The following is a list of events that are related to the academic development of statistics majored undergraduate students.
(General information; posted Wednesday, October 29, 2024)
Connecticut Sports Analytics Symposium
For this data challenge, your goal is to use new baseball data on bat speed and swing length to analyze some aspect of the pitcher/batter interaction. We provide pitch-level data from Baseball Savant for 346,250 Major League Baseball plate appearances from 4/2/2024 to 6/30/2024, including relevant Statcast data along with bat speed and swing length on pitches with a swing tracked. Data from the second half of the season will be added after the conclusion of the regular season. Your analysis should involve bat speed and swing length to study any topic related to the batter, pitcher, or batter-pitcher interaction during an at bat.
Registration deadline: December 1, 2024. Submissions deadline: January 15, 2025.
For more details on the project, click here.
If you are interested in participating, contact metzger.181@osu.edu to discuss details.
(General information; posted Wednesday, October 27, 2024)
Are you a STEM student interested in summer research opportunities? Are you excited to do research at nationally and internationally renowned universities? Consider applying for summer research fellowships this year!
Join the Undergraduate Fellowship Office for an information session on Summer STEM Research Fellowships for Undergraduates. Click here for registration and information.
Event date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the Actuarial Science Club at OSU are hosting Sherry Chan, currently Chief Strategy Office at Antidot and former chief actuary for the Ohio State Teacher’s Retirement System (STRS), Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), and the City of New York. She will broadly discuss careers in insurance technology.
The event will be held in the Journalism Building room 360 from 5:30-6:30 pm. To RSVP please contact John Holmes.782 from the Department of Mathematics.
Event date: October 19-20, 2024
Hack OHI/O
HackOHI/O is a 24-hour hackathon that attracts over 800 participants annually for a full weekend of coding, learning, networking, and innovation. HackOHI/O gives students a unique, experiential-learning opportunity to build technology projects from scratch in a welcoming environment.
Teams can come with an idea themselves or can take inspiration from challenges presented by our supporting companies and organizations. After 24-hours of “hacking”, teams present their projects to industry experts and judges to get feedback and compete for prizes.
October 16, 2024
Get Tech Jobs Career Panel with Ratmir Timashev and Mike Triplett
Grab tacos, meet Insight Partners - one of the largest tech investors in the world - and submit your resume to high-growth tech companies in its portfolio.
Undergraduates: to RSVP, contact Jen Wells.102, Antonio Hernandez.413, or Thomas Metzger.181.
Event date: October 8, 2024
9:30-10:45 AM, Ideation Zone (3rd Floor), Pomerene Hall
A Statistics Career Panel is to be held in conjunction with the Department of Statistics 50th Anniversary Celebration this October.
On October 8th at 9:30am, a panel of department alumni will discuss career options available for undergraduate students who are earning a degree in Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related field. Interested undergraduate students are encouraged to attend, and registration is not required.
For more information click here.
Event date: Thursday, September 5, 2024
2024 Tech and Analytics Career Fair
The Tech & Analytics Career Fair is the premier Ohio State event for students seeking opportunities in the technology, data, economics, and analytics sectors. The event is open to all current OSU students and recent graduates. The fair is located at the Ohio Union Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom and will occur 1pm-5pm. It provides an opportunity for you to network with employers and learn about internship and career opportunities. We anticipate over 50 companies attending and this is an event you do not want to miss!
2020 Science Career Fair
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The 2020 Science Career Fair is focused on helping you find an internship, a first job, or your next job! The event is open to all current Ohio State students and recent alumni, but physical and life science majors are highly encouraged to attend.
Attending employers recruit across a broad range of disciplines, but the focus will be on careers in the Sciences. There will be a large number of private, non-profit, governmental sector companies recruiting for Interns, R&D developers, chemists, microbiologists, lab technicians & scientists, pharmaceutical researchers & sales, medical consulting & sales, GIS analysts, meteorologists, medical researchers, medical scribes, data scientists, geologists, software analysts, and many other related technical careers. In addition, there will likely be opportunities for technology, marketing, communications, business, data analytics, pharmacy, environmental sciences, and biological & biomedical engineering students.
Attending employers seek to fill full-time, entry-level positions, as well as summer internships. Advanced research via Handshake is recommended to determine if a particular employer of interest will be in attendance and a good match for you. Keep checking back, as employers are being added each week up to the event.