2024 Data Science in Oceanography
Summer Program for Undergraduate Students, August 12-23, 2024. In person at the School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Application timeline
Applications will be accepted until June 1st, 2024. Decisions will be sent out by June 15th, 2024. Accepted students will need to confirm or decline their participation in the program by June 30th, 2024.
Eligibility
Current undergraduate students who will be returning to their institution after the summer program. Applicants who already have a bachelor's degree (for example, those taking a gap year) and are strongly considering applying for graduate programs in oceanography in the following academic year. Students currently residing outside the US but are strongly interested in pursuing graduate programs in US institutions are also welcome to apply.
Do you fit the eligibility criteria?
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Yes
Are you available to participate full time for the entire duration of this in-person program?
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Yes
How did you find out about this program?
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Applicant
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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Institution
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Current institution or the institution that granted bachelor's degree.
Country of the degree granting institution
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State of the degree granting institution
Leave black if outside USA
Graduation year
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Expected or actual graduation year
Are you a First Generation student?
First Generation is defined as a student who reported both parents as not receiving a baccalaureate degree.
Are you a URM student?
Underrepresented minorities (URM) are defined as races or ethnicities whose representation in STEM is smaller than their representation in the U.S. population. This includes Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders. If Yes, please specify the group.
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Housing
The program provides on-campus housing at UW dorms. Do you need housing?
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Yes, on-campus housing is required for my participation in a program
Yes, on-campus housing would be convenient to have but it isn't necessary for my participation in the program
No, I can make my own housing arrangements
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Interest in the program
Are you open to the possibility of pursuing a graduate program in oceanography?
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No, I'm mostly interested in Data Science
I don't know much about oceanography but really want to learn
Haven't considered that option yet
Yes, looking forward to it!
Other
Which field(s) of oceanography are you particularly interested in?
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Physical Oceanography
Biological Oceanography
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Chemical Oceanography
What aspect(s) of Data Science are you most interested in?
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Analysis and Inference
Algorithms
Data Visualization
Coding itself
Machine Learning
Other
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Coding experience
List programming languages that you are most familiar with (up to 3)
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In an order starting with the most familiar one
Which of the following do you have any experience working with?
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Anaconda/Conda
Jupyter Notebooks
Github
Google Colab
Linux terminal
Machine Learning packages
Which of the following tasks do you have an experience with?
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Writing a function
Making a plot
Reading data from a file
Using API to query data
Contributing code to a shared project repository
How would you rate your Python coding skills?
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Worst
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Best
5
1 is Worst, 5 is Best
Are you willing to brush up on Python basics before coming to the program?
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No
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A bit of writing
Briefly describe your interests/experiences in Oceanography
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Please use less than 250 words
Briefly describe your interests in Data Science and experience in coding
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Please use less than 250 words
Briefly describe an ideal outcome of the program for you
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Please use less than 250 words
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Please upload your CV/Resume and a Transcript from your bachelor's degree institution.
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