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Birchwood

Boksburg
500
Description

                                                         

The Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA) will be hosting their first annual Student Datathon Competition. The primary role of DIRISA is to enable, promote and support data intensive research across all scholarly disciplines. The Student Datathon Competition aims to promote data intensive research.

Purpose

The DIRISA student datathon is a competition that is organised by the Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA) to showcase how open research data can be used to come up with creative and innovative solutions to some of South Africa’s problems.

Objectives

- To give students an opportunity to learn about the benefits of open data.
- To showcase innovative solutions using open data.
- To find new solutions to problems.
- To advocate for the use of open data.

DIRISA Team
  • Sunday, 1 December
    • 08:00 → 10:00
      Students Arrive/Depart: Arrival + Registration. Receive laptops.
    • 10:00 → 10:30
      Welcome: Welcome session
      Conveners: Nobubele Shozi (CSIR), Sthembiso Mkhwanazi (CSIR)
    • 10:30 → 12:00
      Training Workshop/Talk/Presentation: Working with EO Landsat Images for Boksburg Area
      Convener: Mr Edward Salakpi (University of Sussex)
    • 12:00 → 12:30
      Training Workshop/Talk/Presentation: Data Science: simplifying datasets through good data visualization
      Convener: Ridewaan Hanslo (NICIS DIRISA)
    • 12:30 → 13:10
      Student Datathon Challenge: Description of Challenge 2
      Conveners: Koena Monyai (Wits/ CSIR), Nobubele Shozi (CSIR)
    • 13:10 → 13:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Pitching and Business Development OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
      Convener: Dr Thembela Hillie (CSIR)
    • 13:30 → 14:30
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:30 → 17:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Brainstorm and Prepare for Challenge 2
  • Monday, 2 December
    • 07:00 → 07:45
      Breakfast 45m OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 07:45 → 08:00
      Setup: Setup computers OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 08:00 → 08:15
      Daily Review: Standup OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 08:15 → 12:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Day 1 Challenge OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 12:30 → 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 14:00 → 16:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Day 1 Challenge OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 16:30 → 18:00
      Daily Review: Day 1 Debrief OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 18:00 → 20:00
      Welcome Dinner 2h OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
  • Tuesday, 3 December
    • 07:00 → 07:45
      Breakfast 45m OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 07:45 → 08:00
      Daily Review: Standup OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 08:00 → 12:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Day 2 Challenge OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 12:30 → 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 14:00 → 16:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Day 2 Challenge OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 16:30 → 18:00
      Daily Review: Student Day 2 Debrief OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
  • Wednesday, 4 December
    • 07:00 → 07:45
      Breakfast 45m OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 07:45 → 08:00
      Daily Review: Standup OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 08:00 → 12:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Day 3 Challenge OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 12:30 → 13:30
      Lunch 1h OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 13:30 → 15:30
      Student Datathon Challenge: Final Presentations OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 15:30 → 17:00
      Daily Review: Final Judging OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 19:00 → 21:00
      Awards Evening: Closing Ceremony - Winners Announcement OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
  • Thursday, 5 December
    • 09:00 → 12:30
      Training Workshop/Talk/Presentation: Industry Presentations OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 12:30 → 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
    • 14:00 → 15:30
      Students Arrive/Depart: Departure OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      OR Tambo Hall A - Competition Exhibition

      Birchwood

      Boksburg
      500
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