Chirangi won our first Prediction Challenge 2016 (gold medal) by providing simple (minimum description principle!) solutions which did really well on testing data. Isn't it the whole point? Yes and he got it.
He also did very solid statistical analysus comparing Steph Curry and Kevin Durant before were teammates (this was part of Data&Society Court of Data, and the title was "who is better player, Curry or Durant?"
Here is what Chirangi says about himself:
"I am a computer science major, graduating in January 2018. I took Data 101 my sophomore year in Spring of 2016 because I wanted to learn more about how I can apply my background to data analysis. I have used the tools introduced to me by Dr. Imielinski for a variety of applications, mostly for fantasy sports analysis in basketball and football."
