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SUMMARY:8th Annual Health Administration Case Competition
DESCRIPTION:We invite undergraduate students at Rutgers University–New Brunswick to participated in the 8th Annual Case Competition\, presented by the Future Healthcare Administrators. It will be held on Sunday\, April 19th from 9AM to 5PM. Open to all schools\, majors\, and years. \nTeams of 3-4 students can apply to compete. All team members must be undergraduate students enrolled at universities located within the United States. All members of a team must be students from the same college/university. \nWant to compete but don’t have a team? Fill out the form and select “Open to more team members!” \nThis is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your problem-solving skills by outlining a solution for the provided hospital case and presenting it to our judges. \nThe event will be followed by a networking session with prospective employers to learn more about their companies. This presents a unique chance to engage directly with the judges from these sponsoring organizations. \nCash prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams! Register by 4/16/26! \n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/8th-annual-health-administration-case-competition/
LOCATION:Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum\, CSB\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Competition,External,Health Administration,Public,Student Organization
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SUMMARY:RAISE-26 Artificial Intelligence - Informatics - Data Science AI Competition
DESCRIPTION:RAISE-26 Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Informatics – Data Science Competition\nMirror Mirror on the Wall – Is AI Transforming Us All? Exploring AI’s Impact on Human Behavior\nRAISE-26\, the world’s strongest AI-NLP competition\, invites undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to explore one of the most urgent questions of our time: Is artificial intelligence (AI) transforming us? This cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence – Informatics – DS Competition from the MPI program at the Bloustein School\, Rutgers University\, challenges participants to investigate how AI is shaping human behavior. \nFind out more about the competition and register: \nRAISE-26 Website \nFor all news and latest updates\, please follow us on Public Informatics @ Rutgers University
URL:https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/raise-26-artificial-intelligence-data-science-informatics-ai-competition/
LOCATION:Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum\, CSB\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Competition,Informatics,Student Organization
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SUMMARY:RAISE-25 - Our Future With AI: Utopian or Dystopian?
DESCRIPTION:Informatics – Data Science – AI Competition\nStep into the future of innovation! RAISE-25 will challenge you to unravel the scope of AI’s impact on our lives and human society. RAISE-25\, a novel Informatics – Advanced Data Science – Artificial Intelligence (AI) Competition\, provides an opportunity to unleash your problem-solving prowess to tackle one of the most defining questions of our time: What will our AI-powered future look like? RAISE-25 invites all young geniuses to explore this time-sensitive and critical theme: Will AI shape our future into a utopian or dystopian reality? \nGraduate and undergraduate students – Dive into real-world data and explore how AI is transforming education\, reshaping careers\, and redefining society as we know it. Whether you’re eager to showcase your skills or spark bold insights\, this is your chance to lead the conversation on humanity’s AI-powered future. With total prizes of up to $17\,000 to be WON\, this is your chance to showcase your informatics\, advanced data science\, analytics\, and AI-driven problem-solving brilliance! \nRAISE-25 Student Informatics\, Data Science\, and AI Competition Overview\n\nRAISE (Rethinking AI for Shared Empowerment)\, a virtual AI Lab\, presents another challenge on human-AI interaction: RAISE-25!\nThe RAISE-25 competition is titled “Our Future with AI: Utopian or Dystopian?” and seeks to uncover key themes emerging from news headlines on the promises and challenges of AI in shaping our future in 3 key areas: education\, jobs and careers\, and societal change.\nRAISE-25 is a great opportunity for talented students to showcase their informatics\, advanced data science\, analytics\, and AI.\nHosted by Rutgers Bloustein School’s Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program\nJoin us on LinkedIn for more updates and insights\n\nRegistration\nRAISE-25 registrations are now closed.\nPlease join our LinkedIn forum for all updates on RAISE-25\, RAISE-26\, research\, job openings\, other future events\, etc. https://go.rutgers.edu/rutgersinfx\nImportant Dates\n\nTeam registration deadline: Closed\nONLINE submission deadline: February 16\, 2025\nFinalists announced: March 10\, 2025\nFinalists only – In-person finals at the Bloustein School\, Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, NJ: April 11\, 2025\n\nEligibility\n\nTeams of 2-5 members can register for either the undergraduate or graduate track by signing up through the registration form. Teams must then reply to the RAISE-25 team’s subsequent confirmation email to formally join the competition\nThe competition is open to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students from accredited US institutions\nParticipants must legally reside in the US for the entire duration of the competition\n\nPrizes and Awards\n\nFirst Prize (one per track): Up to $5\,000 per team\nSecond Prize (up to two per track): Up to $1\,750 per team\n\nReview the RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions \nJudging Criteria\n\nSubmissions will be evaluated based on overall excellence\, creativity\, breadth of analysis\, depth of exploratory analytics\, application of NLP and text informatics methods\, LLM-based approaches\, originality of the analytical approach\, clarity\, ethical considerations\, and recommendations\nJudges’ decisions are final and binding\, with no provision for appeals or review\n\nCompetition Guidelines and Details*\nThe RAISE-25 competition invites participants to explore the theme “Our Future with AI: Utopian or Dystopian?” by analyzing and uncovering dominant themes in AI’s role in shaping our future. Participants will examine how AI influences education\, jobs and careers\, and society\, from its utopian potential to empower and innovate to dystopian challenges and ethical dilemmas. \n\nAnalyze news headlines\, generate insights\, assess ethics\, and make recommendations for shared empowerment.