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Data Science Hackathon
January 10, 2015 @ 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
The UCI Data Science Initiative is hosting a Hackathon with the goal of analyzing data from Reddit, a user-generated news platform.
Participants will work in teams to identify an interesting question and use data analytics to answer it. All teams will give a brief presentation at the end of the day for a chance to win a gift card.
When: January 10, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. (lunch and dinner will be provided).
Who: Graduate students from all backgrounds are encouraged to participate, though prior experience with programming or data analysis is preferred.
Where: Bren Hall, Room 6011, UC Irvine Campus
Why: Each member of the three winning teams will receive a $10 gift card.
Possible tasks include:
• Build models to predict which content will make it to the front page
• Summarize and visualize Reddit data to show hidden aspects of the Reddit community
• Rank users by influence
• Anything else you can dream up!
About Reddit
Reddit is an entertainment, social networking, and news website where registered community members can submit content, such as posts or direct links. Only registered users can then vote submissions “up” or “down” to organize the posts and determine their position on the site’s pages. Reddit data is multifaceted and includes text, URLs, timestamps, user IDs, topics, and popularity scores.
Details
Participants must bring there own computer with appropriate software downloaded. There are no restrictions on what programming language or tools you use (e.g. Python, R, Matlab). Each participant must register to attend the Hackathon. Participants may request a specific team during registration. Individual participants will be assigned a team the morning of the event.
Registration for the Data Science Initiative Hackathon is currently closed. Please contact datascience@uci.edu for further assistance.