Dr Suzanne Little

1. Data, Research
& Girls Hack Ireland
Dr Suzanne Little
Dublin City University
suzanne.little@dcu.ie

2. 27th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics

3. 37th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics
Insight Centre for Data Analytics
350+ RESEARCHERS
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PARTNERSHIPS
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Programme

4. 47th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics
Girls Hack Ireland
• 100 girls, 15-17yrs (~transition year)
• 90 mentors plus support staff
• Hosted at DCU with lunch, demos, tech
sponsors
• 8 hours
• Mission: re-mix or build a website on the
theme “New Ireland”

5. 57th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics

6. 67th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics
Girls Hack Ireland: Next
• Hardware Hackathon at Inspire Fest 2015
• 20th June, Merrion Square
• www.insight-centre.org/GirlsHackIreland
• Follow @GirlsHackIE for more

7. 77th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics

8. 87th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics
1. Informed decision making
to improve participation in
STEM (for everyone!)
2. Interesting and useful data
sets for hack days 

9. 97th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics
The Data Analytics Researcher
• Consumer of data
– Volume
– Variety
– Quality
• Producer of data
– Formats, standards, preservation
– Ethics

10. 107th May 2015Insight Centre for Data Analytics
www.insight-centre.org/GirlsHackIreland
@GirlsHackIE
www.insight-centre.org
@insight_centre
Dr Suzanne Little
suzanne.little@dcu.ie
http://webpages.dcu.ie/~littles
@suz_research