Love Data Week is almost here!

[Kim Popetz]

It's almost International Love Data Week! This year's theme is Where's the Data? The goal is to connect everyone – from data newcomers to veterans – with the training and resources they need to make progress on issues close to their hearts. While there are data events happening around the world (find one here), at CU Boulder we're offering unique events looking at data close to our hearts. 

 

• Once again, we're holding the Buffalization Data Visualization challenge! In celebration of CU Boulder's 150th anniversary we're inviting you to use a dataset of historic campus buildings to create a data visualization with your preferred software or tools. You can even hand make or draw a visualization! The deadline to enter is Sunday, February 15th. For more information visit our website.

 

• February 9 at 1:30 we're offering a workshop Growth Not Violence: Collecting, Interpreting & Sharing Data about Trans & Nonbinary People. Data about trans people can provide insights that improve the well-being of the community and encourage widespread integration with society; this data can also inadvertently cause profound harm. Attendees will consider the whole data lifecycle from research planning to presentation. Registration required.

 

 

• Finally, join us for a virtual hackathon co-hosted by the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab (ESIIL)! This event will provide an introduction to the NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Machine Learning Challenge, including a virtual space to form a team and get started with a submission.  The goal of the challenge is to predict out-of-domain biological, ecological, and environmental data. The challenge closes Feb 22, 2026. 

 

 

Kim Popetz

Events & Outreach Coordinator

Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship

University Libraries

Hours: M-Th 10am-3:30pm