Description: 

In alignment with the South Big Data Innovation Hub program’s goals of promoting collaboration and supporting the cross-pollination of tools, data, and ideas across disciplines and sectors, an HBCU Data Science Consortium (HBCU-DSC) is being proposed. This Consortium seeks to provide an accessible and beneficial platform within the HBCU community that will promote collaboration and support the “cross-pollination” of data analysis tools, data, and ideas across the HBCU community, which is overwhelmingly located in the southern region. This goal will be accomplished by the following structured 3-tiered approach: 1) Inaugural HBCU Data Science Workshop (Virtual) 2) Monthly Virtual HBCU focused Data Science Working Groups 3) Closing HBCU Data Science “Celebration”