What is the Data Science Week?
The goal of the data science week is to introduce interested students and staff to data science in a fun and cooperative way, and help create a community of data scientists at the University of Twente, the faculty of Behavioural and Management Sciences, and beyond. BDSi and DSI organize various events during the week, including a datathon, contextual speakers, expert lectures, hands-on workshops, and a networking drink.
During the lunch breaks expert data scientists will provide lectures on the most important tools in a data scientists’ toolbox; data wrangling, modelling, and communicating results. These lectures will be structured to support the datathon materials, but can be attended without participating in the datathon itself. The lectures are followed by a hands-on practical session in which the lunch lecturerer - supported by a team of motivated coaches - will guide participants in applying the lecture materials to their datathon submissions.
(Guest) speakers will be invited during the week to provide a deeper background in the topics and methods covered in the lectures and datathon, or to put these topics in a broader context. Throughout the week there will be ample time for socialization and networking, as well as a poster presentation session and networking drink on Thursday afternoon.
More Information
Please see the website of the Data Science Week 2025 for more information about the datathon, the themes, the speakers, the competition and far more. We hope to see you there!
