Data Science at Twitter - Julie Hollek
Jan
29
6:15 PM18:15

Data Science at Twitter - Julie Hollek

Julie Hollek, Data Scientist at Twitter, will be visiting MSU to talk about what she does on the Analytics Team for Product Data. Pizza and pop will be provided!

Julie did her undergrad here at MSU, graduating with a degree in Physics in 2008. She went on to get her PhD in Astronomy from UT-Austin before becoming a data scientist at Neustar and then Twitter. She is involved in the Python/SciPy community and is on the organizing committee for the SciPy conference in San Francisco.

Check her out on twitter @jkru!

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Workshop: Intro to Python for Data Science
Jan
22
6:15 PM18:15

Workshop: Intro to Python for Data Science

  • pin Broad College Complex (BCC) Room N105 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Python is the most popular programming langauge for data science and it's growing more than ever. Learn how to use Python and the basics of some of the core data science packages such as NumPy and Pandas. These tools are key for manipulating and analyzing data in an efficient manner - employers love to see this skill in a candidate as well. Pizza and pop will be provided!

Come early if you'd like help installing Python (Anaconda distribution).

Before the workshop:
Install Python v3.6.4

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Workshop: Intro to R for Data Science Session 2
Sep
26
6:15 PM18:15

Workshop: Intro to R for Data Science Session 2

Learn about one of the most in-demand skills for data science, data analysis with R! We subscribe to the "tidyverse" method and will get into those.

There is absolutely NO PREREQUISITE for this workshop! Just bring your own laptop and install RStudio, a free open-source software: rstudio.com.We'll be helping people get software ready for the 15 minutes before hand, so come early if you need help.

Session 1 and Session 2 will be identical! No need to show up for both.

To learn more about Hadley Wickham's tidyverse, go here: tidyverse.org.Datacamp.com is also an excellent resource, where "Intro to R" is free!

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Workshop: Intro to R for Data Science Session 1
Sep
25
6:15 PM18:15

Workshop: Intro to R for Data Science Session 1

Learn about one of the most in-demand skills for data science, data analysis with R! We subscribe to the "tidyverse" method and will get into those.

There is absolutely NO PREREQUISITE for this workshop! Just bring your own laptop and install RStudio, a free open-source software: rstudio.com.We'll be helping people get software ready for the 15 minutes before hand, so come early if you need help.

Session 1 and Session 2 will be identical! No need to show up for both.

To learn more about Hadley Wickham's tidyverse, go here: tidyverse.org.Datacamp.com is also an excellent resource, where "Intro to R" is free!

RSVP on Facebook Here!

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