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2 7th May 2015 Insight Centre for Data Analytics
3 7th May 2015 Insight Centre for Data Analytics
Insight Centre for Data Analytics
350+ RESEARCHERS 8 INSTITUTIONS €88M FUNDING UNLIMITED INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
SFI Research Centre Programme
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Girls Hack Ireland
• 100 girls, 15-17yrs (~transition year)
• 90 mentors plus support staff
• Hosted at DCU with lunch, demos, tech sponsors
• 8 hours
• Mission: re-mix or build a website on the theme “New Ireland”
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6 7th May 2015 Insight Centre for Data Analytics
Girls Hack Ireland: Next
• Hardware Hackathon at Inspire Fest 2015
• 20th June, Merrion Square
• www.insight-centre.org/GirlsHackIreland
• Follow @GirlsHackIE for more
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8 7th May 2015 Insight Centre for Data Analytics
1. Informed decision making to improve participation in STEM (for everyone!)
2. Interesting and useful data sets for hack days
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The Data Analytics Researcher
• Consumer of data
– Volume
– Variety
– Quality
• Producer of data
– Formats, standards, preservation
– Ethics
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www.insight-centre.org/GirlsHackIreland @GirlsHackIE
www.insight-centre.org @insight_centre
Dr Suzanne Little [email protected] http://webpages.dcu.ie/~littles @suz_research
