Thank you to all the company sponsors for providing students with prizes and challenge tracks in the Rice Datathon 2022! Sponsors included Bill.com as the presenting sponsor, Goldman Sachs, Google, Aimpoint Digital, Chevron, Medical Informatics Corp., Teknoir, BakerRipley, Cognite and Shell. The event was organized by the Rice Datasci Club and the Data to Knowledge (D2K) Lab.
List of Winners in the Overall Competition:
First Place - $500 per team member
Baker-Ripley Challenge: Houston Redistricting!
- Quan Le (2023, Computer Science, Computational & Applied Mathematics)
- Nathan Powell (2023, Computer Science)
- Ankit Patel (2023, Statistics)
- Zach Rewolinski (2023, Computer Science)
(Also won the Best Social Impact award)
Second Place - $300 per team member
Link & Recommendation (bill.com Challenge)
- Yun Sun (Graduate student in Statistics)
- Haijiao Lu (Graduate student in Statistics)
- Tianjian (Tom) Sun (Graduate student in Statistics)
- Yuhan Yang (Graduate student in Computer Science)
Third Place - $200 per team member
- Talia Frindell (2024, Computer Science)
- Gail Oudekerk (2024, Statistics, Social Policy Analysis)
- Natasha Patnaik (2024 ,Economics/Mathematical Economic Analysis, Operations Research)
- Katelynn Salmon (2023, Statistics)
(Also won first place in the Chevron Challenge)
Honorable Mentions (2 teams) - $50 per team member
- Bilyana Tzolova (Graduate student in Computational & Applied Mathematics)
- Alejandro Diaz (Graduate student in Computational & Applied Mathematics)
- Jackson Forner (Graduate student in Computational & Applied Mathematics)
(Also won the Cognite Challenge)
- Bingbing Hu (2024, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Jacob Williams (2024, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Ningzhi Xu (2024, Computer Science)
- Bing Han (2024, Computer Science, Statistics)
(Also won first place in the Beginner’s Challenge)
List of Winners in Company Sponsored Challenges
Bill.com Challenge - First Place - 8th Gen inch IPad per team member
Graph Link prediction using Graph Neural Networks
- Abdelrahman Abouzeid (2022, Computer Science)
- David Torres (2022, Computer Science)
Bill.com Challenge - Second Place - $50 per team member
- Romanos Fasoulis (Graduate student in Computer Science)
- Anja Conev (Graduate student in Computer Science)
- Dejan Grubisic (Graduate student in Computer Science)
Bill.com Challenge - Third Place - Bill.com Tumblers per team member
- Peikun Guo (Graduate student in Computer Science)
Goldman Sachs Challenge - First Place - Apple Watch Series 7 per team member
- Annita Chang (2022, Computer Science, Cognitive Sciences)
- Jincai Zheng (Graduate student in Data Science)
- Yuxin Gong (Graduate student in Computer Science)
- Qipeng Wang (2023, Computer Science)
(Also won Best Visualizations)
Chevron Challenge - First Place - Apple Watch per team member
- Talia Frindell (2024, Computer Science)
- Gail Oudekerk (2024, Statistics, Social Policy Analysis)
- Natasha Patnaik (2024, Economics/Mathematical Economic Analysis, Operations Research)
- Katelynn Salmon (2023, Statistics)
Chevron Challenge - Second Place - $100 Amazon Gift cards per team member
Predicting ROP for New Well Plans
- Matthew Ye (2025, Biosciences)
- Joseph Gomes (University of Houston, 2022, Computer Science)
- Kien Pham (University of Houston, 2022, Computer Science)
- Gilbert Lopez (University of Houston, 2022, Computer Science)
BakerRipley Challenge - First Place - Baker Ripley Swag and 3rd Generation Apple Airpods per team member
Redistricting Houston: Representing by Redistricting
- Bayzhan Mukatay (2025, Computer Science, Computational & Applied Mathematics, Mathematics)
- Lucas Chen (2025, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Alex Peng (2025, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Daniyar Akizhanov (2023, Computer Science, Operations Research)
(Also won Best Houston/Texas-focused Project)
Cognite Challenge - First Place - $100 Amazon Gift Cards per team member
- Bilyana Tzolova (Graduate student in Computational & Applied Mathematics)
- Alejandro Diaz (Graduate student in Computational & Applied Mathematics)
- Jackson Forner (Graduate student in Computational & Applied Mathematics)
Beginner Challenge - First Place - $100 per team member
- Bingbing Hu (2024, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Jacob Williams (2024, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Ningzhi Xu (2024, Computer Science)
- Bing Han (2024, Computer Science, Statistics)
Beginner Challenge - Second Place - $75 per team member
Loan Application Outcome Predictor
- Janhvi Somaiya (2025, Computer Science)
- Emma Li (2025, Computer Science, Statistics, Mechanical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Social Policy Analysis)
Beginner Challenge - Third Place - $50 per team member
- Will Miraglia (2025, Business)
- Samir Walji (2025, Computer Science)
- Calvin Aberg (2024, Economics/Mathematical Economic Analysis, Sport Management)
Honors Prizes
Audience Choice Award - $50 per team member
Game of Loans: Home Purchases in Harris County, TX
- Xuanchen (Apple) Li (2024, Computer Science, Statistics)
- Derek Fu (2024, Statistics, Sport Management)
- Sarah Yao (2024, Computer Science)
Best Visualization - $100 per team member
- Annita Chang (2022, Computer Science, Cognitive Sciences)
- Jincai Zheng (Graduate student in Data Science)
- Yuxin Gong (Graduate student in Computer Science)
- Qipeng Wang (2023, Computer Science)
Best Houston/ Texas Trends Project - $100 per team member
Redistricting Houston: Representing by redistricting
- Bayzhan Mukatay (2025, Computer Science, Computational & Applied Mathematics, Mathematics)
- Lucas Chen (2025, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Alex Peng? (2025, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Daniyar Akizhanov (2023, Computer Science, Operations Research)
Best Social Impact - $100 per team member
Baker-Ripley Challenge: Houston Redistricting
- Quan Le (2023, Computer Science, Computational & Applied Mathematics, Mathematics)
- Nathan Powell (2023, Computer Science)
- Ankit Patel (2023, Statistics)
- Zach Rewolinski (2023, Computer Science)
Best TSU Team - $125 per team member
- Ian Alonjang (TSU, 2023, Computer Science)
- Omokhuwele Umoru (TSU, 2023, Physics)
- Faisal Hamisu (TSU, 2025, Computer Science)
- Lisa Eze (TSU, 2022, Computer Science)
Underclassmen Team - First Place - $100 per team member
- Jacob Kasner (2025, Operations Research)
- Saikishore Mettupalli (2024, Computer Science)
- Noah Spector (2025, Computer Science)
- Aidan Gerber (2025, Computer Science, Statistics)
Underclassmen Team - Second Place - $75 per team member
- Alan Tapper (2024, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Arnav Burudgunte (2024, Computer Science)
- Chukwusom Uzowihe (2024, Computer Science, Mathematics)
- Evan Stegall (2024, Computer Science)
Underclassmen Team - Third Place - $50 per team member
- Michelle Lee (2024, Computer Science)
- Kyle Derbabian (2024, Computer Science)
- Zachre Andrews (2024, Statistics, Economics/Mathematical Economic Analysis)
- Justin Kim (2024, Computer Science)