THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES THE RATIONALE AND PLAN FOR A WORKSHOP /TUTORIAL THAT WILL BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS FROM THE ICESAT-2 (IS2) SCIENCE TEAM DATA PROVIDERS AND API DESIGNERS DATA SCIENCE EXPERTS WITH RESEARCHERS WHO WANT HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH USING AND MANIPULATING GEOPHYSICAL DATA FROM ICESAT-2. THE CSI-HACKWEEK BUILDS ON A HACKWEEK WORKSHOP MODEL DESIGNED BY THE UW ESCIENCE INSTITUTE AND LEVERAGES EXPERIENCE WITH PREVIOUS GEOPHYSICALLY THEMED HACKWEEKS. CSI-HACKWEEK PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN ABOUT ICESAT-2 FUNDAMENTALS DATA FORMATS TOOLS AND HOW TO GET TO RESULTS QUICKLY. INTRODUCTORY LECTURES WILL BE COMBINED WITH OPEN DATA EXPLORATION TOOL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE RESEARCH APPLICATIONS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. THE CSI HACKWEEK WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS FROM JUNE 17- 21 2019. CSI-HACKWEEK PARTICIPANTS WILL REQUIRE SOME FUNDAMENTAL SOFTWARE AND DATA MANIPULATION SKILLS SO TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR PARTICIPANTS TO ACQUIRE THESE SKILLS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP BUILT ON THE SOFTWARE CARPENTRY MODEL WILL BE OFFERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SEATTLE CAMPUS IN ADVANCE OF THE CSI-HACKWEEK. RESOURCES FOR CSI-HACKWEEK PARTICIPANTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE SOFTWARE CARPENTRY WORKSHOP WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DISTRIBUTED TO ASSURE PROPER PREPARATION. THE PROPOSAL SEEKS FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE CSI-HACKWEEK TRAVEL STIPENDS FOR TUTORS AND ATTENDEES AS WELL AS TRAVEL STIPENDS FOR THE UW SOFTWARE CARPENTRY WORKSHOP. THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES OF THE WORKSHOP ARE AN ACCELERATED PATH FROM DATA ACQUISITION TO RESEARCH RESULTS NEW COMMUNITY-BASED TOOLS FOR FACILITATING IS2 RESEARCH AND A VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS WELL EQUIPPED TO RAPIDLY DEPLOY IS2 DATA FOR RESEARCH IN CRYOSPHERIC SCIENCE.