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Love Data week

February 10-14, 2025

Purdue University students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Data Viz Championship.

Purdue Data Viz Champion Winners

Purdue Data Visualization Excellence Award - $1,000 award
Siqi Chen & Dianping Yang
Plan Your Journey for U.S. National Parks
*Will represent Purdue at the Big 10 Data Visualization Competition

 

Daniels School of Business Excellence in Business Insights Award - $500 award
Dayoon Suh
Trends in U.S. National Park for Recreation Visits (1979-2023)

 

Purdue Libraries Visionary Visualization Award - $500 award
Kinaya Hines
Discover, Protect, & Explore

 

Faculty/Staff Winner
Allison Russel et al.
IMPACT Data Summary
*Will represent Purdue at the Big 10 Data Visualization Competition

 

Voting

To cast your vote for the championship, view the Student and Faculty/Staff Data Viz Galleries to see the remarkable visualizations. Voting closes at 1:00 pm EST on February 14th. Finalists will present their work at the Data Viz Showcase on February 14th at 2:00 pm EST. Voting results will be announced at the end of the showcase.

Data Viz Championship

Purdue University students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Data Viz Championship. This data visualization challenge is an opportunity to showcase data viz skills and compete for the BTAA Data Viz Champion title. Students will be given a data set and asked to produce a data viz for submission, while faculty/staff may submit an existing viz that highlights their institution or one of its projects.

Purdue student, faculty, and staff submissions will be accepted through January 22nd. Purdue winners will advance to the BTAA Championship, which takes place during International Love Data Week, February 10-14, 2025.

Details about the competition are outlined below.

Timing

January 22nd - Student visualizations must be submitted by midnight

January 24th – Faculty & Staff visualizations must be submitted by 5pm

Week of January 27th – Purdue Winners Announced.

February 10th – 14th - Visualizations & Voting Live for the BIG 10 competition.

February 14th – Virtual BIG10 showcase at TBD

  • At least one author for each visualization (Student and Faculty/Staff) must be available to present at the showcase.

Students

Challenge

Students may compete individually or in teams of two.

Your challenge is to use a National Parks Visit Dataset to devise a data visualization to address the question(s) of your choice. Your visualization should be publicly available for voting and judging. The website has exercises and activities designed to help you think more critically about the data; use these to help you identify a research question. Have fun and be creative!

Prizes & Recognition

$1000 Purdue Data Visualization Excellence Award

  • The Purdue Data Visualization Excellence Award recognizes the best overall data visualization that embodies a harmonious blend of analytical precision, creative flair, and effective communication. This award celebrates the mastery of chart types and best practices but also showcases the ability to convey complex information in a compelling and accessible manner. The winner of this award will proudly represent Purdue at the larger  Big 10 Data Visualization Competition , representing the university's commitment to advancing the art and science of data visualization.
  • This award is sponsored by Purdue’s Libraries and School of Information Studies and the Center for Business Communication in the Daniels School of Business

$500 Daniels School of Business Excellence in Business Insights Award

  • The Daniels School of Business Excellence in Business Insights Award celebrates outstanding achievements in data visualization that directly address a business case, question, or strategically position the creator as a valuable employee or researcher for Lego. This award recognizes the fusion of analytical acumen and creative storytelling, emphasizing the impact of data visualization on driving informed decision-making in the business context.
  • This award is sponsored by the Center for Business Communication in the Daniels School of Business

$500 Purdue Libraries Visionary Visualization Award

  • The Purdue Libraries Visionary Visualization award celebrates the most unique, creative, or novel data visualization solution that demonstrates an exceptional understanding of chart types for each visualization component. This award highlights the adept use of diverse visualization techniques and the application of best practices in design, ensuring an innovative and effective representation of complex information. The emphasis is on pushing the boundaries of conventional data visualization to unveil new insights.
  • This award is sponsored by Purdue’s Libraries and School of Information Studies

Submit Your Data Visualization

Students can submit their data visualization via this Microsoft form . The submission form closes at midnight on January 22, 2025.Voting information will be announced closer to the BTAA competition

Faculty & Staff

Challenge

Submit an existing visualization that is used on your institution to share information. Visualizations can pertain to the institution as a whole or to a specific initiative or population. Submissions should follow institutional data policies (e.g. disable download of identifiable data) and must be made available publicly on the web for the duration of the challenge.

Prizes & Recognition

  • One visualization will be selected to represent Purdue in the larger B10IR competition.
  • Bragging rights at Purdue and with your Big 10 Peers

Get Involved

 

FAQs

    • Peer Review
    • Resources above

  • You may use any data visualization software tool.

  • You have several options
    • Both Power BI and Tableau can publish content to the web. The URL to this interactive content would be appropriate to share.
    • Alternatively, you can create a digital portfolio showcasing your visualization (likely screenshots) and the code or files you’ve generated. This can be done using a tool like github or the personal website Purdue provides. This option works well if you choose to use Python, R, d3.js, or another tool that does not support web hosting, but github can also store Power BI and Tableau file types.
    • Students
      • Students may work individually.
      • Or may work with one partner, in this case both individuals must be credited for the work.
    • Faculty/Staff
      • One person must submit a visualization, but they must credit all authors who were involved in the development.
    • A panel of judges will review the visualizations and select the winners

  • Institutional entries will be posted, by category, on the BTAA Data Challenge website and members of the BTAA community will be invited to vote for the winner. Voting information will be announced closer to the BTAA competition. The visualization with the most votes for their category will win the Challenge. Login from an account associated with a Big Ten institution will be required to vote, ensuring that individuals can vote only once.

    • Any tool may be used (or combination of tools). This is not limited to only Tableau or PowerBI.
    • Students
      • Students must use the provided data set at minimum. Students may supplement with additional publicly available data should they opt to do so.
      • Visualizations must be accessible via a link that requires no login at the time of the Challenge voting.
    • Faculty/Staff
      • The viz should share information about or relevant the institution or it’s mission – be it the institution as a whole or a specific initiative/population.
      • All submissions must follow the schools’ institutional data policies and guidelines.
      • Visualizations must be accessible via a link that requires no login at the time of the Challenge voting.