Minnesota Data Science Challenge 2025
Join Minnesota’s Premier Data + AI Challenge — For All Disciplines & Sectors
Do you work with data — or wish you had smarter AI tools to do so?
Whether you are a student, professor, researcher, or industry professional, I invite you to be part of Minnesota’s biggest Data + AI event — connect with researchers, students, and industry leaders solving real-world challenges.
Over 1,000 participants have already joined — don’t miss your chance to be part of this growing statewide movement.
The Minnesota Data Science Challenge 2025 is a statewide competition and collaboration platform — bringing together faculty, students, and professionals to benchmark AI on real-world challenges in healthcare, finance, manufacturing, energy, retail, and more.
Ways you can participate:
- Use our fully synthetic, privacy-free datasets in your courses or capstones
- Collaborate, mentor, or co-create challenges aligned with your expertise or industry needs
- Study human–AI collaboration in authentic problem settings
- Test-drive AI on realistic datasets spanning healthcare, finance, energy, retail, and beyond
- Showcase your lab’s or company’s capability at followup research + industry workshops
- Engage top talent and position your organization as a leader in AI-powered innovation
No prior AI experience required. We provide sample code, computing support, and tutorial materials to get started.
Register Free Now — spots are limited because we are providing free computing units
Important Note: Registration is free, with no obligation to participate in any event — and follow-up resources will be shared only with registered participants.
Learn more about the data science challenge.
Interested in sponsoring or partnering? Contact Leah at [email protected]
Free Registration: September 10, 2025
Free Registration: September 10, 2025
Event: October, 2025. The competition will last for a week, detailed date TBD
This event is generously sponsored by UMN’s Data Science and AI Hub