January 19, 2024

Join the 2024 WiDS Datathon!

Poster promoting the Women in Data Science Worldwide annual datathon, inviting students to participate in the WiDS Datathon 2024: Equity in Healthcare. An unordered list names the student benefits of participation as: career building, preparation for real-world situations, potential entry-level job placement, projects on inspiring topics, and foster skill-building and learning. The text block beside the list states: "Work with real-world oncology datasets. Women in Data Science (WiDS) partners with Gilead Sciences to offer a datathon competition featuring a real-world oncology dataset. The dataset contains informaton about breast cancer patients' demographics, diagnosis, treatment options, and insurance." Below the textblock is a QR code, the dates for the Global Challenges (January-March 2024, and April-June 2024) and University Challenge (Sept 2023-June 2023), and the URL to learn more: https://www.widsworldwide.org/learn/datathon/.The WiDS Datathon is an opportunity to discover and hone data science skills while solving an interesting and critical social impact challenge. Whether you are an aspiring data scientist or a data science enthusiast, or just looking to challenge yourself with a curiosity voyage, the WiDS Datathon is an opportunity to practice working on data intensive research in a real world context.

Learn more on our Datathon Support page.