Form 1 2020 Codeathon Application

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Expiration Date: July 31, 2022
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* 1. Name (first last)

* 2. Preferred email address

3. Institutional affiliation

* 4. Where will you be coming from (city, state, country)?

* 5. Education level
Post-baccalaureate fellow

Graduate student

Bachelors degree

PhD

Masters degree

Post-doctoral fellow

Other (please specify)

* 6. What is your background (check all that apply)?
Software Professional (Developer, IT Professional, etc.)
Engineer (Biological, Chemical, Computer, etc.)
Data Scientist / Data Engineer
Scientist (Genomics, Microbiologist, Mathmatician, etc. )
Bioinformatician
Librarian
Educator

7. Github user name

* 8. Have you previously participated in an NCBI codeathon (hackathon)?
Yes
No

* 9. Have you previously participated in any other hackathons?
Yes
No

* 10. How comfortable are you with:
Not at all
Cloud computing (AWS,
GCP, Azure, ect.)
Containerization
(Docker, singularity, ect.)

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

* 11. How comfortable are you with these programming languages
Not at all

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Python
R
Java
JavaScript
C/C++
Ruby
Shell Scripting
Other (please specify)

* 12. Please tell us, in a short paragraph or two, about the project you are proposing (with information such
as potential data sets and proposed methods).

* 13. Please provide a short title for your project.

* 14. Please tell us, in a short paragraph or two, why this project applicable to others in the community.

* 15. Please tell us, in 2-3 sentences, why you would like to participate.

* 16. Please tell us, in 2-3 sentences, what you work on.

* 17. Here are some proposed project titles (these may evolve); please pick the top three you are interested
in working on.
A
B
C
D
Other (please specify)

At the codeathon, the team leader will coordinate a group of 5-6 individuals in defining the project and having a clear vision for
developing a solution. To accomplish this goal, the team leads role is to: define and delegate tasks, incorporate team members’ ideas
to accomplish the goal at stake, and ensure the team's success. The team lead will need to be present for all three days of the
codeathon. Participating as a team lead is a great way to gain leadership experience in a fast-paced coding environment. Having a
designated team lead dramatically increases the probability that the project will be selected.

* 18. Would you like to be the team lead for this project?
Yes
No

19. Suggested team lead (if not self).

* 20. How did you hear about this event?
Friend/Colleague

NIH Listserv

Email

NCBI Codeathon website

Slack

NCBI Insights Blog

Social Media (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)
Other (please specify)