SURE 2023
Project Showcase
Join us in highlighting and celebrating the 2023 Carnegie Mellon Statistics & Data Science Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program!
The Department of Statistics & Data Science offered an 8 week summer undergraduate experience this year with two themes: Data Science in Sports Analytics (aka CMSACamp) and CMU-Optum Bridges to Healthcare Data Science. The program was led by instructors Meg Ellingwood and Shamindra Shrotriya. While the applications are in sports and healthcare analytics, the program is focused on developing skills in statistical and data science methodology, data engineering, and being able to apply these skills to a wide range of problems and contexts.
The program culminates in a final group project. In the content below, you can access slides, posters, and reports created by the students detailing their work in this year's projects.
CMSACamp: Data Science in Sports Analytics
| The Art of Sequencing: Utilizing Inter-Pitch Dynamics to Enhance Pitch Evaluation in Major League Baseball (external partner: Sean Ahmed, Pittsburgh Pirates) Priyanka Kaul (Harvard University), Ethan Park (University of Southern California), Evan Wu (Elon University) |
Slides Poster Report |
| To Bet or Not to Bet: Analyzing the Credibility of Fixed-odds Betting on Match Outcomes (external partner: Kostas Pelechrinis, University of Pittsburgh) Fungai Jani (College of Wooster), Tsengelmaa Nyamdorj (Smith College), Maria Tsakalakos (Emory University) |
Slides Poster Report |
| Examining the Decline of Save Percentage in the NHL (external partner: Sam Ventura, Buffalo Sabres) Quinn Robnett (Syracuse University), Luke Welsh (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
Slides Poster Report |
| Draw 2: Identifying the Key Players in Drawing NHL Power Plays (external partner: Katerina Wu, Pittsburgh Penguins) Katherine Gong (Mount Holyoke College), Bethany Gonzalez (University of Indianapolis) |
Slides Poster Report |
| Clustering Race Horse Movement Profiles to Discover Trends in Injured Horses (external partner: Joseph Appelbaum, NYTHA) Sara Colando (Pomona College), Jonathan Pipping (University of Florida), Kristopher Wilson (North Carolina State University) |
Slides Poster Report |
| Deal or No Deal: An NBA Recommender System for Team Composition and Salary Optimization (external partner: Max Horowitz, Atlanta Hawks) Mathew Chandy (University of Connecticut), Leo Cheng (Carnegie Mellon University), Lauren Okamoto (University of California, Berkeley) |
Slides Poster Report |
CMU-Optum Bridges to Healthcare Data Science
| Predictors of Adverse Events from Substance Use (TA advisor: Alec McClean) Iman Cherkaoui(University of Virginia), Rebecca Bolarinwa (Howard University), Eric Brewster (University of Florida), Myles Jones (North Carolina A&T State University) |
Slides Poster Report |
| Impact of mental health care on mental health outcomes:
A county-level analysis focusing on socioeconomic factors and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (TA advisor: YJ Choe) Olivia Egede (UT Austin), Julius Jones (Morehouse College), Jasmine Philibert (Morehouse School of Medicine), Alayna Prince (Morehouse School of Medicine) |
Slides Poster Report |
| Examining Premature Death at the County Level: The Role of Alcohol, Income, and Education (TA advisor: Akshay Prasadan) Mason Caskey (North Carolina State University), Pilar Gibson (Morehouse School of Medicine), Erin Melia (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Makenna Rodriguez (Howard University) |
Slides Poster Report |
| Analyzing the Impact of Sleep and Distress on Preventable Hospitalizations Across Racial and Ethnic Groups (TA advisor: Beomjo Park) Megan Le (University of Virginia), Andrea Renderos (CSU San Bernardino), Hugo Baca (CSU San Bernardino) |
Slides Poster Report |