About

Who Are We?

We are the Lehigh University Data Analytics and Design Club, an open group of students from all majors passionate about messing around with data. We like to use high-level technologies to assist us with analyzing various types of datasets, whether they be about website performance, financial records, or even sneaker popularity.

The Structure

This year, we planned to step our structure up by a notch by including various new technologies and routes for us to be more active and engaged in the work that we’re doing. This includes:

Some of the technologies we plan to use include:

  • Python
  • SQL
  • NoSQL
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • R
  • C++
  • More!

Competitions

There are many competitions that we plan to engage ourselves within throughout the semester, including:

  • Kaggle – The Go-To Data Science Competition Site
  • StockX – Sneaker Website Featuring Annual Data Analysis Competitions
  • CrowdANALYTIX – AI-Based Data Science Competitions
  • Numerai – Hedge Fund-Based Data Science Competitions

All of these competitions contain some sort of prize, whether it be money or another item.

DAAD’s First Annual DataThon

One competition we plan to host within Lehigh University is the DataThon, a Hackathon revolved around Data Science and Machine Learning! Details will be coming soon, but in summary, this will likely be an event spanning a few hours where students get together in teams to analyze data and prepare a presentation on their findings. Topics are to be determined, but will likely be open given appropriate datasets are applicable. Below is a summary of the DataThon:

  • Data Science Based Hackathon
  • Deliverable Presentations and Documents
  • Open Topics
  • Prizes may be given!

Our Principles

As a connected cohort of students, we have a set of principles that we like to follow:

  • We are a diverse group of thinkers that can all benefit from data analytics.
  • We were founded with the goal to empower as many departments, majors, departments and students with the awesome tool of data analytics.
  • We want to empower every level of student to join us.
  • We want every member to find out what they love within data analytics. We want every member, regardless of experience level, to grow tremendously over the time they are in our club.