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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b>Marie-Laure Charpignon <<a href="mailto:mcharpig@mit.edu">mcharpig@mit.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Subject: MIT Policy Hackathon is back on April 5-7!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date: </b>March 7, 2019 at 12:05:16 PM EST<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am reaching out to you on behalf of<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.mitpolicyhackathon.org/"><span style="color:#954F72">MIT Policy Hackathon team</span></a>. We are a group of students from<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://idss.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#954F72">MIT
Institute for Data, Systems and Society</span></a><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>(IDSS) and<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tpp.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#954F72">Technology & Policy Program</span></a><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>(TPP)
organizing the second edition of the event. The Hackathon is one of our flagship events, which matches students interested in data science and policy to a selection of real-world challenges. We hope to use this event to build bridges with those in policy making
roles who do not have the resources necessary to leverage their data. Last Spring,<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://news.mit.edu/2018/using-data-science-improve-public-policy-hackathon-0423"><span style="color:#954F72">the inaugural
Policy Hackathon was a great success</span></a><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>with over 100 participants working on five challenges ranging from energy policy in the City of Boston to social safety nets and the future of work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope continue building bridges with those in policy making roles who do not have the resources necessary to leverage their data. This year, we are looking for 150 participants and will provide food, working spaces, and policy and data
experts on hand during the weekend. I am sure there is a lot of aspiring (or current) policy makers, data scientists and/or engineers in the Biology Department. We would be really grateful if you could share about the event with them! They can register<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.mitpolicyhackathon.org/"><span style="color:#954F72">here</span></a><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>by
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do not hesitate to reach out to us at<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:policyhackathon@mit.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">policyhackathon@mit.edu</span></a><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>if you
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you and looking forward to seeing a lot of enthusiasm from our Biology friends!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Marie Charpignon, on behalf of the 2019 MIT Policy Hackathon team.<o:p></o:p></p>
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