The Curiosity Cup A Global SAS Student Competition
The Curiosity Cup brings student teams together from across the globe for a competition of real-world analytics skills. This is the ultimate group project that will test – and grow – your knowledge of data science and analytics.
Teams of two to four students and a faculty advisor will choose an analytics topic that ignites their curiosity and use SAS software to learn from the data and answer big questions.
Teams will submit papers during the first round and describe their analysis in a video presentation during the second round. Industry experts judge entries based on data preparation, analysis and presentation, organization, use of visuals, and subject matter knowledge.
Prizes: All finalist teams will receive a SAS digital badge acknowledging finalist status.
A winning and runner-up team will be declared in each of the three domains:Data preparation
Data analysis
Data presentation
Each student member of the top team in each domain may select one of the following prizes:
Apple iPad (approximate MSRP: US$499).
Beats Studio Pro Wireless Headphones (approximate MSRP: $349).
Meta Quest 3 – 128GB Breakthrough Mixed Reality Headset (approximate MSRP: $499).
Additionally, each student from a winning team will receive:Twelve months of access to the SAS content subscription of their choice.
SAS digital badge acknowledging winner status.
Each student member of the runner-up teams in each domain will receive:Twelve months of access to the SAS content subscription of their choice.
SAS digital badge acknowledging finalist status.
Registration opens 1st December 2024.
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