Join us for the Narrative 2 Numbers (N2N) Hackathon, a one-day, interdisciplinary event focused on developing innovative tools and methods for rapidly collecting and/or scaling qualitative data collection and extracting key insights to advance public health preparedness and response. N2N is a fun, collaborative event, open to people of all levels of expertise (computer science, public health, data science) and backgrounds (quantitative, qualitative), with a particular focus on the field of public health preparedness and response.
How It Works
The ten key hazards identified in NYC’s 2024 Jurisdictional Risk Assessment.
Participants will work in small teams of 3-5 members to develop tools and approaches related to the ten key hazards identified in New York City’s 2024 Jurisdictional Risk Assessment, a risk‑prioritization framework developed by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Note: Teams do not need to be formed prior to registering.
Potential areas of exploration include:
Mechanisms to rapidly collect or scale qualitative data (e.g., chatbot-based surveys, mobile voice input, SMS-based reporting)
Bot-enabled community engagement pipelines to gather real-time input during emergencies
Approaches to deidentifying, structuring and interpreting unstructured data, such as open-ended survey responses, community interviews, or public forum comments
Rapid analysis of online content (e.g., social media and online forums) to identify early signals or emerging themes
Final outputs may include working prototypes, data workflows, proof-of-concept pipelines, or analysis templates. The goal is to show what’s possible, not necessarily to produce a finished product.
Teams with the best projects will win exciting prizes, to be announced soon! Register by Monday, October 6th!
