Love Data Week is dedicated to spreading awareness of the importance of data management, sharing, preservation, and reuse. If you care about research, professional, community, and personal data, please join us!

Schedule of Activities

Data Haiku Contest

Monday, February 10 - Friday, February 14, 2025
Submission Deadline: February 14 at noon

Write a haiku about data. 3 winners will receive an "I Love Data" coffee mug. 
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Study Break — Participatory LEGO Data Visualization & Valentine Snacks

February 10 – 14
249 Hesburgh Library, NFCDS Data Visualization Lab

Stop by the Data Viz Lab (249 Hesburgh Library) for Valentine snacks and add your data point to an ongoing LEGO participatory data visualization. 
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R for Absolute Beginners

Tuesday, February 11 
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
247 Hesburgh Library

An introduction to R, a commonly-used language for data and statistical analysis and visualization.
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Writing Data Management & Sharing Plans for Federal Grants

Wednesday, February 12
1:00pm – 2:00pm
246 Hesburgh Library

Join us for a workshop discussing various aspects of data management sharing topics specific to federal funding agency data management and sharing policies.
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Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Python

Thursday, February 13
11:00am – noon
247 Hesburgh Library

A gentle introduction to Python and the NLTK; learn how to compute against your readings. 
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Introduction to Zotero

Thursday, February 13
2:00pm – 3:00pm
246 Hesburgh Library

Learn how to use Zotero — an open-source research tool for creating bibliographies.
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