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WiDS Datathon 2020 Results and Impact

5/19/2020

 
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The WiDS Datathon encourages women to hone their data science skills through a predictive analytics challenge focused on social impact, bringing people together across borders to work in teams. This year, there were more than 3,000 registrants from 85 countries.

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WiDS Datathon 2020 Workshops Worldwide

2/18/2020

 
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The WiDS Datathon initiative has grown with over 20 regional datathon workshops, in 13 countries, many of them taking place over multiple days. We are thrilled to see involvement from so many worldwide WiDS ambassadors who have facilitated active participation and collaboration throughout their communities.

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Just do it! WiDS Datathon 2020 last days to register

2/18/2020

 
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Time is running out! February 21st is the team merger deadline, and February 24th is the last day to enter the competition and submit your entries for the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon 2020. This year the contest is focused on patient health, with data from MIT’s GOSSIS (Global Open Source Severity of Illness Score) initiative.

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Announcing the first-ever WiDS Datathon Excellence in Research Award

2/14/2020

 
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The WiDS Datathon 2020 currently has 678 teams from approximately 85 countries analyzing 130,000 hospital patient health records — and it’s not too late to join online! WiDS ambassadors and community partners have led more than 25 datathon-focused workshops over the last month, and continue to produce tutorials and resources.

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A Data Scientist’s Deep Dive into the WiDS Datathon

1/24/2020

 

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Working with the WiDS Datathon dataset over the past week has been a thrilling exercise. This dataset presents an opportunity to learn about interesting and real-world modeling challenges, and is different from other curated datasets in textbooks and classic machine learning exercises. For that reason, I discuss some of the challenges you may experience around missing data, multicollinearity and linear/ nonlinear approaches. I will also provide resources to help you on these topics.

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The WiDS Datathon 2020 is Now Live, Encouraging Women Worldwide to Hone Their Data Science Skills

1/12/2020

 
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The 3rd Annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon competition is now open on Kaggle, and the competition has begun!

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Announcing the 3rd Annual WiDS Datathon

12/12/2019

 
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In advance of the March 2, 2020 Global WiDS Conference, we invite you to build a team, hone your data science skills, and join us in a predictive analytics challenge focused on social impact. The WiDS Datathon 2020 focuses on patient health through data from MIT’s GOSSIS (Global Open Source Severity of Illness Score) initiative.

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The WiDS Datathon Provides New Skills, Confidence and Community for a Graduate of the University of Ghana

8/26/2019

 
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After participating in the 2019 WiDS Datathon, Dorothy Ewuah felt empowered, connected and inspired to pursue her studies and career in data science. Dorothy just graduated with a degree in Information Technology from the University of Ghana Legon. She wrote a blog post about her experience collaborating with two other team members from Ghana in the WiDS Datathon.


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