\nAny/all of these could be addressed or used: Embedded topics and themes\, Sentiment Analysis\, emotion recognition\, Abstractive and extractive summaries\, Machine learning methods\, rules-based and synthetic approaches\, Use of Large Language Models and derivate tools\, applications\, and code modules\, Use of exploratory methods for textual informatics\, data visualization\, Other AI methods.\nParticipants will be expected to use informatics\, data science\, analytics\, and AI-based approaches to discover dominant and hidden themes from the dataset.\nParticipants may use exploratory analyses\, data visualizations\, statistics\, computational linguistics\, quantitative modeling\, machine learning\, or other analytical methods.\nEach team is free to define its strategy – teams can also use LLMs and tools like Claude\, Bard\, or ChatGPT. However\, the use of any AI tool/s MUST be explicitly declared along with a list of prompts submitted as an appendix. Any use of AI without explicit declaration of specific prompts is disallowed. References for all sources must be cited using APA 6 or higher.\nTools and languages allowed: Python – Colab or Jupyter Notebooks only\, R – .R or .RMD only\, Tableau\, Excel\, For any other tool – please confirm with the organizers\nShortlisted finalists will be provided with additional instructions and invited to attend (required) the final round of the competition to be held on April 11\, 2025\, at Rutgers University.\n\n* Review the RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions \nInformation Sessions\nVirtual information sessions will be hosted to provide information and guidance on the competition structure\, materials\, schedule\, and expectations. All sessions will cover the same topics and will be followed by an open Q&A. All instructions will be provided in the documentation which will be shared with registered participants. However\, due to the large number of participating student teams from all over the US\, it is advisable to attend one of these sessions as it may be difficult to respond to all emails promptly with the required clarity. Please register and attend at least one of the sessions below. \n\nSession 1: Jan 8\, Wednesday – 12 PM EST\nSession 2: Jan 24\, Friday – 12 PM EST\nSession 3: Feb 7\, Friday – 12 PM EST\n\nRSVP through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LMABOC9FS1K1g5AHfYilLQ  \nNote: Once registered\, you can attend any of the sessions. Ignore the dates suggested by Zoom – add only the 3 dates mentioned in this email to your calendars. \nAbout the Hosts\nThe Bloustein School’s Master of Public Informatics is a distinguished program for educating highly talented professional student cohorts in the competencies needed in public informatics\, advanced data science\, and analytics\, which includes topics such as machine learning\, global data analytics\, artificial intelligence\, textual analytics and natural language processing\, statistics\, programming\, data management\, GIS\, visualization\, spatial analysis\, domain applications\, and the application of these skills for domain-specific value creation. The MPI program at Rutgers provides excellent state-of-the-art research-driven project opportunities. Graduates of the MPI program will provide a deep understanding of advanced data science and analytics methods\, context\, and public benefit perspectives in this fast-growing and high-demand domain. \nInterested in sponsorships? Contact our team: informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu\nContact Us\nRAISE-25 Coordinator: Julia Esguerra\nGraduate Teams Coordinator: Esha More\nUndergraduate Teams Coordinator: Mansi Asher\nPlease use this email for all correspondence: informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu\nRAISE-25 CHAIR: Prof. Jim Samuel \nCode of Conduct\nParticipants must adhere to a strict code of ethical conduct\, and agree to abide by all the rules and requirements of Bloustein\, Rutgers\, and the State of New Jersey. \nPlease review the RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions that apply to all participants. \nUpdates and Changes\nRutgers University and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy reserve the right to modify the competition rules\, schedule\, or any other aspect of the competition. Registered participants will be notified of such changes via email. \n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/raise-2025-student-data-science-informatics-competition-finals/
LOCATION:Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum\, CSB\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Competition,Informatics,Student Organization
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Health Administration Case Competition
DESCRIPTION:The Future Healthcare Administrators presents the 7th annual case competition. \nRegister by 3/30/25 \nThis event will be held at the Bloustein School on April 5th from 9 AM to 5 PM. \nRegister: https://go.rutgers.edu/casecompetition25
URL:https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/7th-annual-case-competition/
LOCATION:Bloustein School\, Civic Square Building\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Competition
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SUMMARY:RAISE 2024: Student Data Science / Informatics Competition Finals
DESCRIPTION:Rethinking AI for Shared Empowerment (RAISE) 2024 is a public informatics data science competition that will test skills in data analysis and problem-solving while highlighting the importance of data analysis in enabling improvements to public policy and social empowerment.  Hosted by Rutgers Bloustein School’s Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program\, this year’s theme is Does News Media Spread Fear of AI? Teams can include 2-5 members of all undergraduate or all graduate students. \n\nThe competition is open to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students from accredited US institutions. Participants must be legally residing in the US for the entire duration of the competition.\n\n\n\n\n\nPriority team registrations\nFeb 15 2024\nSubmission deadline\nMarch 10 2024\n\n\nFinalists announced\nMarch 14 2024\nFinal materials submission\nApril 14 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nFinal in-person round will be held at the Bloustein School\, New Brunswick\, NJ on April 19 2024.\nGov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum\, Bloustein School \n \n\n\n\nTo register as a participant\, please visit https://go.rutgers.edu/RAISE24event 
URL:https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/raise-2024-student-data-science-informatics-competition/
LOCATION:Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum\, CSB\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Competition,Informatics,Student Organization
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