Announcements

• Be More America is looking for a paid PT data vis intern
• Upcoming Events
  • SUBMERGE ocean science festival, September 24
  • NBA Basketball Analytics Hackathon, September 24
  • Bloomberg Data for Good Exchange, September 25 (wait list only)
  • Make it in Brooklyn Innovation Summit, September 28 (get a free pass at Dibner LC240
  • Make it in Brooklyn Protest, September 28
  • MIT Sports Analytics research abstract deadline, September 28
  • IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Dec 5-8

Agenda

• 4:30-6:00- ProPublica
  
• 6:00-7:20- check-ins and prep for next week

Next Week’s Assignments

• Please sign up ASAP for a NYSCI tour slot. Taking this tour on October 20 is required for class (unless you have already checked with me about an excused absence).
• Email me a link to your data set for the Phase 1 project. In order to use the data set for your project, I must approve it by September 29. Alternatively, you can use a pre-approved dataset on this list.
• Start working on your Phase 1 project. We will discuss your progress briefly next week. Project requirements are here.
• Take a look at the tools on https://www.databasic.io/en/ and be prepared to ask a few questions of next week’s guest speaker.