BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-1757@hmc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260221T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260221T190000 DTSTAMP:20260210T193825Z URL:https://www.hmc.edu/calendar/events/dssi-datathon-1/ SUMMARY:Data Science for Social Impact Datathon DESCRIPTION:Interested in ways data science can help support societal impac t? 🌎\;\n\nCurious about how real-world data practitioners think abo ut exploring and visualizing data? 🤔\;\n\nExcited by free food and prize money? 🤑\;\n\nThe Harvey Mudd College Innovation Accelerator Laboratory for Data Science for Social Impact (DSSI) is hosting our second annual student datathon! Students can register in teams of two to three t o work on exploring and visualizing trends in global health\, population a nd nutrition. The two teams judged to have the most compelling results at the end of the day will receive a cash prize of $100/teammate. The only ex perience expected is some kind of coding up of data visualization. If you ’ve ever made a plot in Python or R\, you’re good to go. The dataset i s new this year\, so participants in last year’s datathon are welcome to participate again.\n\nProgram\n\n🧠\; 10 a.m.–12:10 p.m.  Talks from awesome data science experts\n📊\; 1–5 p.m.  An afternoon of data "hacking" and exploration\, with support available from a few of you r HMC DSSI faculty\n🦚\; 5–7 p.m.  A chance to share your finding s over a buffet dinner and celebrate the prize-winners!\n🌮\; Meals throughout the day: breakfast (9 a.m.)\, lunch (12:10 p.m.) and dinner (5 p.m.)\n\nDon't wait! Find a team and register today. For more information\ , email our team at dssi-datathon-l@g.hmc.edu.\n\nYour DSSI Datathon Team\ ,\nProfessors Lynn Kirabo\, Haydee Lindo and Susan Martonosi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hmc.edu/calendar/wp-content/uploads/ sites/39/2026/02/DIoDS-Datathon-web.png CATEGORIES:Students LOCATION:Platt Campus Center\, 340 E. Foothill Blvd\, Claremont\, CA\, 9171 1\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=340 E. Foothill Blvd\, Clar emont\, CA\, 91711\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Platt Campus Center:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR