Love Data Week 2025

Love Data Week, February 10-14, 2025, with question mark symbol

 

Love Data Week Events at UNCW, February 10-14, 2025

Check out East Carolina University's live-streamed Love Data Week events, too, the week after ours (February 17-21):

  • Sampling in the Field...Literally: Successes and Challenges of Biospecimen Collection and Analysis in the Field
  • How to Prepare a Tidy Dataset
  • Python Workshop
  • Why diversity matters in the study of complex disease genetics
  • RedCap Basic
  • REDCap Intermediate
  • Qualtrics User Training
  • Plain Language Summaries: A Tool for Scientific Communication & Inclusivity
  • Capturing Naturalistic Driving Data:  Wonders and Worries!
  • Missing Data: Why Deletion is not the Answer
  • Oral Microbiome quantum leap: Moving beyond commensalism/parasitism
  • Processing and analysis of eye-tracking data in language-impaired populations

Jump to What is Love Data Week?

Watch UNCW's Provost's welcome to Love Data Week 2025:

 

 

Shades of Resilience: Creating Research Data for Impact

Date: Monday, February 10, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:00pm
Speakers: Jenneffer Sixkiller (moderator), Shane Elliot, Mouhcine Guettabi, Meredith Hovis, Jessica Magnus, Anka Roberto, Lynn Sikma, and Jill Waity
Recording: https://echo360.org/media/84380604-a9e9-4b15-bc33-f89702fe9bb3/public
Evaluation survey: https://lib.uncw.edu/ldw25-eval 

In an age of big data and algorithms, focus on the individual can become blurred for the sake of a result. This session hopes to give homage back to individuals, presenting research that can be directly impactful to the wellbeing of a community. In this session, panelists will provide multiple perspectives about definitions of resilience, delving into how their various disciplinary areas have interpreted and approached resilience and wellbeing in their research, such as through environmental resilience, workforce burnout, food security and access to resources, mental health, aging, and student support.

About the Speakers:

•Jenneffer Sixkiller (moderator)--Health and Human Services Librarian, UNCW Library
•Dr. Shane Elliot--Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Humanities, Social Sciences, & the Arts
•Dr. Mouhcine Guettabi--Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, Cameron School of Business
•Dr. Meredith Hovis--Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences, College of Science & Engineering
•Dr. Jessica Magnus--Professor of Management, Cameron School of Business
•Dr. Anka Roberto--Associate Professor of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services
•Dr. Lynn Sikma--Associate Professor of Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle, Literacy, and Special Education, Watson College of Education
•Dr. Jill Waity--Professor of Sociology, College of Humanities, Social Sciences, & the Arts

 

Developing Community-Centered Data: From Carceral to Liberatory Information and Data Practices

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 from 10:00 - 11:00am
Speaker: Megan Threats
Recording: https://echo360.org/media/ecd1b337-f93f-4afa-820a-47438eec8170/public 
Evaluation survey: https://lib.uncw.edu/ldw25-eval 

Centering ownership of data on the community the data is from can be an impactful turning point in that community’s wellbeing. This presentation will highlight Dr. Megan Threats’ health justice informatics mixed methods approach to address health and information inequities among justice-impacted individuals following their release from incarceration. Dr. Threats will discuss strategies for collaborating with justice-impacted individuals, with consideration to positionality and to increase the likelihood of data collection. She will share how she co-developed research questions and is collaboratively designing community-informed resources to reduce the impact of structural and social determinants of health, including safe housing, job opportunities, and literacy skills. Threats will additionally reflect upon the complexities of engaging in community-based research, such as circumstances when the community does not want their data to be made public.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Megan Threats (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, and an affiliate at the Center for Racial Justice at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. She examines health information practices and multilevel determinants of health and information inequities among historically marginalized communities. Her research program advances the use of intersectionality praxis and methods along with community-based participatory practices to collaboratively develop and implement informatics interventions, consumer health information, and technologies to address the effects of intersecting discrimination, including, but not limited to, racism and sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. She is the recent recipient of a U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Early Career Research Development Grant.

 

Creating Accessible Data Visualizations (Pt 1)

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 from 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Speaker: Lynnee Argabright, Research Data Librarian
Co-sponsor: DEeL
Recording: https://echo360.org/media/fa5eb139-613f-4000-ab11-b9593ebcacf8/public
Evaluation survey: https://lib.uncw.edu/ldw25-eval 
 

Want to make your visualizations more appealing and accessible? In this interactive workshop participants will explore strategies to determine the accessibility of a graph, learn tips for creating accessible graphs, and create their own visualizations with Excel and Tableau. With hands-on exercises, participants will experience the full data visualization cycle, from creating their graphs with accessibility in mind, to preparing their documentation and tables and sharing them. Participants should have access to their computers, with Excel desktop and Tableau Public (desktop or browser). Please install Tableau Public prior to attending the workshop: from the software webpage or through UNCW Software Center. If you are unable to download Tableau Public, you can create a Tableau Public profile. You will be able to use Tableau Public through the browser.

 

From Storage to Strategy: Navigating Storage, Data Governance, and Research

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from 11:00am - 12:00pm
Speakers: Chris Jones, Parker Moran, Zerek Olson, and Steve Perry
Recording: https://echo360.org/media/3274a8b5-31e9-4ffc-bd8a-9fa1b38cff64/public 
Evaluation survey: https://lib.uncw.edu/ldw25-eval 

Members of the UNCW ITS (Information Technology Services) will provide an update for the services and technology resources available to UNCW researchers and staff engaging in data projects. They will describe bulk storage options as well as other infrastructure and cloud resources that will make doing research easier. They will also review ITS's recommendations and considerations for utilizing and protecting sensitive or confidential research data that accompanies requests submitted to SPARC and/or IRB. Finally, this forum provides space for any questions attendees have for us for your research needs.

About the Speakers:

•Chris Jones--IT Research Computing Technology Analyst in Information Technology Services (Campus ITS)
•Parker Moran--Director of Networks, IT Operations, and Research in Information Technology Services (Campus ITS)
•Zerek Olson--Governance and Risk Information Privacy Officer in Information Technology Services (Campus ITS)
•Steve Perry--IT Assessment, Policy, & Governance Officer in Information Technology Services (Campus ITS)

 

AI and Machine Learning in Coastal and Marine Science Mini-Collider

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025 from 3:00 - 4:30pm
Sponsor: Center for Marine Science
Physical Location: MARBIONC 1001 B & C (Myrtle Grove Campus)
Evaluation survey: https://forms.office.com/r/7dwf8VAfX1

This research collider provides a platform to share the breadth of current coastal and marine science research and expertise, introduce faculty with similar research interests across disciplines, and foster connections and potential collaborations for the future. Cross-cutting themes include modeling, machine learning/AI, observing and data products, policy and management, and stakeholder engagement. It will feature several lightning talks as well as flash presentations (1 slide, 1 minute) by researchers with data who are looking for collaborators. A reception will follow the presentations.

 

Access to Satellite Data: Community vs. Commercialization?

Date: Friday, February 14, 2025 from 11:00am - 12:00pm
Speakers: Sam Winemiller (moderator), Fred Bingham, Yalei You, and Jessica Weinkle
Physical Location: Visualization and Analysis Lab in the UNCW Library's Discovery Hall (see parking instructions)  
Evaluation survey: https://lib.uncw.edu/ldw25-eval 

Remote sensing imagery—such as satellite images—is capable of revealing fascinating, detailed information about places: for instance, it daily informs the public about the weather. This panel will debate about effects of privatization or commercialization if implemented on this type of data. Showcasing benefits and risks of how climate imagery can be used when openly available, panelists will discuss quality assurance, liability, and impact upon the economic, political, and environmental sectors. In doing so, they will examine the societal question of the “science enterprise” and what is needed in order to make this type of data open responsibly. This session is a continuation of the theme from Open Access Week 2024. 

