Advice from a TAMU ’18 Grad and Chevron GIS Developer Nick Smart, former Aggie and current Chevron GIS Developer, interviewed with the TAMU Datathon team to provide advice to current students. Read his interview below. In late October 2019, Texas A&M University hosted a “Datathon”. This 24-hour event provided the…

Advice from a TAMU ’19 Grad and IBM Data Scientist Brandon Walker, former Aggie and current IBM data scientist, interviewed with the TAMU Datathon team to provide advice to current students. You can view the YouTube video at the bottom of this article, or read his interview here! Hi, I’m…

Written by: Seth Hamilton — Congratulations! You’re sponsoring the world’s first MLH data science hackathon: the Texas A&M Datathon. We’re thrilled you’re joining us on this incredible journey. …

The re-design of the 2020 TAMU Datathon Sponsorship Package! Written by: Allyson King Walmart at TAMU Datathon 2019 How the 2019 Sponsorship Package was made… In large, the construction of the 2019 TAMU Datathon sponsorship package was a giant guess! We did our best to reference similar events’ sponsorship packages for style and content, and then went…

Written by: Josiah Coad What is TAMU Datathon? TAMU Datathon is a data science hackathon, an annual weekend event where students come from around the world (in 2019 we had attendees from 5 countries) to Texas A&M University to learn about data science (DS) and machine learning (ML) and compete…

E-mail tips to make a strong first impression on a potential sponsor! Written by: Allyson King What made TAMU Datathon stand out to you from other events? “The market niche (data focused hackathon) and the participation of other high-visibility sponsors”- Goldman Sachs A successful sponsorship campaign relies heavily on the…

Tips for listing potential sponsors and finding the right points of contact! Author: Allyson King (@allysonking) “Surrounded by data-minded professionals and aspirants, TAMU Datathon is a great way to challenge yourself, meet people, and immerse yourself in the world of big data.” — 2019 TAMU Datathon Attendee TAMU Datathon 2019…

Idaho Datathon was a 5 day event in North Idaho where we focused on a learner track, followed by a data science competition. See the projects and results below! Datathon Results Projects Recap Team MyGluCast — Presentation — Armed with nine months of personalized medical data from a team member with diabetes, this team…