2020 OUC Meter Data Science Competition

Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) and the Department of Statistics and Data Science, UCF are pleased to announce a Meter Data Science Competition. Participants will get the opportunity to leverage real utility data sets and collaborate with utility ‘subject matter experts’ in order to help solve actual utility problems. And of course, the winning teams will also receive cash prizes!!!

Eligibility:

The contest is open to current Full-time and Part-time UCF students. Students can submit as a team with at least 2 and up to 4 members. Employees, immediate family members of employees, and/or those living in the same household of employees of OUC are not eligible.

How to enter:

Each team must appoint one team member as lead member. The lead member should fill in the team information in this (registration form-closed) and submit via email to Dr Rui Xie.

All participants must be current students of UCF.

Important Dates

  • Registration Deadline: September 11, 2020
  • Contest start date: September 16, 2020
  • Submission deadline:  February 01, 2021

Background and additional information is available below: