The 2016 Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition (MUDAC) will be held at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota on April 2 and 3.

• What is MUDAC?
  MUDAC is an intense 2-day analytics competition aimed at undergraduate students. Teams compete to solve a problem posed by an external organization.
• Who can compete?
  Teams of 3 to 4 undergraduate students attending a school in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, North Dakota, or South Dakota
• Why attend MUDAC?
  • A fun learning experience
  • Friendly competition
  • Teamwork
  • Meet others with similar inteests
  • Learn about data science/analytic careers
  • Practice preparing and giving a presentation
  • Cash prizes for winning
  • Door prizes

The competition also includes a panel discussion with some local data professionals. I am honored to be one of those panelists.

If you attend or teach at a university in the upper Midwest and you are interested in data science, you should strongly consider bringing a team to MUDAC. I hope to see you there.