Quinlans are named to honor Ross Quinlan inventor of ID3 and C4.5.
The challenge is to get the smallest possible prediction error on a number of data sets with different levels of difficulty and different machine learning tools used.
Every week in April (hence, April Madness) we hold five (four in 2021) prediction challenge competitions and use Kaggle to rank the competitors by accuracy – the most accurate competitor OVERALL - will win the Annual Prediction Challenge and earn the QUINLAN (which is almost as prestigious as OSCAR or GRAMMY)
In 2024, we have had 5 competitions - this time participation was optional, only for these who are passionate about data science. This is even more remarkable than usual, since these students put a lot of time and ideas into this remarkable achievment!
Below, the leaderboard over all three competitions by cumlative accuracy.
QUINLAN For Best Predictor of 2024
| Name | Score |
|---|---|
| Qigui Weng | 3.83 |
| Sean Tom | 3.72 |
| Mark Tawfik | 3.69 |
| Srikar Boggavarapu | 3.69 |
| Mehek Palrecha | 3.68 |
| Navid Pullikkottil | 3.67 |
| Daniel Kushnir | 3.58 |
| Jay Rana | 3.48 |
| Justin Guo | 3.36 |
| Vaiswi Patel | 3.19 |
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QUINLAN For Best Predictor of 2023
| Name | Score |
|---|---|
| Howard Luo | 2.884 |
| Valerie Le | 2.879 |
| Jefferson Nguyen | 2.876 |
| Johny Vichnevskiy | 2.875 |
| Melanie Tan | 2.87 |
| Rey Riordan | 2.87 |
| Veda Yakkali | 2.87 |
| Siddharth Ghosh Roy | 2.85 |
| Nidhi Amipara | 2.85 |
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QUINLAN For Best Predictor of 2021
| Name | Score |
|---|---|
| Bennett Garcia | 3.38 |
| Seok Yim | 3.38 |
| Nick Whelan | 3.35 |
| Jeremy Prasad | 3.35 |
| Shuohao Ping | 3.34 |
| Jiky Dong | 3.30 |
QUINLAN For Best Predictor of 2019
| Name | Score |
|---|---|
| Sarah Abu-Shanab | 4.31 |
| Chris Taglieri | 4.27 |
| Calvin Tang | 4.25 |
| Sean Gilbert | 4.25 |
| Tanvi Wagle | 4.22 |
| Soham Shah | 4.18 |
QUINLAN For Best Predictor of 2018
| Name | Score |
|---|---|
| Sophie Barstein | 4.85 |
| Ben Guaragno | 4.78 |
| Natalia Bryzhatenko | 4.76 |
| Ali Awari | 4.75 |
| Umpathy Yuvik | 4.71 |
| Samuel Jefferson | 4.68 |
| Kirtan Patel | 4.67 |
| Kevin Dunphy | 4.66 |
| Todd Curtis | 4.65 |
| Jacob Brown | 4.64 |
QUINLAN For Best Predictor of Each Section (2018)
| Section Number | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Dunphy | 4.66 |
| 2 | Urmil Shah | 3.86 |
| 3 | Ali Awar | 4.75 |
| 4 | Jacob Brown | 4.64 |
| 5 | Todd Curtis | 4.65 |
| 6 | Xiang Ao | 4.18 |
| 7 | Mateo Juliani | 4.51 |
| 8 | Samuel Jefferson | 4.68 |
QUINLAN For Best Predictor of 2017
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yichen Cao |
| 2 | Steve Valle |
| 3 | Andrew Li |
| 4 | Nandan Takkar |
| 5 | Daniel Fraser |
| 6 | Brian Schillaci |
QUINLAN For Best Predictor Among Non-CS/Stat Students
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yichen Cao |
| 2 | Michaela Murr |
| 3 | Zhe Si |
| 4 | Brandon Daley |
| 5 | Alex Green |
"Black Box" Invitational Challenge for Champions (only top 10 invited)
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Fraser |
| 2 | Brian Scillacci |
| 3 | David Greydanus |
| 4 | Shanvith Madhirala |
| 5 | Suraj Kakkad |
| 6 | Andrew Li |
| 7 | Tony Cao |
| 8 | Steve Valle |
| 9 | Michaela Murr |
QUINLAN For Best Predictor of Each Section
| Section Number | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Fraser |
| 2 | Brandon Daley |
| 3 | Arpit Shah |
| 4 | Tony Cao |
| 5 | Michaela Murr |
| 6 | Steve Valle |
| 7 | Zhe Si |
| 8 | Alex Green |
QUINLAN for Best Blog of 2017
| Rank | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Feliberty Jr. | Meteorites |
| 2 | David Greydanus | iClickers |
| 3 | Brian Schillacci | March Madness |
