Data Derby Minnesota 2022 Results
Data Analytics Competition
Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence launched the Minnesota Data Derby, an annual multi-disciplinary competition where students across Minnesota can provide their analysis of data surrounding a global social problem.
The 2022 theme centered around the effect of a pandemic on global trade. This years competition consisted of 21 student teams; comprised of 67 students and 13 faculty and industry guests.
The competition involved each team submitting their data as a video presentation. Presentations were then uploaded to YouTube, allowing judges from across the State to assess each teams findings and presentation.
With the findings of this assessment, the top ranked five teams in both Novice and Advance levels were asked to present virtually to the judges on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
NOVICE
1st Place
Team Data Dive – Minnesota State University, Mankato
Team Members:
- Saud Alotaibi
- Zelalem Denekew
- Marcho Handoko
- Prasanna Muppidi
- Jun Soo Seo
Faculty Avisor: Iresha Premarathna
2nd Place
Team JKRA – Metro State University
Team Members:
- Art Botello
- Joyce Briggs
- Kaying Vang
- Roselin Yang
Faculty Advisor: Simon Jin
3rd Place
Team 4 – Minnesota State University, Mankato
Team Members:
- Saumya Gautam
- Josh Zweber
Faculty Advisor: Rajeev Bukralia
ADVANCED
1st Place
Team Double S – Saint Cloud State University
Team Members:
- Paynter Simeon
- Tiwari Santosh
Faculty Advisor: Ibrahim Soumare
2nd Place
Team L-MXTH – Minnesota State University, Mankato
Team Members:
- Elizabeth Eccles
- Hope Enright
- Mingyu Huang
- Tatiana Quinonez
- Xeng Yang
Faculty Advisor: Iresha Premarathna
3rd Place
Team SSS – Minnesota State University, Mankato
Team Members:
- Shawban Mahmud
- Sharma Sandesh
Faculty Advisor: Rajeev Bukralia
Congratulations to all the participants on a job well done and especially the winners for their data analytic skills!
A special thank you to Wei Wei, Faculty Member at Metro State University and Paul Wickman, Senior Product Manager at Golden Software for their leadership with the event, data, and organization.
We would also like to recognize all the judges.
Hamdan Alabsi, Bemidji State University
Queen Booker, Metro State University
David Jacobson, Metro State University
Simon Jin, Metro State University
Katherine Johnson, Metro State University
Mary Lebens, Metro State University
Xiaoyin Li, St. Cloud State University
Iresha Premarathna, MN State Mankato
Melissa Rousu, MN IT Center of Excellence
Zhezhu Wen, Winona State University
Yue Zhang, Metro State University