FCNM Statistics Alumni Win the WiDS Datathon 2026 with a Predictive Model for Wildfires
The BIN team, made up of Laura Apupalo, Geovanny Gutiérrez, Fabricio Quinto, and Britney Rodríguez, alumni of the Statistics Engineering program at ESPOL’s Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (FCNM), earned first place in the WiDS Datathon 2026, a data science competition held last June at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL).
The initiative is part of Women in Data Science (WiDS), a global movement led by Stanford University that promotes the participation and leadership of women in data science and artificial intelligence.