Part of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) series.  This workshop will help participants develop skills in understanding and conducting latent variable models, particularly from the perspective of structural equation modeling. After a conceptual overview, a broad view of matrix factorization techniques will be provided along with specific examples (e.g. PCA, ‘factor analysis’).  In addition, measurement […]

Apache Spark is a powerful open source processing engine built around speed, ease of use, and sophisticated analytics. Industry has quickly adopted Spark and deployed it at scale for processing big data. Its main advantage include in-memory processing and a rich set of operations for wrangling data using DataFrames. In this workshop, we’ll introduce attendees […]

This workshop will cover introductory GIS concepts and techniques using open source tools. We will use QGIS and R and learn the basics of GIS by solving a number of different problems.  You will also learn to generate production quality maps. Some exposure to R will be helpful. The workshop is meant for students and researchers […]

Ever want to build your own web application? Do you want to do it using Python? Well then, Flask is the answer you are looking for. Its a micro web framework for Python to help you build your first web app. Come learn how to get started building, testing and deploying your first app to […]

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are used as a machine learning method for both regression and classification problems. Keras is a high-level, Python interface running on top of multiple neural network libraries, including the popular library TensorFlow. In this workshop, participants will learn how to quickly use the Keras interface to perform nonlinear regression and classification with standard fully-connected DNNs, as well as image classification […]

This is a three-session workshop on the use of Go for data processing.  Go is an open source language developed for general-purpose programming.  It is not more difficult to learn and use than a high-level scripting language like Python, but it is strongly typed, statically compiled, and provides native support for concurrency, leading to much […]

This talk will serve as an demonstration of what RStudio can offer for those that do not use it, as well as a showcase for more advanced use for those who use it only for scripting purposes. Topics include but are not limited to: Scripting shortcuts Customization Using Projects Document generation Addins Package Development Debugging […]

Topics: By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Work with Stata, including using Do-files and using the help system. Get data into Stata and manage your data files Establish familiarity with your data Clean the data to prepare it for analysis Check for basic errors in the data Generate new variables […]