A group of bluetech industry support organizations will host an innovation competition called the Ocean of Data Challenge on Nov. 20.

The challenge will be held virtually and is spearheaded by the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, or CIOOS, which is an industry group backed by government, academic and non-profit entities. Also behind the event are Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the federally funded Ocean Startup Project and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship in Dartmouth, as well as Dalhousie University’s ShiftKey Labs tech sandbox and its DeepSense AI hub.

Post-secondary students will use CIOOS data to develop new tools for the ocean economy, such as user interfaces, visualizations and dashboards. Competitors will be grouped into three streams: one for technologies meant to provide information about what happens below the surface, one for above-surface information and one for technologies meant to be deployed “around the water.”

The challenge is open to students from any discipline, though organizers specifically highlight computer science, engineering, biology, sustainability and business as examples of relevant fields. Participants can go it alone or work in teams of up to five, with cross-disciplinary collaborations being particularly encouraged.

You can learn more and register here.