(Please RSVP for this collaborative event through PyData SoCal: https://www.meetup.com/PyData-SoCal/events/243375154/)
The NSF Big Data Innovation Hubs Transportation Challenge is showcasing partner technology (from DataScience.com,Amazon, Microsoft and others) and cloud-based data science resources to directly address big data challenges surfaced by recent natural disasters in Texas and Florida.
Meredith Lee, PhD, West Big Data Hub Executive Director and former lead of the White House Innovation for Disaster Response & Recovery Initiative under the Obama Administration will be in Los Angeles following a visit to Florida for the Grace Hopper conference.
Dr. Lee will be speaking at DataScience.com headquarters in LA, discussing how Challenge (bigdatahubs.io) technology, including nsf.datascience.com, can be used through government, industry, academic collaborations to serve disaster response,relief, and prediction. Regional participants in the challenge will join as speakers and additional presenters.
Participants will have the opportunity to access nsf.datascience.com and be able to leverage donated cloud resources and execute prepared demonstrations during and after the event. Support and walk-throughs of nsf.datascience.com will be provided as part of the event.
More details to follow.
Note, this is a collaborative event that Our Lives, Our Data is co-hosting with PyData SoCal.
Please sign up to attend this event, and to receive the most recent updates and agenda on it, via PyData SoCal at this link: https://www.meetup.com/PyData-SoCal/events/243375154/
Thumbnail Image from Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD): https://respond-harvey-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/
