WiDS Datathon 2019
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The 2nd Annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon took place January 29 - February 27, 2019. The Global WiDS team, West Big Data Innovation Hub and the WiDS Datathon Committee worked together with Planet and Figure Eight to bring a dataset of high-resolution satellite imagery to participants, building awareness about deforestation and oil palm plantations.
Thank you for participating in this predictive analytics challenge focused on social impact. The WiDS Datathon 2019 winners were announced at WiDS Stanford on March 4th, 2019. We're in planning mode for WiDS Datathon 2020, and will have announcements in the coming months. Subscribe to the WiDS Datathon Newsletter to learn how you can participate. 
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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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Who Can Participate in the Datathon:
Photo credit: Dana J. Quigley
We invite anyone from those new to data science to veterans of the field to participate. For those who have never tried machine learning or worked with satellite data before, 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 (individuals identifying as female). Participants can be students, faculty, government workers, members of NGOs, or industry members.
The WiDS Datathon is hosted on Kaggle, an online community of data scientists and machine learners. If you haven’t participated in Kaggle competitions before, check them out — the platform has a ton of complex challenges with real-world impact and starter datasets for learning data science basics.
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 (individuals identifying as female). Participants can be students, faculty, government workers, members of NGOs, or industry members.
The WiDS Datathon is hosted on Kaggle, an online community of data scientists and machine learners. If you haven’t participated in Kaggle competitions before, check them out — the platform has a ton of complex challenges with real-world impact and starter datasets for learning data science basics.
The WiDS Datathon 2019 is a collaboration led by the Global WiDS team at Stanford, the West Big Data Innovation Hub, and the WiDS Datathon committee:
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The WiDS Datathon is made possible by the following
WiDS Global Visionary Sponsors:
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