Each Spring semester, the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) hosts a seven-week-long data science competition open to all Texas A&M undergraduate and graduate students. This year’s competition is focused on the intersection of cybersecurity and data science. The Cyber Wise 2025 Student Data Challenge was an open-ended data science competition where teams identified a goal and developed a final report and presentation. The competition was focused on the intersection of cybersecurity and data science. Cybersecurity and Data Science are rapidly expanding and deeply related fields, offering numerous job opportunities for those with technological expertise and an understanding of the importance of data security.
At the final event, we awarded over $9,000 to our undergraduate and graduate winning teams. This competition was seven weeks of teamwork and creativity, and we are so proud of these students! Below is a list of the 2025 winners.
Undergraduate Division
- First Place: Cyber Key – Madeline Shah (also received Best Presentation Design)
- Second Place (a three-way tie!)
- cool broz: Mason Hou, Riddhi Chhabra, Peter Ha, Brady Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen
- LG Grams: Tahn Oh, Junee Suh
- WITM: Kyeongseo Choi, Jaein Cha (also received Best Supplementary Materials)
Graduate Division
- First Place: Firewall Force – Umer Farooq, Yasir Ali Farrukh, Syed Wali Rizvi
- Second Place: Data Dudes – Seong Won Park, Riley Wilkinson, Leo Oh, Matthew Blackley
- Third Place: Cyber Toad – Khoi Tran, Megan Nguyen, Bhavana Venkatesh, Elaine Nguyen, Jonny Le (also received Best Use of Additional Data)