About the Speakers:

•Dr. Sam Winemiller (moderator)—Open Knowledge and Research Impact Librarian, UNCW Library
•Dr. Fred Bingham— Professor of Physics and Physical Oceanography, College of Science & Engineering
•Dr. Yalei You—Assistant Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, College of Science & Engineering
•Dr. Jessica Weinkle—Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs, College of Humanities, Social Sciences, & the Arts

 

Tour of New Data Spaces in UNCW Library

Date: Friday, February 14, 2025 from 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Physical Location start: Visualization and Analysis Lab in the UNCW Library's Discovery Hall
Evaluation survey: https://lib.uncw.edu/ldw25-eval 

Take a guided tour of the data-related spaces newly available since the library's recent reopening post-expansion and renovation, while waiting for the next Love Data Week session to begin! You'll be shown the Visualization and Analysis Lab, the Secure Data Room, and the library's specialized computers--and potentially other stops as well, depending on audience interest.

 

Whose Data Is It, Anyway? A Daredevil Improv Performance

Date: Friday, February 14, 2025 from 12:30-1:30
Speakers: Daredevil Improv Comedy Group
Co-Sponsor: UNCW Theatre Department
Physical Location: Events Space in the UNCW Library's Discovery Hall (see parking instructions) 
Recording: https://echo360.org/media/3edb0e9e-4c1b-449d-8021-2809ba32ad12/public 
Evaluation survey: https://lib.uncw.edu/ldw25-eval 

What is data? Who is data? And Whose Data is it, Anyway? Join us as Wilmington's finest comedy collective, DareDevil Improv, presents a comedy show about research data in the style of “Whose Line is It, Anyway?”  These local comedians create spontaneous comedy to explore how academic research data is more relevant to our lives than we think! Using your suggestions and actual data terminology --of which they know very little, trust us!-- they will amuse, entertain and even enlighten as they wrap up UNCW's Love Data Week. This show is free, open to the public, and hilarious!

 

"Whose Data Is It, Anyway" #LoveData25

For its fourth year, UNCW Library and Research & Innovation will be co-presenting Love Data Week (February 10-14, 2025), an international celebration of data. A series of online workshops, panels, and spotlights about research data will be hosted throughout the week to build campus community and highlight various aspects of data. Recordings and recommended resources are available to access for UNCW’s Love Data Week 2024, Love Data Week 2023 and Love Data Week 2022.

This year’s theme wants us to ask 'Whose Data is it Anyway?' This helps us remember to think about where the data came from before using it. Different groups - like researchers, the government, companies, or organizations - may collect data. They could own it, share it, publish it online, or combine it. Take a minute to think about who owns data compared to who uses data.

Join the Global Conversation

Various institutions besides UNCW are celebrating Love Data Week. Find out more about Love Data Week, and see - and attend! - other institutions’ events.

Feel free to tweet or post as we get closer to Love Data Week! Use the hashtag #LoveData25.

 

Visitor Parking for In-Person Events

Visitors can park in the free UNCW Visitor Lot (see below) or $2 paid ParkMobile parking spaces (these have teal-colored parking lines) that are available in several places across campus, including in the Library Lot. Visitors requiring handicap accommodations should contact the main parking office for assistance at 910-962-3178 or parking@uncw.edu. Review the Visitor Parking webpage more information about visitor parking, and the Campus Map if you get lost! Review Wave Transit bus schedules if you need to utilize public transportation—for those using the purple 109 College Rd-Med Ctr or blue 107 College Rd bus, there are stops nearby the library’s Discovery Hall.

Directions to UNCW Visitor Lot: The GPS address for Visitor Lot is 4941 Riegel Road, Wilmington, NC.
•From College Road (NC 132), turn onto Hurst Drive at the traffic light to enter the UNCW campus.
•Continue on Hurst Drive to the next traffic light. Turn left onto Hamilton Drive.
•Continue on Hamilton Drive to the intersection of Riegel Road. Turn right onto Riegel Road.
•Continue on Riegel Road past the Warwick Center. After passing the Riegel Road/Price Drive intersection, turn left into the Visitor Lot entrance, and park for free.
•The UNCW Library Discovery Hall is a 10 minute walk from Visitor Lot. 

The GPS address for UNCW Library Discovery Hall is 520 Kenan Hall Drive, Wilmington, NC

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