Datafest 2025 is April 10-14

Elon Datafest Events

Thursday April 10 (3:30-5:00pm) and Saturday April 12 (9:30-11:00am)
Sign up for this amazing workshop!
In this interactive two-part workshop, Dr. Chris White, Associate Professor of Music Theory @ UMASS, introduces students—whether musicians, data enthusiasts, or those new to computational methods—to the exciting ways that statistics and computational modeling can be used to study and generate music. No prior experience in programming or music theory is required!

  • Workshop 1: Understanding Musical Data
  • Modeling and Generating Music Building on these concepts

Students who complete both of the workshops in the series will be eligible for the Data and Creative Arts Microcredential.

Friday April 11 – All events in Founder’s Hall Atrium
4:30-5:30pm Keynote: AI’s Music Problem & Music’s AI Problem, Dr. Chris White, Associate Professor of Music Theory @ UMASS. Register here!
5:30-7:00pm Hack-a-thon, Pizza party open to all, and Data Challenge Meet the Mentor, and Give Aways!
7:00pm Data Challenge and Creative AI + Data Image Contest Begin

Saturday April 12
Data Challenge and Creative AI + Data Image Contest Participants work on their contest. Data Challenge Team members meet with their assigned mentor(s).

Sunday April 13
Data Challenge and Creative AI + Data Image Contest Participants work on their contest. All contest submissions due at 7pm. Data Challenge submissions will be on OneDrive, Creative AI + Data Image submissions will be on Moodle.

Monday April 14
4:30-5:30pm Concurrent sessions.
AI & Scholarship Panel in Founders Hall Atrium
Creative AI + Data Submissions on Display for Judging in Founders Hall Atrium
Data Challenge Team Members should plan to be in attendance to present their results for Judging.

Click HERE for more information on the Creative AI + Data Image Contest.

For more information on the Datafest Team Data Challenge click HERE!

Register for the Data Challenge!

Register for the Creative AI + Data Image Contest!

 

Congratulations to the 2024 Datafest Data Challenges Winners!

Best in Show
Clayton McLamb and Aubrey Spicola
(Team : Artificially intelligent)
Best Data Visualization
Nina Lichtenberger and David Neufang
(Team: Up to Data)
Best Use of an External Source
Nina Lichtenberger and David Neufang
(Team: Up to Data)
Honorable Mention
Lauren Beuerle, Danielle DaSilva,
and Bailey Reutinger
(Team: Axolthrop)