Grad students: Applications for the Super Analytics Challenge are due Dec. 3

All University graduate students have until Dec. 3 to apply for the second annual Super Analytics Challenge, hosted by the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. This year’s challenge will address hunger.

This competition presents an opportunity for grad students to harness the power of data analytics to serve as catalysts for change. Students from all backgrounds will team up to frame a problem, create a data methodology and generate operable proposals for solutions. In addition, students will interact with a variety of senior technology and data executives at Fortune 500 corporations and local community organizations.

A recording of a Nov. 16 information session is available via My Pitt Video. Interested students can apply via Qualtrics.

Five teams of five students each will be created following a review of application materials. Participants should prepare for a time commitment since they will take part in many activities leading up to the main challenge efforts in February.

The 2021 challenge focused on homelessness in the Pittsburgh area. The winning team included Master of Science students who each won a Bridge Program fellowship supported by Accenture in collaboration with an Atlanta-based nonprofit, Love Beyond Walls, that has manufactured and deployed portable hand-washing stations for use in urban centers.

If students have questions, contact Christopher Barlow, director of corporate engagement and career management at Katz, at cbarlow [at] katz.pitt.edu.