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.

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5	6	7 MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau January 7, 2020 -- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 330 Morrill Tower The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Tableau project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and is held in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home •	8	9 OSC Workshop: Using Parallel R at OSC OSC Workshop: Using Parallel R at OSC January 9, 2020 -- 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Ohio Supercomputer Center, 1224 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212, USA This workshop demonstrates how to run parallel R jobs using resources at Ohio Supercomputer Center. This workshop will cover topics such as accessing different version of R at OSC, Running R using Rstudio App vs terminal App, how to install R package locally, packages available for multi-core and multi-node parallelism and examples for running parallel R Click here for more information and registration. MMC Digital Sandbox: Python MMC Digital Sandbox: Python January 9, 2020 -- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Python project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets at 3:00 in 330 Morrill Tower This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX January 9, 2020 -- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The LaTeX project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets on Thursdays at 4:00 in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ • • •	10	11
12	13	14 MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau January 14, 2020 -- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 330 Morrill Tower The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Tableau project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and is held in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home •	15	16 Tableau User Group Meeting Tableau User Group Meeting January 16, 2020 -- 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 MMC Digital Sandbox: Python MMC Digital Sandbox: Python January 16, 2020 -- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Python project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets at 3:00 in 330 Morrill Tower This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX January 16, 2020 -- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The LaTeX project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets on Thursdays at 4:00 in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ R-Ladies Columbus: Analyze Australian Wildfires! R-Ladies Columbus: Analyze Australian Wildfires! January 16, 2020 -- 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Columbus Collaboratory, 1375 Perry St, Columbus, OH 43201, USA This month we are excited to talk a bit about Tidy Tuesday and the Australian fires! We are going to break into groups of 3 or 4 and work together on using the Tidy Tuesday Australian fires dataset to create a data visualization using R. For more information and registration, click here. • • • •	17	18
19	20	21 MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau January 21, 2020 -- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 330 Morrill Tower The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Tableau project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and is held in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home •	22	23 MMC Digital Sandbox: Python MMC Digital Sandbox: Python January 23, 2020 -- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Python project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets at 3:00 in 330 Morrill Tower This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX January 23, 2020 -- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The LaTeX project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets on Thursdays at 4:00 in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ • •	24	25
26	27 Using Public Domain Materials In Your Teaching and Research (Workshop) Using Public Domain Materials In Your Teaching and Research (Workshop) January 27, 2020 -- 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Research Commons, 175 W 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Join University Libraries’ Copyright Services for part one of a workshop series on the public domain. This session will provide an introduction to identifying, finding, and using public domain materials for your teaching, research, and other creative activities. Please bring your questions! Who: Ohio State faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students For more information and to register, click here. •	28 Introduction to Data Visualization (Presentation) Introduction to Data Visualization (Presentation) January 28, 2020 -- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Research Commons, 175 W 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Data visualization (or data viz for short) has rapidly developed into a huge area of interest for a broad group of users including researchers, businesses, and anyone looking to effectively communicate a large amount of information to a specific audience. This event will also be livestreamed. For more information and to register please click here. MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau MMC Digital Sandbox: Tableau January 28, 2020 -- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 330 Morrill Tower The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Tableau project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and is held in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home • •	29	30 MMC Digital Sandbox: Python MMC Digital Sandbox: Python January 30, 2020 -- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The Python project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets at 3:00 in 330 Morrill Tower This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ Introduction to Web Mapping with ArcGIS Online Introduction to Web Mapping with ArcGIS Online January 30, 2020 -- 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Research Commons, 175 W 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Want to make a map for your research, teaching, outreach, or just for fun? ArcGIS Online (AGOL) is the premier platform for easily and efficiently creating interactive web maps. Who: OSU faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students from all disiciplines BYOD – Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops or tablets for hands-on participation This workshop is offered through a collaboration between the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis and the University Libraries. Click here for more information and to register. MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX MMC Digital Sandbox: LaTeX January 30, 2020 -- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Digital Sandbox project groups managed by the Media, Marketing and Communication (MMC) Scholars provide a number of weekly project groups related to digital media. The LaTeX project group may be of interest to those in Data Analytics and meets on Thursdays at 4:00 in 330 Morrill Tower. This project group is open to all students. For more details, see: http://mmcscholars.com/home/ • • •	31

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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Suggested Workshop Paths