Open lab and workshops

The Data Science Lab welcomes students, staff, and faculty of all disciplines and levels to collaborate on common projects. We host regular workshops and open lab sessions to provide mentorship, hands on exercises and networking opportunities to help you learn and use data science as a way to solve real-world problems.

Lab sessions

Our open labs provide an opportunity to understand concepts and develop skills in data science. 

If you are not on our mailing list, please email kerri.rittschof@asu.edu to request to be added to receive information on upcoming events and the links to the sessions. 

Spring 2024 virtual labs 

The series will be a set of virtual instructional and participatory events to inform on various and necessary key skills in data science.

We will meet virtually Wednesdays from 10 -11 a.m. (AZ time).

Jan 17 - Spring semester kickoff with Kerri Rittschof and Namig Abbasov
Registration closed. 

Jan 24 - Where DS meets practical research data management with Matthew Harp
Registration closed. 

Jan 31 - Understanding the principles in Supervised Machine Learning with Namig Abbasov
Registration closed. 

Feb 7 - Techniques in Supervised Machine Learning with Namig Abbasov
Registration closed. 

Feb 14 -  Exploring Unsupervised Machine Learning techniques with Namig Abbasov
Registration closed. 

Feb 21 - Unsupervised Machine Learning – There is more to learn! with Namig Abbasov
Registration closed. 

Spring 2024 virtual labs 

The series will be a set of virtual instructional and participatory events to inform on various and necessary key skills in data science.

We will meet virtually Wednesdays from 10 -11 a.m. (AZ time).

Mar 13 - The fundamentals of Text Analysis with Supervised Machine Learning with Namig Abbasov
Register today.

Mar 20 - The examination of Text Analysis with Unsupervised Machine Learning with Namig Abbasov
Register today.

Mar 27 - Let’s use Python programming for Social Science research with Namig Abbasov
Register today.

Apr 3 - Artificial Intelligence in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences with Namig Abbasov
Register today.

Apr 10 - Exploring Artificial Intelligence with Shawn Walker 
Register today.

 

Self-paced volunteer projects

Chest x-ray image classifier - Classify chest x-ray images into those with pneumonia and those without pneumonia
Keywords: Image processing, neural networks, Tensorflow

Mortality prediction in medical data - Attempt to outperform us at predicting mortality in medical data
Keywords: Medical data, machine learning, performance evaluation

Homelessness clustering - Execute various clustering algorithms on service activity of homeless people in Maricopa County, AZ
Keywords: Unsupervised learning, clustering algorithms, real-world data

Email datascience@asu.edu to request the resources and recordings for one or more of the volunteer projects.  


Recorded workshops

Programming mini workshops

Learn some of the basics of data science in our virtual mini workshops. We will show you how to import data, build models, and interpret results using multiple techniques in the R and Python programming language.

R basics: Intro to programming in the R coding language
Python basics: Intro to programming in the Python coding language

Email datascience@asu.edu to request the recording(s). 


Data Visualization Tableau workshop

The summer 2022 half day virtual workshop, we completed hands-on training in the basics of visualizing data with Tableau, from making charts to composing dashboards. No previous experience required, but you need your own laptop. 

Email datasceince@asu.edu to request the recording.


Faculty, staff and students interested in an ongoing project, new collaboration, or learning more may contact datascience@asu.edu.