Classes & Events
| Event/Description | Date/Time/Location |
|---|---|
Excel Charts Tips for Visualizing DataExcel is an easy to use tool for creating charts and graphs. This short workshop will provide tips and techniques for refining and customizing Excel’s basic chart types. |
Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 10:00am to 11:30am Collaboration Space, B43A |
Using Rice’s Private VM CloudLearn about ORION, Rice’s private VM research computing cloud. ORION allows you to develop custom disk images, perform custom compute jobs that do not rise to the level of requiring supercomputing resources, and even host web applications. |
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm DMC Multi Purpose Room (basement of Fondren) |
Introduction to RThis course will cover the foundational elements of coding in R including understanding the interface and syntax of R as well as basic techniques for storing and manipulating data sets in R. |
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm Collaboration Space, B43A |
R Visualization and Data ManipulationThis course will build upon the basics of R and introduce basic forms of data visualization techniques in R as well as more advanced forms of data manipulation that weren't covered in the introductory class through use of for loops and if statements. |
Monday, July 8, 2019 - 9:00am to 10:30am Collaboration Space, B43A |
Python Data Visualization with MatplotlibMatplotlib is the most popular data visualization library in Python. It allows us to create figures and plots. This tutorial is intended to help you get up-and-running with Matplotlib quickly. |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm Collaboration Space, B43A |
The Absolute Basics of Jupyter NotebooksEvery day, thousands (if not more) of programmers, statisticians, data scientists, information professionals, and journalists use Jupyter, an open-source web app that interactively presents live code augmented with visua |
Friday, July 12, 2019 - 10:00am to 11:00am Fondren Library Basement Collaboration Space, B43A |
Introduction to Time Series AnalysisThis course will teach the basics of time series analysis, a statistical approach to dealing with sequential data sets. |
Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 10:00am to 11:30am |