OSU TDA – Data Workshop Calendar and Paths

Browse the calendar for special events, workshops, and seminars related to Data literacy and Data Analytics. Click on each event to view details, registration information, prerequisites (if applicable), and other details on all of these events.

Can’t find an event or workshop that meets your needs? Check out this list of resources that may help.

	December 2019
1	2	3 OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop December 3, 2019 - December 4, 2019 -- Telecast to Ohio Supercomputer Center This two-day, hands-on workshop, presented by XSEDE, introduces scalable data analytics and machine learning. Taking place on Dec. 3 and 4, the course uses Hadoop, Spark and TensorFlow. There are no prerequisites, although some familiarity with Python is helpful. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center will telecast the workshop to OSC Click here for more information and to register. Direct Registration Link here. CCTS Annual Scientific Meeting CCTS Annual Scientific Meeting December 3, 2019 -- 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Ohio Union, 1739 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Ohio State's Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), along with pediatric partner Nationwide Children’s Hospital, will host the Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting Dec. 3 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Ohio Union, This year’s theme is Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Translational Science and Human Health. Join us for talks from experts in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, facilitated break-out sessions, poster viewing, funding opportunities and networking. More Information Here • •	4 OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop December 3, 2019 - December 4, 2019 -- Telecast to Ohio Supercomputer Center This two-day, hands-on workshop, presented by XSEDE, introduces scalable data analytics and machine learning. Taking place on Dec. 3 and 4, the course uses Hadoop, Spark and TensorFlow. There are no prerequisites, although some familiarity with Python is helpful. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center will telecast the workshop to OSC Click here for more information and to register. Direct Registration Link here. •	5	6	7
8	9 Computing Resources for Researchers at OSU Computing Resources for Researchers at OSU December 9, 2019 -- 10:00 am - 11:00 am Pomerene Hall, Building 067, 1760 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA John Heimaster from ASCTech whojoined our CoP meeting during the Fall Forum has graciously agreed to talk tous about computing and network resources for OSU researchers. In particular, hetalked about the Electronic Laboratory Notebooks as a valuable tool forreproducible research during our lively discussion in the meeting. Pomerene Room # TBD: look for signs in the building. Or Join Zoom Meeting: https://osu.zoom.us/j/434869669 •	10	11 R-Ladies Columbus: Holiday Party Meetup R-Ladies Columbus: Holiday Party Meetup December 11, 2019 -- 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Root Insurance, 80 E Rich St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA As part of the Columbus Tech community, R-Ladies Columbus will be joining Columbus Tech Community Holiday Celebration on Dec 11 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Root Insurance (80 E Rich St Floor 6 Columbus, OH 43215). Registration is required! For more information and to register click here. •	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19 Tableau User Group Meeting Tableau User Group Meeting December 19, 2019 -- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 150 Thompson Library Ohio State’s Tableau User Group (TUG) helps bring together passionate users to learn, share and solve common data challenges. https://it.osu.edu/search/tableau •	20	21
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Below are suggested learning pathways designed to introduce you to data analytics or how to effectively use data. Pick and choose from several pathways to customize your own learning experience to suit your needs and interests using a combination of both on-campus workshops and resources available on-line from LinkedIn Learning or Lynda.com.

For more information on obtaining accounts on either LinkedIn Learning or Lynda.com, please see the criteria for access at the IT Academy’s eligibility page.

Suggested Workshop Paths

Using the Ohio Supercomputer Center for Research❯×

This workshop path may be useful for researchers and students that are starting to use the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) resources for their research. These events may be found in the calendar to the right, or on the OSC events page.

Intro to Supercomputing at OSC
Getting started at OSC
Big Data at OSC Workshop

Data Analytics for Beginners❯×

This workshop track uses material from lynda.com as an introduction to Data Analytics. It may be supplemented with material available in workshops on campus as noted.

Learning Data Visualization❯×

This workshop path goes in depth on using Data to create an effective narrative. It uses material from lynda.com as a baseline, and is supplemented with resources and workshops available from Research Commons.

