Data visualization is a powerful tool - it can reveal patterns we didn’t see before, present information in innovative ways, and help us better understand the world. The Coronavirus Visualization Team is excited to host Vizathon 2021. This free, 4-day event will bring together a global community of students to produce and present data-driven insights.
Teams of students will select one of three tracks, analyze a data set, and present their findings through captivating visualizations. Attendees will also have the opportunity to show their work to partnering and sponsoring organizations. We hope that attendees use this event to inspire community change through data.
With the adverse effects of COVID-19 still lingering in several countries, analyzing public health has never been more crucial. This track will focus on crunching and visualizing data from hospitals, medical organizations and the public health community, with the aim of inferring or predicting meaningful results either quantitatively, qualitatively or visually. Some examples can include studying patient data (in keeping with confidentiality terms), morbidity and mortality rates, public health infrastructure versus COVID-19 response, vaccination rates, non-COVID related public health analysis, etc.
The social justice track delves into all domains related to social good, justice, politics, law, etc. Some examples could include analyzing and visualizing the political climate in war-stricken countries, leveraging AI for social good, picking a social cause and extracting meaningful insights from relevant datasets, analyzing intriguing legal chapters of history, etc.
The economics track will deal with all domains concerned with finance, economics and their consequent effects on the world. Some sample topics which are presently relevant include cryptocurrency (Bitcoin), Wall Street versus Reddit: The GameStop phenomena, the COVID-19 economic downfall and resurrection after vaccinations, etc.
Interested in sponsoring us? Please email sponsor@cvt.erevna.us to view our sponsorship prospectus.
Vizathons are all about applying our knowledge of data visualization! Much like a hackathon, we’ll provide you with learning opportunities, workshops, and networking events that will help you better understand how to visualize data well, how to extract insights from your data, and give you some information about best tools and practices in the field! Then, you’ll apply those skills through a practical challenge where you’ll be asked to take data and present some insights or findings from it through a visualization. Attendees with the best visualizations will win prizes and be recognized for their talent.
No. This event is free!
The event will be hosted online through Discord. Attendees will receive further information about attending the event once they have registered.
Vizathon 2021 is open to all high school and college students. If you are not a high school or college student, you are welcome to register as a workshop host, mentor, or judge.
That is totally ok! We designed this event to be novice-friendly. We’ll have a team of experienced advisors on hand to help you out and ensure this experience works for everyone.
Teams can be anywhere between 1-4 members. Attendees will have the opportunity to find teammates through our Discord server and potential team formation activities.
You may start on your visualizations after the Vizathon 2021 opening ceremony (more details on the opening ceremony will be released to all attendees closer to the event start date). Any visualizations or work related to submitted visualizations will be disqualified from judging.
Yes! All attendees who submit to Vizathon 2021 will be able to request a digital certificate for their participation post-event.
Please email vizathon@understandcovid.org with any questions.
