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WiDS Guayaquil 2026 | Datathon

The WiDS Datathon 2026 is an academic hackathon oriented toward developing solutions based on data science and technology, where teams of students will work collaboratively to analyze information and solve problems using computational tools. The event seeks to promote hands-on learning, innovation, and student participation in fields related to data, artificial intelligence, and programming.

Details

June 12, 2026

10 hours

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Requirements

Be a student

Teams of up to 4 people

At least half of the team members must be women

Speakers

Daniella Baque Vice President of the CDS, Volunteer FirefighterEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

Samira CarrilloEconomics StudentEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

Franklin BolañosBachelor of Science in MathematicsEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

Luis RomeroComputer Science Engineering StudentEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

Andrea MeroComputer Science EngineerEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

Jorge ApoloMechatronics Engineering StudentEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

Kevin BaqueAuditing and Management StudentEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

Schedule

June 5, 2026

19:00 • 80 minutes

Challenge kickoff

Kevin Baque • Auditing and Management Student

Review of the problem statement, scoring rules, and team formation for the datathon.

Online

20:30 • 80 minutes

Dataset cleaning and validation

Jorge Apolo • Mechatronics Engineering Student

Guide to identify outliers, missing values, and consistency across key variables.

Online

June 8, 2026

19:00 • 80 minutes

Censorship, Correlations, and Data Cleaning

Andrea Mero • Computer Science Engineer

Deep dive into the statistical concept of censoring, analysis of correlations between features, handling of problematic values, and data normalization.

Online

20:30 • 80 minutes

Feature Engineering and Trivial Baseline

Luis Romero • Computer Science Engineering Student

Feature engineering strategies for small datasets, rules to prevent overfitting, and construction of a baseline based on the global event rate per horizon.

Online

June 9, 2026

19:00 • 80 minutes

Final pitch preparation

Daniella Baque • Vice President of the CDS, Volunteer Firefighter

Recommended structure to present problem, solution, metrics, and impact.

Online

20:30 • 80 minutes

Classification, Validation, and Probability Metrics

Samira Carrillo • Economics Student

Implementation of models (Random Forest, Gradient Boosting), stratified cross-validation, and calibration metrics (ROC-AUC, Brier Score) for time horizons.

Online

June 10, 2026

19:00 • 80 minutes

Survival Analysis: Kaplan-Meier and Cox

Franklin Bolaños • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Estimation of survival curves with Kaplan-Meier and application of the Cox proportional hazards model using the lifelines library.

Online

June 12, 2026

08:00 • 10 hours

Inicio del Datathon Presencial

¡Proximamente! • @widsespol

Inicio de la jornada presencial del Datathon WiDS Guayaquil 2026.

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18:00 • 1 minute

Fin del Datathon presencial

¡Proximamente! • @widsespol

Fin de la jornada presencial del Datathon WiDS Guayaquil 2026.

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