How My Team of Undergrads Won a Data Science Competition for Graduate and Ph.D. Students
Last Updated on July 20, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Brandon Walker
Originally published on Towards AI.
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I think there are a few secrets to success in data science that I uncovered while doing the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science’s Competition. I’ll outline my experience and explain how these keys to success helped my team of undergrads beat out several teams of Masters and Ph.D. students.
The teams were handed out data from the Los Angeles Bike Share. It details all the trips between LA’s bike stations, giving their geolocation (start and stop), date and time, and the user’s payment plan (yearly subscriber/monthly subscriber/one trip only). We were asked to turn in a 20-page report, one… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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