Welcome!
The CIC invites students of all academic backgrounds and varying research experience to join the CIC Student Working Group. Students around the world will join a community of young professionals and researchers interested in the future of COVID-19 and ongoing pandemic research.
In January 2023, the first meeting of the Student Working Group hosted 20+ students from around the globe. Members discussed challenges and opportunities that students have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and future research projects. Today, 2,400+ student members from 22 countries meet monthly to share experiences, ideas, and resources, including ways to collaborate and support one another.
Working Group Meetings
Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 11AM (ET)
Join the meeting (Click to open Zoom link)
Read our Code of Conduct, which applies to all members who participate in Working Group programs or events.
The NEBDHub invites all undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in data science to the Student Portfolio & Network Building (PNB) Group! Together, we’ll explore collaboration opportunities for future data science projects and learn how to build our data science portfolios. Learn more on the PNB Group website.
May 16, 2025: Peer Networking Session
Join the NEBDHub PNB Group's LinkedIn Page to develop your global network of peers with similar data science and research interests in between meetings.
Please email [email protected] with questions.
The Data & Research Methods (DRM) Project is a new initiative co-organized by the National Student Data Corps (NSDC) and the CIC Student Working Group.
Registration for the Data & Research Methods Project is now open! This project is perfect for beginners who have never worked with a dataset before. This project will also be helpful for advanced data science students who have little experience working with data cleaning or survey building, desk research, or research presentations.
The academic focus of the DRM Project is the research process as a whole. The project is designed for individuals (not teams) and should take no more than 30 hours to complete.
For the Summer 2024 term, the CIC Student Working group has developed a new project which teaches students to create and develop a data visualization dashboard.
Participants will receive a certificate from the CIC Student Working Group for completed work. You may begin and complete the project at your own pace. To get started, please sign up here.
In February 2024, the CIC Student Working group launched the Analyzing Pandemic Responses (APR) project: a data science education program focused on COVID-19 and worldwide pandemic response policies. Working Group members developed independent research projects using data provided by the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT). Students learned time series analysis, machine learning, and geospatial mapping.
Examples of the final projects submitted to the CIC in April 2024 can be found below. Congratulations to all participants!
An asynchronous version of the APR project has been created for students to work on at any time. Participants will receive a certificate from the CIC Student Working Group for completed work. To get started, please sign up here.
In October 2023, the CIC Student Working group launched our first semester-long data science education project on COVID-19 Visualization. Working Group members developed independent data visualizations using tools and skills learned as a community. We learned to develop a COVID-19 research question and explored time series analysis and geospatial mapping.
Below are some examples of the final projects students submitted to the CIC. Congratulations to all participants!
An asynchronous version of the Data Visualization project has been created for students to work on at any time. Participants will receive a certificate from the CIC Student Working Group for completed work. To get started, please sign up here.
This (now archived) CIC Student Working Group project covers the fundamentals of data science analysis, exploration, and research best practices. The Data & Research Methods Project is an updated version of this program (see above).
In our October and November 2024 SWG meetings, we heard from winners of the 2024 CIC Student Paper Challenge about their COVID-19 research projects. Although the Student Paper Challenge is a different project, you may wish to watch these research presentations for inspiration as you begin your Data Essentials work!
Other COVID Research Materials
