CommunityData:Meetup October 2025
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We're meeting in Seattle on October 10-12!
We'll be taking notes in this shared Etherpad for full group events.
Organizers have used this etherpad to sketch plans and communications.
Photos[edit]
Location links/info[edit]
- Parking info coming soon.
Agenda[edit]
Daily schedule[edit]
This is all still subject to change as we figure stuff out...
Friday, October 10th[edit]
| Time | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-5pm | Reception and poster session | Outside CMU building | Alternative location in CMU 126 in case of inclement weather. |
| ~6-8pm | Group Dinner | CMU Building | Indian Food! (thanks User:Rantang for organizing) |
Saturday October 11 2025[edit]
| Time | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9am | Coffee Break | CDSC Lab (CMU 306) | |
| 9-10:30 | Lightning Talks + CommunityData:The Great Half Bake-Off (Part 1/3) | CMU 302 (Media Lab) | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Snack/Coffee Break | CDSC Lab (CMU 306) | |
| 11:00-12:30p | Lightning Talks + CommunityData:The Great Half Bake-Off (Group 2/3) | CMU 302 (Media Lab) | |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | CDSC Lab (CMU 306) | Fill out your order for Sizzle&Crunch here: https://etherpad.communitydata.science/p/cdsc-lunch-october-11-2025 |
| 13:30-2:30pm | Lightning Talks + CommunityData:The Great Half Bake-Off (Group 3/3) | CMU 302 (Media Lab) | |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Break and optional brief walking tour of campus | ||
| 3-5pm | panel and group discussion about life and future of CDSC | CMU 302 (Media Lab) | |
| 7-10pm | Dinner and Karaoke in a Train Car | Orient Express | Thanks Maddie for organizing! |
Sunday October 12 2025[edit]
| Time | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9am | breakfast | ||
| 9-10a | Rhetoric Discussion | 302 | |
| 9-10a | IT Team | Meeting Room | |
| 10-11a | Zotero + Wiki Gardening | 322 (News Lab) | |
| 10-11a | Classifiers | 302 | |
| 11-12 | Hyak Hax + Tacc | 322 | |
| 11-12 | Transcription of group wishlist activity | Meeting Room | |
| 12-1pm | leftovers for lunch? | ||
| 1pm | cleanup and head back! |
How lightning talks and half-bake offs will happen[edit]
We're asking everybody attending the retreat to give two talks: (1) a Lightning Talk Introduction, and (2) a submission to the Annual CDSC Half-Bake Off. Each person will have 10 minutes to give a presentation with the following three parts:
- LIGHTING TALK INTRODUCTION (5 minutes): Introduce yourself and your research interests and/or a recent research project you've worked on. Although you don't need to use slides, most people will. Our sense is that a good structure would be 1 slide about who you are, where you come, what you do for fun, etc., and ~4-5 slides about a recent research project you are/have worked on, a proposal you're planning, or something else. It's up to you how to structure things and you can reach out to any CDSC faculty member for advice. You can also look in the drive to see some examples of what others are putting together.
- Half-Baked Idea (2.5 minutes): Present a half-baked idea for a research project. No slides would be fine too! Any more than that and it sounds pretty baked! Remember that the whole point of the half-bake off is to present ideas that are incomplete. Don't feel like this has to be a polished idea or presentation. It can be a loose research topic that you don't know how to approach or a specific idea or anything in between. The point is to get our creative juices flowing and to spark conversations. For inspiration, read the wiki page on CommunityData:The Great Half Bake-Off or look at last year's submissions.
- Half-Baked Q&A (2.5 minutes)
The only real rule is that timing (5, 2.5, 2.5 minutes for each person) will be RUTHLESSLY enforced.
Please upload your slides to this Google Drive folder and make sure the presentation has your name in the file.
Unconference Ideas[edit]
- Group plans for post-Kibo resources (Matt)
- IT team reorganization/Element account verification (Matt)
- Hyak hacks (Haomin)
Attendee List[edit]
| Attendee | Friday Session/Dinner | Saturday Sessions (incl breakfast & lunch) | Saturday Dinner | Sunday sessions (inc breakfast & lunch) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dionna | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maddie | Yes, coming late from class ending at 3:30 | Yes | Yes | Probably, may have to leave early |
| Zarine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kaylea | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Srish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Manish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ryan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Probably (may have to leave mid-morning) |
| Jeremy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Leaving before lunch |
| Jianghui | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aaron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Depends on flights |
| Dylan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eric | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Loizos | Yes | Yes | Yes | Leaving before lunch |
| Yiwei | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mako | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Matt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Depends on flights |
| Yibin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Haomin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jonghyun | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Madison | Yes | Yes | Yes | Depends on flights |
| Thaty | Depends on flights | Yes | Yes | Depends on flights |
| Charlie | Yes | Post-lunch | Yes | No |
| Ran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dietary Restrictions[edit]
[No need to add yourself here if you are unrestricted.]
| Name | Dietary Notes |
|---|---|
| Srish | Allergic to refined sugar, gluten free, and lactose intolerant. |
| Ryan | Gluten-free |
| Aaron | Vegetarian; allergic to most nuts, sesame. |
| Dylan | Vegetarian |
| Mako | Vegatarian |
| Madison | Gluten-free |
| Jonghyun | Allergic to apple |
Accommodations[edit]
Guests seeking accommodation[edit]
If you need accommodations, please fill out the form below.
