Winners for 2026 ASA DataFest at UCLA
We hosted a successful DataFest 2026 with 78 teams, 370 students, and more than a 100 mentors and volunteers. We’re proud of all our student participants for their hard work. Congratulations to all our winners!
The Don Ylvisaker Best Insight
Winner: NSDC (Michelle Yoon, Madeleine Curran, Mehek Bajaj, Nina Huang, Anika Lala)
Honorable Mention: KuntinUE (Linda Liu, Ellie Bian, Jing Wang, Jerry Yin, Meihui Guo)
Best Visualization
Winner: Data Dawgs (Angeleena Poothavelil, Jonathan Pak, Serene Kang, Jaden Chou, Sadie Scott)
Honorable Mention: Data Daily (Sarah Dias, Chloe Chen, Mehal Mittal, Amaan Jethani, Rhea Parameswaran)
Best Use of External Data
Winner: Mean Girls (Michael Jung, Lucas Cheung, Charissa Mak, Bethany Kim, Simon Lee)
Honorable Mention: Y-star (Mariana Castellanos, Mikey Chen, Dan Le, Siddharth Chittapuram)
Judges Choice
Winner: Big Bright Lights (Siddharth Singh, Harsh Govindji, Moulik Chatterjee, Niranjan Bhagwat)
Winner: Club Sports Coders (Grant Boydell, Lucas Pichardo, Alex Rike, Djovan Velasco)