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DataJam 2025

Our Inaugural ML Hackathon

Date

October 21, 2025

Duration

12 hours

Location

SFU Burnaby Campus

Event Recap

The first-ever DataJam hackathon with 80+ participants and 15 amazing project submissions.

DataJam 2025 was our inaugural machine learning hackathon that brought together over 80 students from SFU and surrounding universities. Participants worked on diverse ML projects ranging from image classification to natural language processing.

Event Highlights
  • 100+ participants from SFU and UBC
  • 14 project submissions
  • 4 industry mentors
  • $400 in prizes awarded
Winners
Best Beginner Team

Enerlytics

ClimaZoneAI

Turning Canada's daily weather data into solar, wind, and hydro forecasts, empowering industries and policymakers to plan smarter, cleaner, and more cost-efficient renewable energy.

Best Presentation

Swing Effect

Swing Efficiency Disruption Analysis

Our mission is to revolutionize batter development by moving beyond simple outcomes like batting average and quantifying the hidden mechanical battles happening on every swing.

Most Effective Solution

Data Dingers

Data Dingers

Analyzes a variety of batting and pitching related factors with machine learning to maximize hard hit rate and minimize whiffs so teams can hit dingers while avoiding strikeouts.

Most Creative Solution

Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles Curling Analysis

The best strategies on impressing your date with Olympic Data compiled statistics.

Photos and detailed results will be added here after the event concludes.