| Name | Do you need accommodations? | What kind are you looking for (Local Host, AirBnb, Hotel)? | What nights? | Are you okay with lodging with other people? Or would you prefer a place to yourself? | Are you okay with sharing a room? (If so, do you have a gender preference?) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manish | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Jeremy | Yes | Whatevs | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Yes | Yes, but I'd prefer not to |
| Jianghui | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Aaron | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Eric | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Loizos | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Yiwei | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Matt | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Jonghyun | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Anything works |
| Madison | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Yes but would prefer not to |
| Thaty | Yes | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Yes but would prefer not to |
| Ryan | Yes (but my funding is weird and I need to be on the receipt to get reimbursed, so I'm happy be the one to book something shared, or can just get my own. Loop me in as needed) | Anything works | Oct 10, Oct 11 | Anything works | Yes but would prefer not to |
| Nate | Yes | Anything works; I think I'll stay with Mako at least on Wed. Thurs. nights. Might be fun to stay at a group Airbnb as well. | Oct 8 - 11 | Anything works | Yes |
Potential hosts[edit]
If you are willing to host someone from out of town, please add yourself to this form:
| Name | Description of sleeping arrangement (how many couches, guest rooms) | Location (neighborhood, distance to campus) | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mako | two guest rooms w/ double bed | Capitol Hill, 1 stop on the light rail | Nate Weds + Thurs night, Nate/Aaron/Jeremy Fri + Sat night |
Organizing[edit]
See the page on /Session planning for more details.
The teams include:
Travel Plans[edit]
If you are traveling in from outside, add your name and arrival details here (days, times and flights if you have them, status (purchased/in-progress), any notes).
Copy /paste format, fill in with your details:
- [NAME]
- 🛬Date - [WEEKDAY], September [DAY] [time and flight information]
- 🛫Date - [WEEKDAY], September [DAY] [time and flight information]
- Status: [PURCHASED / NOT PURCHASED]
- Nate
- 🛬Date - Wednesday, October 8 [AK 339; 7:47pm Austin to 10:20pm Seattle]
- 🛫Date - [WEEKDAY], October 14 [AK 372; 5:50pm Austin to 11:56pm Seattle]
- Status: PURCHASED
- Manish
- 🛬 10th Oct 2025 - [Friday], October 10 [Hawaiian 7:15 am Austin to 9:47 am Seattle]
- 🛫 14th Oct 2025 - [Tuesday], October 14 [Hawaiian 12:19 pm Seattle to 6:39 pm Austin]
- Status: [PURCHASED]
- Jeremy
- 🛬 Friday, Oct 10 [LAF → ORD → SEA 9:43 AM]
- 🛫 Sunday, Oct 12 [SEA 1:57 PM → ORD → LAF]
- Status: PURCHASED
- Loizos
- 🛬 Friday, Oct 10 [LAF → ORD → SEA 9:43 AM]
- 🛫 Sunday, Oct 12 [SEA 1:57 PM → ORD → LAF]
- Status: PURCHASED
- Jianghui
- 🛬 Friday, 10th Oct 2025 - [Hawaiian 7:15 am Austin to 9:47 am Seattle]
- 🛫 Sunday, 12th Oct 2025 - [Hawaiian 5:50 PM Seattle to 11:56 PM Austin]
- Status: [PURCHASED]
- Yiwei
- 🛬 Friday, 10th Oct 2025 - [Alaska 7:15 am Austin to 9:47 am Seattle]
- 🛫 Monday, 13th Oct 2025 - [Alaska 5:50 PM Seattle to 11:56 PM Austin]
- Status: [PURCHASED]
- Srish
- 🛬Wednesday, 8th Oct 2025 [Wednesday] [Alaska 8:00am O'Hare to 12:30pm SeaTac]
- 🛫Date - 14th Oct 2025 [Tuesday] [Alaska 12:30am SeaTac to 5:30am O'Hare]
- Status: [PURCHASED] [Please note that my dates are a bit different because I'm staying with family in Seattle!]
- Eric
- 🛬 Friday, 10th Oct 2025 - [ORD 7:10 AM to SEA 9:45 AM]
- 🛫 Sunday, 12th Oct 2025 [SEA 1:57 PM to ORD 8:15 PM]
- Status: [PURCHASED]
- Madison
- 🛬 Friday, 10th Oct, 2025 [ORD: 1:08 PM to SEA 3:45 PM]
- 🛫 Sunday, 12th Oct, 2025 - [DAY] [SEA 10:50 AM to ORD 5:05 PM]
- Status: [PURCHASED]
- Jonghyun
- 🛬 Friday, 10th Oct 2025 - [ORD 2:25 PM to SEA 5:00 PM]
- 🛫 Tuesday, 14th Oct 2025 [SEA 5:55 PM to ORD 11:50 PM]
- Status: [PURCHASED] [Staying with my friends for two extra days]
- Thaty
- 🛬 Saturday, 11th Oct 2025 - [ORD 6:00 AM to SEA 8:27 AM]
- 🛫 Sunday, 12th Oct 2025 [SEA 2:43 PM to ORD 8:50 PM]
- Status: [PURCHASED]
Previous Meetups[edit]
We meet once year (formerly twice a year when we were a little smaller) and you can see what we've done in the past at:
