2023 SPARC FAIR Codeathon 

When: 05/08/2023 to 07/08/2023

Where: Virtual

Join the third global SPARC “FAIR” Codeathon, a three-day virtual event this August 5th-7th!

The SPARC Data and Resource Center, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, will host a 3-day in-the-cloud Codeathon. It is free to enter and has a total prize pool of US$50,000 (including cash prizes and manuscript publication fees). 

Competitors from the United States and abroad are eligible. We encourage researchers and data scientists at any stage of their scientific journey to apply. Before the event we will create up to 30 teams of five to six individuals, each with various backgrounds and expertise, led by an experienced leader. The teams will greatly benefit from anyone with the following skills: 

• Understanding of neuroscience and/or neurostimulation
• Data visualization
• Data mining, image and text analysis
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (eg., Shell, Python, R)
• Familiarity with methods of manipulating and/or analyzing large datasets ( AI/ML, computational modeling, etc.)
• Developing bioinformatics code, pipelines or tools
• Knowledge graphs
• Web development

Applications are due 20/07/2023.

More info here. 

Questions? Contact fair-codeathon-support@sparc.science