In 2023, the Mitch Daniels School of Business partnered with Microsoft, SAS, INFORMS, Prediction Guard, Certipoint, and Purdue's Master of Business Analytics and Information Management (BAIM), Global Supply Chain Management, and Marketing programs, along with the Krenicki Center for Business Analytics and Machine Learning for the Data4Good competition. The inaugural competition drew 282 teams and 1,031 students from the United States in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Participants competed for $45,000 of prize money and registered teams received free practice exams for AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals and AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, expert instruction and vouchers to complete the Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals – Certification. They also received Expert INFORMS Job Task Analysis (JTA) Training - the “blueprint” for the content of the INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) exam.
Participants drew upon holistic skills using data analysis, technology, research-based methods and artificial intelligence to solve the real-world problem of freeing up physicians from administrative note-taking.
The competition culminated at Purdue University, bringing students together with leading data analytics organizations for both credentialing and networking.
Map of all participants around the country.
Read all about the 2023 competition in this article from the Purdue Business Journal:
Solving Social Challengesconsidered themselves to be moderately to very knowledgeable of AI after this competition
considered themselves to be knowledgeable of Microsoft Azure
believed this competition helped fill a knowledge, skill, or ability gap that they could show showcase to employers
believed this competition was worth the time and money invested
would recommend students to participate in the competition next year!
1st Place: Brigham Young University
2nd Place: University of Texas at Austin
3rd Place: William College
4th Place: Purdue University
5th Place: Cleveland State University
1st Place: DePaul University
2nd Place: SUNY Binghamton
3rd Place: Emory University
4th Place: University of Washington
5th Place: University of Texas at Dallas
