The Massive Data Institute at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy is hosting a data challenge inviting undergraduate and graduate students and early-career professionals to
create or improve indicators involving green space to better understand and measure community impact. Participants will access various data sources on our Redivis platform in individual or team notebooks to transform green space data into community indicators.
When: February 1-28, 2023
Where: The data challenge is entirely virtual, with information and rules of the challenge available on this website.
Updates will be posted on our challenge website and emailed to registered participants.
Who you are: We welcome any participants over age 18, especially undergraduate students, graduate students, and early
professional data scientists. Analysts based in academic institutions, government statistical offices, think tanks and policy labs, and community organizations are encouraged to participate.
What topics you can explore: Participants can analyze green space data in tandem with various other datasets that
include health, environment, and/or public safety data.
There will be separate prize categories for submissions examining the effects of green space on the following subject areas: community health, community safety, specific populations, and physical environment.
Example Topics:
Additional competition details, including submission categories, prize amounts, evaluation criteria, and a list of FAQs are available on our
website. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us
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Register here:
http://bit.ly/3WsbnBx