DataFest@MQ 2025
Event Summary
Faculty of Science and Engineering and School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences hosted the ASA (American Statistical Association) DataFest at Macquarie University during 22nd to 24th April 2025. 150 undergraduate students (up from 86 in 2025) across the university participated in this yearโs DataFest. In total 38 teams (up from 18 in 2024) were formed and they competed head-to-head for prizes.
The key innovation in this yearโs event is our use of the Universityโs Learning Management System (LMS) to streamline communication, distribute materials, manage groups, and handle submissions. We also employed web scraping techniques with rvest to facilitate group creation on the LMS.
Helper
We sincerely thank for the following helpers for their support during DataFest 2025.
- Fais Al Zadjali
- Faran Ali
- Do Nam Phong Phung
- Dang Nhat Nguyen
- Cao Thuc Ta
- Niyati Niyati
- Sau Hung Yuen
- Amin Rois Sinung Nugroho
- Darin Engkawong
Judging Panel
The judging panel was consisted of:
- Prof Linda Beaumont, FSE Deputy Dean Education and Employability
- Prof David Coutts, Head, School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
- A/Prof Petra Graham, FSE Associate Dean Curriculum and Learning (Science)
- Dr Joshua Ching, Associate Director of Data Science, Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson
Winners
In 2025, we awarded prizes on 4 categories:
- Judges Choice Award
- Awards for the Best Visualisation
- Awards for the Best Insight
- Awards for the Best Use of External Data
Judges Choice Award ๐
- Chi Cuong Chia
- Lu Vy Ngoc
- Dang Tung Vo
- Thao Trinh Than
- Trieu Long Vu
Awards for the Best Visualisation ๐
- Jonathan Chang
- Hannah Guo
- Angus Stewart
- Elijah Suโa-Huirua
- Denver Sutandya
Awards for the Best Insight ๐ก๐ฌ
- Vinayak Gupta - Abhinav Harishankar - William Khor - Andy Peng
Awards for the Best Use of External Data ๐ฉโ๐ป๐งโ๐ป
- Phuc Hai Duy Nguyen
- Van Trang Nguyen
- Hoang Minh Khanh Tan
- Thuy Vy Tran
- Xuan Nguyen Trinh