May 18, 2017
This year's Pi Day celebration was postponed due to inclement weather on March 14. Events will now be held on May 18, 2017. See the schedule below for full details.
Pi Day is an annual celebration of the irrational number Pi, 3.14..., on March 14. On Pi Day and every day, NIH recognizes the importance of building a diverse biomedical workforce with the quantitative skills required to tackle future challenges.
NIH invites you to participate in our third annual celebration of Pi Day, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, with a day of events and activities celebrating the intersection between the quantitative and biomedical sciences. If you are not able to join us in person, you can still view many of the day's events live on NIH Videocast. Join us on Twitter as well, using #nih_piday.
NIH Pi Day will feature the following activities:
- 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Data Center Tours, Building 12A, Room 1100
- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PiCo Lightning Talks, Masur Auditorium, Building 10 and NIH Videocast
- 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Poster/Demo Session and Networking, FAES Terrace, Building 10
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Data Science Distinguished Seminar Series, Masur Auditorium, Building 10 and NIH Videocast
- 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Research Reproducibility Workshop, NIH Library Training Room, Building 10
NIH campus map:
https://www.ors.od.nih.gov/maps/Pages/vis_map.aspx
For more information about the day's events, please visit the Pi Day website: http://nihpiday.nih.gov/.
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. The Greek letter Pi is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.
Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point. As an irrational and transcendental number, it will continue infinitely without repetition or pattern. While only a handful of digits are needed for typical calculations, Pi’s infinite nature makes it a fun challenge to memorize, and to computationally calculate more and more digits.
NIH Pi Day is a joint effort of multiple ICs, including CIT, NCI, NHGRI, and NLM, and the NIH Office of the Director, including the NIH Library and the Office of Intramural Research. Additional support is provided by the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) and the NIH Bioinformatics Special Interest Group.
For all events, sign language interpreters can be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Jacqueline Roberts, Jacqueline.Roberts@nih.gov, 301.594.6747, or the Federal Relay, 800.877.8339.
