R and Python workshops – Fall 2022

Summary

Check the Calendar listing for data analysis workshops links and registration forms. Below are workshop dates for SSCC, Madison chapter of Software Carpentry, and Steenbock Library series.

Social Science Computing Cooperative (SSCC)

The table below shows only the R and Python courses. See complete listing at https://sscc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/ 

Title Date Time Instructor
Introduction to Python for Data Analysis 8/29 10:00 – 3:00 Dimond
Introduction to R 8/29 12:30 – 3:30 Struck
Data Wrangling in Python 8/30, 8/31, 9/1, 9/2 10:00 – 3:00 Dimond
Data Wrangling in R 8/30, 8/31, 9/1, 9/2 12:30 – 4:30 Struck
JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks: Not Just For Python Any More 9/6 2:00 – 3:00 Dimond
Introduction to Python for Data Analysis 9/12, 9/14 10:00 – 12:00 Dimond
Introduction to R 9/13 1:00 – 4:00 Struck
Data Wrangling in R 9/15, 9/20, 9/22, 9/27, 9/29 1:00 – 4:00 Struck
Data Wrangling in Python 9/19, 9/21, 9/26, 9/28, 10/3, 10/5 10:00 – 12:00 Dimond
Regression Review with R 9/27 9:00 – 12:00 Hemken
Data Visualization in R: ggplot2 Basics 9/29 9:00 – 11:00 Struck
Regression Diagnostics with R 10/4 1:00 – 4:00 Struck

SSCC courses are (again) free but regular attendance is requested and expected for longer courses.

Software Carpentry

The Data Science Hub is providing a Fall online “mini series” workshops. There is a small $5 fee for UW-Madison affiliate (and snacks during the sessions!) The table below details the  Fall workshop series.

The main registration page is: Fall 2022 Mini Workshops
Notes: registration for “Unix Shell” ends August 31. Registration for later workshops will open gradually.

Schedule

Date Workshop PreRequisites
September 7th Unix Shell NA
September 28th Git/GitHub For this workshop, you need to be familiar with all of the commands taught in this Unix Shell lesson
October 26-27th Intro to Machine Learning with Sklearn For this workshop, you need to have a basic familiarity with python
November 16-17th Intro to Docker For this workshop, you need to have a base familiarity with using a command shell and the text editor
November 30th Interactive Data Visualizations in Python For this workshop, you need to have a base familiarity with python, the unix shell, and github
December 14th Intro to Julia For this workshop, you need to have a base familiarity with files, directories, arrays, and indices

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a Platinum Member Organization of the THE CARPENTRIES. For more details on what are the “Carpentries” see my Blog entry Software-carpentry

Steenbock Library Workshops

See details on announcement page: Learn how to analyze data using Python and/or R programming languages (via Zoom) for details on each workshop. Below is a summary for dates and registration links for R and Python series. Open to all UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff.

Materials:

R series dates and registration

Date: Fridays 10am-12pm R Programming: Registration Link
September 23, 11am-1pm R Basics in Spanish https://go.wisc.edu/kvzxeq
September 30 R Basics https://go.wisc.edu/e9123d
October 7 R Basics (repeat) https://go.wisc.edu/135b9d
October 14 Data Wrangling https://go.wisc.edu/930o7p
October 21 Visualization https://go.wisc.edu/oa9l8d
October 28 Reports https://go.wisc.edu/6×5766

(Registration is required for each workshop.)

Python series dates and registration

Date: Thursdays 10am-12pm Python Programming: Registration Link
September 29 Introduction https://go.wisc.edu/mau089
October 6 Introduction (repeat) https://go.wisc.edu/1fb8vr
October 13 Loops, lists, and functions https://go.wisc.edu/l1gei7
October 20 Spreadsheets and data wrangling
with pandas
https://go.wisc.edu/u8x21y
October 27 Data Visualization with seaborn https://go.wisc.edu/2a411r

(Registration is required for each workshop.)

See description for each workshop content on Learn how to analyze data using Python and/or R programming languages