Announcing the lineup of workshops for the Winter quarter:
Geospatial Data Carpentry with R: January 5-9, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm / Zoom and UCSB Library (Room 2509)
Master geospatial analysis in R in this four-day workshop. We will cover R basics, working with raster and vector data, and performing essential GIS operations. Join us to pilot and improve this exciting new lesson developed with our Dutch colleagues.
Introduction to Data Analysis with R: January 14 & 15, 4:00 – 6:30 pm / UCSB Library (Room 2509)
Start your data journey here! Designed for absolute beginners, this workshop covers the essentials of R and RStudio. Learn to import data, create stunning plots, and streamline your analysis workflow using the Tidyverse. No prior coding experience required.
Web Scraping with Python: January 27 & 29, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm / UCSB Library (Room 2509)
Turn websites into usable data. In this intermediate workshop, you will master web scraping using Python’s Requests, Beautiful Soup, and Selenium. Learn to read and navigate the backbone of a website (its HTML content) and automate data extraction from both static and dynamic web pages.
Designed for participants with basic knowledge of Python programming. Register in Shoreline.
Intro to Machine Learning in Python: February 11 & 13, 1:00 – 3:30 pm / UCSB Library (Room 1312)
Join us for a practical introduction to fundamental ML concepts, with a special focus on neural networks. We’ll use Scikit-learn and TensorFlow Keras to master the essential workflow: preparing data, training predictive models, and evaluating results. Register in Shoreline.
No machine learning knowledge is required; however, attendees should have basic Python programming skills.
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