Kelly Jamrog
  • Economics
  • Class of 2019
  • Boston, MA

Kelly Jamrog Part of Wesleyan Team Awarded Prize for "Best User Insight" at DataFest

2018 Apr 16

Kelly Jamrog and a team of three other Wesleyan students was awarded the prize for "Best User Insight" at DataFest, held April 6-8 at Wesleyan. This annual three-day event is organized by Wesleyan's Quantitative Analysis Center under the auspices of the American Statistical Association.

During the event, teams from Wesleyan, Trinity College, Connecticut College, the University of Connecticut, Yale University, and Bentley University were presented with a large, complex data set and worked over the weekend-and around-the-clock to explore, analyze, and present their findings to a panel of judges.

Judges included Agbon Edomwonyi '16, data scientist for the City of Newark, N.J.; Rich Anziano, global head of statistics for Pfizer; Melissa Mischell '17, data scientist at CKM Advisors; and Ofer Harel, professor of statistics at the University of Connecticut. Winners were honored with a $50 cash prize, a medal, a certificate, and a yearlong membership to the American Statistical Association.