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title: "Predicting Sepsis: A Data-Driven Challenge at Boston College"
description: Discover how Myridius and Boston College collaborated to predict sepsis using analytics, driving innovation & transforming healthcare outcomes.
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# [Predicting Sepsis: A Data-Driven Challenge at Boston College](https://myridius.com/blog/predicting-sepsis-a-data-driven-challenge-at-boston-college)

 Written by [Admin](https://myridius.com/blog/author/admin) | Dec 20, 2024 5:00:00 AM

Predicting Sepsis with Analytics - Myridius and Boston College Collaboration

Myridius and Boston College (BC) recently hosted an analytics competition, challenging BC students to predict sepsis using panel data. The competition featured a large dataset: **1 million observations** from **28,000 patients** for training, and **454,000 observations** from **6,000 patients** for testing. With only **2% of cases labeled sepsis-positive**, participants tackled severe class imbalance.

**The Challenge and Evaluation**

The primary success metric was the F1-score, which balances precision and recall. Judges also assessed the overall presentation, innovation in modeling, clarity of communication, and understanding of the problem through a detailed evaluation rubric.

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Winning Solution**

The top team’s solution, based on **CRISP-DM methodology**, excelled in understanding and innovation. Key steps included:

1. **Preprocessing**: Data cleaning, imputation, feature engineering, train-validation splits, and oversampling.
2. **Model Testing**: Evaluating logistic regression, tree models, neural networks, RNNs, LSTMs, and GRUs. An **RNN** achieved the best F1-score.
3. **Analysis**: Thoughtful predictions and insights.

Despite not achieving the highest F1-score (“0.21”), their approach, communication, and insights set them apart.

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Results and Impact**

Myridius awarded **$3,000 in prizes** to the top teams, providing students with hands-on experience in tackling healthcare challenges. The competition reinforced the importance of analytics in transforming healthcare outcomes, aligning with Myridius' mission to foster data-driven innovation.

 

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