Dear all,
(Apologies for any cross-posts).
I'm writing to encourage students to submit projects and a call for judges for the coming round of the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition (USPROC). USPROC is a statistics & data science project competition for undergraduate student class projects and independent research. The submission deadline is Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
Call for project submissions
We continue to be excited by the submissions to USPROC, and we hope you'll encourage your students to participate this semester/term as they do class projects and independent research (including summer projects). Winners receive cash prizes and have an opportunity to present at the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference (eUSR) in Fall 2025! The submission deadline is Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
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:
1. Undergraduate Statistics Class Project Competition (USCLAP): For students taking statistics courses at the introductory or intermediate levels (these categories are judged separately). Find out more details at this link:
https://www.causeweb.org/usproc/usclap
2. 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 actively seeking volunteers to participate as judges for the upcoming round of the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition (USPROC). The judging process would begin in January or early February, following the December 18th submission deadline.
Would you be willing to serve as a judge for this round of submissions? If so, please sign up using the following link:
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 provide you with a timeline overview, we would send you projects to score in January or early February, and allow about a month to complete the judging. Each project is scored by multiple judges. If you are able to help, we will send further instructions closer to the 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. Your assistance in spreading the word about the USPROC competition and the opportunity to serve as a judge is highly appreciated!
Best, the USPROC & eUSR Co-Chairs,
Juanjuan Fan (San Diego State University)
Ciaran Evans (Wake Forest University)
Victoria Woodard (Notre Dame University)
Jingchen (Monika) Hu (Vassar College)
Shaoyang Ning (Swarthmore College)