Engineering), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/people\/guillermo-goldsztein\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGuillermo Goldsztein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (School of Mathematics), and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/11069\/dana-randalls\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDana Randall \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E(School of Computer Science and co-executive director of IDEaS) served as judges.\u0026nbsp; Nearly 500 students applied to participate, and the top 100 were invited to compete. At the competition, aspiring data scientists analyzed a problem statement and data sets related to the future of urban environments and \u0026quot;smart\u0026quot; cities. Students competed in teams of four for a $25,000 cash prize.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ideas.gatech.edu\/ideas-teams-correlation-one-and-citadel-host-datathon\u0022\u003ERead the full story here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IDEaS Teams with Correlation One and Citadel to Host a Datathon"}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2018-02-06 22:11:03","changed_gmt":"2018-03-22 14:24:46","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602005":{"id":"602005","type":"image","title":"Datathon","body":null,"created":"1517955325","gmt_created":"2018-02-06 22:15:25","changed":"1517955325","gmt_changed":"2018-02-06 22:15:25","alt":"Data teams","file":{"fid":"229443","name":"topteamsjudges.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/topteamsjudges.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/topteamsjudges.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":626503,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/topteamsjudges.jpg?itok=6kqLkfNy"}}},"media_ids":["602005"],"groups":[{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"545781","name":"Institute for Data Engineering and Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Salazar, IDEaS Director of Communication and Grant Writing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jsalazar@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejsalazar@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jsalazar@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}