FL-DSSG Big Reveal

2026 Florida Data Science for Social Good - The Big Reveal Event

August 4, 2026
4:30 PM to 7 PM EST

Free and open to public event, but registration is required. The Big Reveal will be held as a hybrid event with options to attend in-person or watch the live-streaming of the event. Please select the most appropriate registration option as per your attendance preference.

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Description

Please join us for a presentation on the results of the 2026 Florida Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) projects. The DSSG interns have been working on the Cathedral Arts Project, Community Foundation for Northcentral Florida, LISC Jacksonville, and Center of Hope projects during a 12-week intensive data science internship program offered at the University of North Florida. Each project addresses a wicked problem facing Florida residents, such as arts education, nonprofit health, hiers' property, and child wellbeing issues. At the event, DSSG interns will discuss findings and reveal insights gained from the projects.

Agenda

4:30 PM
FL-DSSG Big Reveal Event Kickoff by Dr. Umapathy and Dr. Richard
4:45 PM
UNF President Dr. Angela Garcia Folconetti Welcome Address and Remarks
4:50 PM
Guest Speaker Talks
  Callan Brown, Interim CEO, Nonprofit Center for Northeast Florida
  Katie Bakewell, VP of AI Strategy, NLP Logix
5:00 PM
Invited Guest Talk by Dr. Ahmed Parvez, Chief of Analytics for the Office of the Mayor, City of Jacksonville
5:10 PM
Community Foundation for Northcentral Florida Presentation by Zakaria Missa (UCF Data Science) and Poornima Patil (UNCG Business Analytics)
5:25 PM
Center of Hope Project Presentation by Jaden Powell (UNF Psychology) and Ananya Gullapally (USF Business Analytics)
5:40 PM
Cathedral Arts Project Project Presentation by Brant Marcus (UNF Psychology), and Amanda Braden (UCF Data Analytics)
5:55 PM
LISC Jacksonville Project Presentation by Charvi Beniwal (Denison University Economics and Data Analytics), Kushul Reddy Palakala (UNF Computer Science), and Huong Hoang (Wesleyan University Economics, Sustainable Business, and Applied Data Science)
6:10 PM
DSSG Client Reflections
6:30 PM
Q&A Session
6:55 PM
FL-DSSG 2027 Information

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Livestreaming

Big Reveal event will be live-streamed via FL-DSSG Channel

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Location

WJCT Studio A
100 Festival Park Ave.
Jacksonville, FL - 32202


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