Editing Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2015) (section)

== Venue and Logistics ==

=== Contact information ===

If you have any questions about the events, you can contact [mailto:makohill@uw.edu makohill@uw.edu].

=== Location ===

Our events are held at a variety of places on the University of Washington campus including the '''Communications building (CMU)''', '''Odegaard Library''', and the '''Allen Library Research Commons'''. Please see [http://www.washington.edu/maps/ this campus map from UW] for details on the individual buildings.

Parking at UW is available but is not free. There is [https://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking/selfserve self-serve parking] as well as gatehouses that are staffed from 7am on Saturday and can issue you parking passes and point you to an appropriate lot. More details are on the [https://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/parking/daily UW Commuter Services website for Visitors and Guests]. UW is also well served by public transportation and easily accessible by bicycle with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Gilman_Trail Burke Giilman Trail].

=== What to bring ===
# a '''laptop'''
#*  for '''Session 0''' make sure that you have about 1GB of space free so you can install Python and all the necessary other software
#* for '''Sessions 1-3''' bring your laptop with Python set up
# a '''power cord'''
# a '''sense of adventure!'''

=== Food ===

Thanks to generous sponsorship by the [http://escience.washington.edu/ eScience Institute at UW], we will provide catered lunchs during the Saturday sessions. Although we haven't figured out the menu, the food will all be vegetarian and there will be vegan and gluten free options. If the food we have doesn't doesn't work for you, there is a food court open for lunch in [http://depts.washington.edu/thehub/ the HUB] (the UW student center) that is on campus and nearby.

=== Social Media ===

* We use the hashtag [http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23cdsw #cdsw]