Data Visualization: Storytelling (1h 37m)
Learning Data Visualization (3h 50m)
Data Visualization Tips & Tricks (2h 14m)
Research Commons Data Visualization tools series (pick one)

General Visualization

Intro to Tableau for Data Visualization
Intro to Excel for Data Visualization
Open and Affordable tools for analyzing and visualizing data

GIS (mapping)

Web mapping basics with ArcGIS online

Amazon Web Services Basics❯×

This is a training path using material from lynda.com, which is an excellent tool for online training and supplemental learning videos. This training path is outlined as part of the IT Academy AWS training at Ohio State.

Working with Big Data in AWS❯×

This workshop track may be of interest to those wanting to use Amazon Web Services for their Data Analytics projects. If the Big Data Technology Fundamentals is omitted it also makes a good introduction to AWS and cloud computing.

AWS Cloud Practitioner Examples
Introduction to Amazon EC2
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) primer
Big Data Technology Fundamentals

Microsoft's Python for Beginners❯×

Microsoft Developer has a series of videos on YouTube called “Python for Beginners”. Each video is just a few minutes long and the series aims to help the viewer learn Python starting with very little programming background.

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	December 2019
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1	2	3 OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop December 3, 2019 - December 4, 2019 -- Telecast to Ohio Supercomputer Center This two-day, hands-on workshop, presented by XSEDE, introduces scalable data analytics and machine learning. Taking place on Dec. 3 and 4, the course uses Hadoop, Spark and TensorFlow. There are no prerequisites, although some familiarity with Python is helpful. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center will telecast the workshop to OSC Click here for more information and to register. Direct Registration Link here. CCTS Annual Scientific Meeting CCTS Annual Scientific Meeting December 3, 2019 -- 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Ohio Union, 1739 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Ohio State's Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), along with pediatric partner Nationwide Children’s Hospital, will host the Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting Dec. 3 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Ohio Union, This year’s theme is Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Translational Science and Human Health. Join us for talks from experts in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, facilitated break-out sessions, poster viewing, funding opportunities and networking. More Information Here • •	4 OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop OSC XSEDE HPC Big Data Workshop December 3, 2019 - December 4, 2019 -- Telecast to Ohio Supercomputer Center This two-day, hands-on workshop, presented by XSEDE, introduces scalable data analytics and machine learning. Taking place on Dec. 3 and 4, the course uses Hadoop, Spark and TensorFlow. There are no prerequisites, although some familiarity with Python is helpful. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center will telecast the workshop to OSC Click here for more information and to register. Direct Registration Link here. •	5	6	7
8	9 Computing Resources for Researchers at OSU Computing Resources for Researchers at OSU December 9, 2019 -- 10:00 am - 11:00 am Pomerene Hall, Building 067, 1760 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA John Heimaster from ASCTech whojoined our CoP meeting during the Fall Forum has graciously agreed to talk tous about computing and network resources for OSU researchers. In particular, hetalked about the Electronic Laboratory Notebooks as a valuable tool forreproducible research during our lively discussion in the meeting. Pomerene Room # TBD: look for signs in the building. Or Join Zoom Meeting: https://osu.zoom.us/j/434869669 •	10	11 R-Ladies Columbus: Holiday Party Meetup R-Ladies Columbus: Holiday Party Meetup December 11, 2019 -- 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Root Insurance, 80 E Rich St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA As part of the Columbus Tech community, R-Ladies Columbus will be joining Columbus Tech Community Holiday Celebration on Dec 11 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Root Insurance (80 E Rich St Floor 6 Columbus, OH 43215). Registration is required! For more information and to register click here. •	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19 Tableau User Group Meeting Tableau User Group Meeting December 19, 2019 -- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 150 Thompson Library Ohio State’s Tableau User Group (TUG) helps bring together passionate users to learn, share and solve common data challenges. https://it.osu.edu/search/tableau •	20	21
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December 2019

Suggested Workshop Paths