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As a public-scientific interface event, hands on work with data and computers  Participant feedback of the workshop identified several areas of improvement and offered direction for future workshops. Although initial interest in the workshop was high, attendance dropped from 25 to 30 participants per meeting to 2 to 4 participants per meeting. Possible reasons cited include lack of understanding of the content of the workshop or technical skills necessary to participate, inability to commit to weekly meetings, and unclear direction or incentives to continue. Future workshops may be structured into beginner, intermediate and advanced levels that would be more accessible to participants from diverse educational backgrounds, or meetings may be structured so that inexperienced and experienced participants can work on different tasks. Future workshops may be shorter in length to reduce burn-out. Additionally clarifying the broader significance of the project tasks and the collected biological data may attract and retain more participants. Another idea is to take on a project with the sole goal of doing a project, rather than producing publishable results. As an experiment, the workshop succeeded in bringing together a diverse population with a range of talent that may serve as a model for future collaborative efforts.