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WiDS Datathon

Hone your data science skills with the WiDS Datathon, joining teams in a social impact challenge focused on the environment and climate change.

The WiDS Datathon Excellence in Research Award (Phase II) is
​open March 8 - June 30.
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WiDS Datathon 2022 Highlights


​The WiDS Datathon is an initiative to provide a platform for data science enthusiast to learn, apply and hone their data science skills through the social impact challenges presented to them. Participants are trained and mentored by partners, ambassadors, and data enthusiasts.

In this short video, watch how the WiDS Datathon has evolved over the past fours years and an insight on the 2022 challenge that was focused on climate change.

Using Data Science to Mitigate Climate Change

This year’s WiDS Datathon, organized by the WiDS Worldwide team, Harvard University IACS, and the WiDS Datathon Committee, tackled a key way to mitigate the effects of climate change with a focus on energy efficiency. The WiDS Datathon Committee partnered with experts from many disciplines at Climate Change AI, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and MIT Critical Data.​ WiDS Datathon participants analyzed regional differences in building energy efficiency, creating models to predict building energy consumption. 
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WiDS Datathon 2022 Impact

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WiDS Datathon Excellence in Research Award


In the Excellence in Research Award (Phase II), we will broaden our focus to examine the impacts of climate change across multiple domains. Participants in Phase II will have the opportunity to choose to explore one dataset among several, spanning sectors including healthcare, energy and environmental protection.
​Open March 8 - June 30, 2022.
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Background: How it Works and Who Can Participate

The WiDS Datathon Phase I was open from January 6 - February 26 on Kaggle, an online community of data scientists. See the full datathon details and timeline.

The dataset and challenge is accessible to both beginners and experienced participants. We released a series of resources to help you get started with the algorithms and dataset. Many WiDS ambassadors hosted datathon workshops, where participants were able to receive mentorship, form teams, and hone their data science skills. ​

The WiDS Datathon is open to individuals or teams of up to 4; at least half of each team must be individuals who identify as women. Participants can be students, faculty, government workers, members of NGOs, or industry members. You can form your teams directly on Kaggle.

WiDS Datathon Winners share their results ​and tell their stories:

Usha Rengaraju, Jerome Dadu, Mathurin Aché, and Zeineb Gnrib (India and France)
Kim Montgomery
(Colorado, USA)
Emily Osborn, Cheng Zhang, Heidi Cronkright, Chloe Bruce (Colorado, Maryland, Illinois, USA)

​The WiDS Datathon is a collaboration led by the WiDS Worldwide team at Stanford University, WiDS Datathon Partners, and the WiDS Datathon committee. ​​Made possible by the WiDS Global Visionary Sponsors:

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    • WiDS Ambassador Program
    • Past Conferences >
      • WiDS 2021
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      • WiDS 2017
      • WiDS 2015
    • Conference Committee
  • Datathon
    • Excellence in Research Award 2022
    • Datathon Resources
    • WiDS Datathon Workshops 2022
    • Datathon News
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  • Podcast
    • Podcast Committee
  • Education
    • Workshops >
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      • Workhop Committee
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      • Education Outreach Committee
      • Education Outreach Student Advisors