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GEARS - Preparing Future Faculty/Professionals: Workshop on Data Analysis in Python

April 26, 2016 - 1:30pm to 4:00pm

       

Workshop on Data Analysis in Python

Facilitator: Bryan Kerster, Ph.D. student in Cognitive and Information Sciences
Where: SSM 135
When: Tuesday April 26 & Thursday April 28 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm

This workshop is designed to help beginning programmers quickly get up to speed with the Python programming language for the purpose of analyzing common types of scientific datasets.  The workshop will start with Python basics, and cover the nuts and bolts of reading, cleaning, manipulating, and crunching data in Python, as well as common pitfalls and how to avoid them.  Participants will become familiar with the Python modules most helpful for data analysis: Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, and Matplotlib. 

If you have any questions about the workshop please email Bryan Kerster.

Note this is a two-day workshop! The second session is on Thursday, April 28 from 1:30 - 4:00 pm.

 

Location

SSM 135