The University of Michigan is calling on its faculty, staff and students to showcase their expertise and compete to win the Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Visualization Championship. Submissions will be accepted through Jan. 20.

The competition invites participants to create or use existing data visualizations and present them against entries from other Big Ten institutions.

The faculty and staff challenge consists of public research that includes their involvement or that uses the Big Ten theme.

Love Data Week is an annual international celebration that emphasizes the importance of data management and visualization.