DS3 Lore
Data Science Fun Facts
PVP Exposed
Famous Internet Memes
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This years PVP

Who is Trey, Kai, Jared, and Advaith?

100

This famous algorithm is the foundation of machine learning, where models "learn" from data by making predictions and adjusting based on outcomes

What is linear regression?

100

The odd person out that uses Linux instead of a Mac

Who is Kai?

100

This is the song for the famous Renegade dance popularized by Charli D'amelio

What is Lottery by K Camp?

200

The amount of teams that comprise DS3

What is 15 teams?

200

This type of machine learning is used to find hidden patterns in unlabeled data, often used in customer segmentation or anomaly detection

What is unsupervised learning?

200

Trey's first team within DS3

What is professional events?

200

This viral dance move, which involves dropping your head into the crook of one arm while raising the other arm outward, became popular in 2015 and is often seen in celebrations and sports

What is the Dab?

300

The dates for this years DataHacks

What is April 5-6?

300

This algorithm, commonly used for classification tasks, is inspired by how the human brain works and uses layers of neurons to process data

What is a neural network?

300

The person who came up with the Datasaur as out mascot

Who is Jared?

300

This meme comes from a viral Vine video where a little girl watches a flock of birds, and it’s often used to express astonishment or amazement at something unexpected

What is the "Look at all those chickens" meme?

400

The membership cost for DS3 before it was free to become a member

What is $15?

400

This statistical measure is used to quantify the relationship between two variables, with a value ranging from -1 to 1

What is correlation?

400

This person does dance as a member of UCSD's Raas and Garba team

Who is Advaith?

400

This viral meme features a group of people starting out in a calm setting, only to suddenly break into wild, energetic dancing

What is the Harlem Shake?

500

DS3 was founded in this year

What is 2014?

500

This term describes the process of dividing a dataset into smaller subsets for training and testing machine learning models, often using a ratio like 80/20

What is cross-validation?

500

Kai wears this around his neck

What is a sim card ejector?

500

The dance when the song "Hit the Quan" by iLoveMemphis is being played (you must do the dance)

Did you do the dance?