Funded by an MGI supplement award, and in collaboration with BioPACIFIC MIP, and 2 other DMREF teams, we hosted a 2.5-day hackathon at UC Santa Barbara that brought together 23trainees (ranging from undergraduates to postdoctoral scholars) and 4 faculty to work collaboratively to develop high-throughput analyses of complex active materials though community coding, interactive problem solving, and immersive MGI training.

Based on post-event surveys, the majority of respondents planned to use the skills and knowledge developed during the hackathon immediately in their own research.

•More than 85% of respondents reported increased understanding of how to develop software for data screening and analysis

•75% reported increased interest in data-driven analysis and modeling, as well as in active matter research.

•More than 90% indicated an increased interest in collaboration. 

We are integrating software updates resulting from our work into our BARCODE software platform, available here:

https://www.livingbam.org
https://github.com/softmatterdb/barcode