Participant Teams

14 teams, 50 brilliant minds competed in the ultimate data-analytics showdown

1. Byte me

(Fiona, Ashley, Zara, Samuel, & Benjamin)

We have our own T-shirts

Mentor: Isabel Knight & Karthik Prabhu

2. Data Hunters

(MinJun, Jonathan, Martin & Tendai)

Hunting for stories hidden in data

Mentor: David Gormley & Shreeya Behera

3. Lakeside Data Center

(Emmanuel)

Seeking truth in the mess

Mentor: Jeffrey Yuan & Moses Chan

4. Livin la vida loca

(Sofie, Ethan, Edwin & Edwin)

Life is data—messy, imperfect, and full of value

Mentor: Kyle Williams & Moses Chan

5. Lunar Knights

(Vincent & John)

Even in darkness, there is light when we shine like the moon

Mentor: Harvey Wang & Karthik Prabhu

6. New Team 1

(Saafya & Adonai)

Tagline 1

Mentor: Aryaman Chawla & Shengbin Ye

7. Human

(Sara, Caesar, Aidan & Dayo)

Very fleshy

Mentor: UChicago mentor

8. NorthBestern

(Owen & Emmett)

Best it

Mentor: Harvey Wang & Shengbin Ye

9. Penguin

(Oliver, Alan, Dawson & Jeremy)

On our feet

Mentor: Jake Miller & Karthik Prabhu

10. Standard Deviants

(Will, Ryan, Matias & Adithya)

100% confidence interval

Mentor: David Gormley & Shreeya Behera

11. Stay Saavy

(Diane, Eva, Vivian & Inaaya)

Stay savvy, at least it looks good!

Mentor: Jake Miller & Shreeya Behera

12. The Monsters

(Joonsung, Colin, Jet & Dylan)

3 Beasts, 1 Monster

Mentor: Sutter Augur & Karthik Prabhu

13. The Perfect Fit

(Sophia, Hannah, Kay, Takeshi & Selina)

Our imperfection is irreducible

Mentor: Isabel Knight & Shengbin Ye

14. The Winning Team

(Vikas, Marina, Julie, Johnny, & Belinda)

Confidence is key

Mentor: Harrison Gillespie & Shengbin Ye