FORT WORTH, TEXAS, (February 16, 2015) — On February 27, 2015, the Wharton Data Analytics Club will host its first data visualization hackathon, a competition that challenges Wharton student teams to effectively visualize data to answer business questions. Buxton is the title sponsor of the event and will provide the keynote presentation.
Thirty-two team proposals were submitted, representing 103 undergraduate and graduate students from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Ten teams have been selected to compete in the hackathon and will present their findings to a panel of judges that will include Wharton professors and executives from Buxton and other sponsors. Among the awards that will be presented is “Best Use of Visualization and Analysis of Spatial Data,” the recipient of which will be selected by Buxton.
“The ability to effectively visualize data is an increasingly important skill,” said Tom Buxton, president and CEO of Buxton. “Buxton is happy to support the Wharton Data Analytics Club’s efforts to give future business leaders hands-on experience with this crucial element of analytics.”
For more information about the event, please visit whartondataviz.strikingly.com.
About the Wharton School
Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. With a broad global community and one of the most published business school faculties, Wharton creates economic and social value around the world. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 participants in executive education programs annually and a powerful alumni network of 93,000 graduates.
About the Wharton Data Analytics Club
The Wharton Data Analytics Club’s mission is to provide a home base and support the careers and skill development of Wharton students who are interested in working with data and/or learning how to apply data analysis and statistical methods to business problems inherent to their chosen industry.
About Buxton
Buxton is the industry leader in customer analytics. We help businesses understand who their customers are, where their customers are located, and how to grow the value of each customer. More than 3,000 clients in the retail, restaurant, healthcare, private equity, and public sectors have relied on our insights to guide their growth strategies. Clients include Anthropologie, GNC and Sally Beauty Supply.
For more information, visit www.buxtonco.com.
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