WiDS Datathon 2021
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We are gearing up to launch the 4th Annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon in January, in advance of our first 24-hour virtual 2021 WiDS Worldwide Conference on March 8th. This year’s datathon, organized by the WiDS Worldwide team, the West Big Data Innovation Hub, and the WiDS Datathon Committee, will focus on models to determine whether a patient admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been diagnosed with a particular type of diabetes.
This year’s datathon will run from early January-February 2021 on Kaggle. Winners will be announced at the WiDS Worldwide Conference held virtually on March 8, 2021. Sign up now to participate: |
What is a Datathon?A datathon is a data-focused hackathon — given a dataset and a limited amount of time, participants are challenged to use their creativity and data science skills to build, test, and explore solutions. Try something new, apply what you know, learn from other participants, and improve your data science skills along the way!
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Background: This Year's Dataset and Challenge
We will take a closer look at data similar to the WiDS 2020 Datathon data from MIT’s GOSSIS (Global Open Source Severity of Illness Score) Initiative, but instead of predicting patient survival, this year the WiDS Datathon will focus on creating models to classify whether patients have been diagnosed with a certain type of diabetes which could inform treatment in the ICU.
The WiDS Datathon is hosted on Kaggle, an online community of data scientists. If you haven’t participated in Kaggle competitions before, check them out here — the platform has a ton of complex challenges with real-world impact and starter datasets for learning data science basics.
The WiDS Datathon is hosted on Kaggle, an online community of data scientists. If you haven’t participated in Kaggle competitions before, check them out here — the platform has a ton of complex challenges with real-world impact and starter datasets for learning data science basics.
Who Can Participate in the Datathon
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We invite anyone from those new to data science to veterans of the field to participate. For those who have never tried machine learning, we will be releasing a series of guides to help you get started with the algorithms and dataset.
The WiDS Datathon aims to inspire women worldwide to learn more about data science, and to create a supportive environment for women to connect with others in their community who share their interests. Toward these ends, we open the datathon to individuals or teams of up to 4; at least half of each team must be women (people identifying as female).
Participants can be students, faculty, government workers, members of NGOs, or industry members.
The WiDS Datathon aims to inspire women worldwide to learn more about data science, and to create a supportive environment for women to connect with others in their community who share their interests. Toward these ends, we open the datathon to individuals or teams of up to 4; at least half of each team must be women (people identifying as female).
Participants can be students, faculty, government workers, members of NGOs, or industry members.
Get Ready to Take the Challenge
- Sign up now to participate, and we will send you the link to download the dataset on Kaggle when the competition begins
- Join the WiDS community mailing list to make sure you receive datathon news and announcements
- Consider forming a team with new collaborators. Connect with potential teammates on the Kaggle forums or datathon-focused virtual event hosted by WiDS Ambassadors, and through social media with #WiDSDatathon.
The WiDS Datathon is a collaboration led by the WiDS Worldwide team at Stanford, the West Big Data Innovation Hub, and the WiDS Datathon committee:
The WiDS Datathon is made possible by the following
WiDS Global Visionary Sponsors:
