Dear all,
I'm writing to put out a first call for project submissions and judges for the next round of the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition (USPROC). USPROC is statistics & data science project competition for undergraduate student class projects and independent research. The next submission deadline is Friday, June 25, 2021.
You can find more information at the USPROC website here: https://www.causeweb.org/usproc/
Call for project submissions
We continue to be excited by the increased number of submissions to USPROC, and we hope you'll encourage your students to participate this semester as they do class projects and independent research (including year-long projects). Winners receive cash prizes and have an opportunity to present at the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference (eUSR) in Fall 2021! The submission deadline is Friday, June 25, 2021.
Competition tracks are available for all student levels. The purpose of USPROC is to encourage the development of data analysis skills, to enhance presentation skills, and to recognize outstanding work by undergraduate statistics students. There are two main categories for submission:
- Undergraduate Statistics Class Project Competition (USCLAP): For students taking statistics courses at the introductory or intermediate levels. Find out more details at this link: https://www.causeweb.org/usproc/usclap
- Undergraduate Statistics Research Project Competition (USRESP): For students who conduct statistics research (e.g. projects in an REU, capstone, or an independent research) or who are taking an advanced senior-level statistics course. Find out more details at this link: https://www.causeweb.org/usproc/usresp
Call for judges
We are starting to look for volunteers to help us with the judging of these projects. Would you be willing to serve as a judge for this round of submissions? If so, please sign up at this link: http://bit.ly/usproc-2021-judges
Based on the typical number of submissions, judging should not amount to more than 6 hours of work. It is done independently, with some e-mail discussion (when needed) to decide on prizes. To give you a sense of the timeline, we would send you projects to score in July 2021 and give you about a month to complete the judging. If you are able to help, we will send further instructions closer to the June 25 submission deadline. Thank you in advance for your consideration!
If you have colleagues who teach undergraduate statistics courses or who advise undergraduate statistics research, please share the information in this email with them. We appreciate your help in spreading the word about the competition and opportunities to judge!
Best, the USPROC & eUSR Co-Chairs,
Brianna Heggeseth (Macalester College)
Maria Tackett (Duke University)
Mine Dogucu (UC, Irvine)
Monika Hu (Vassar College)
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Brianna Heggeseth
Associate Professor of Statistics
Macalester College
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