Texas A&M Data Science Bootcamp

Dr. Jian Tao is an Assistant Professor in the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University and the Assistant Director for Project Development at the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science. Tao also holds courtesy appointments at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Department of Nuclear Engineering, and the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering. He is an NVIDIA DLI University Ambassador and XSEDE Campus Champion at Texas A&M and a contributor to the SPEC CPU 2017 benchmark suite. In 2018, Tao led the Texas A&M team to the final of both the ASC18 and SC18 student cluster competitions. His research interests include numerical modeling, machine learning, data analytics, distributed computing, visualization, digital twin, and workflow management. More about him can be found athttps://tx.ag/jtao.

Jian Tao

<A HREF="http://tamids.tamu.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A><A HREF="http://tamids.tamu.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Texas A&M Institute of Data Science</A>, <A HREF="https://hprc.tamu.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing</A>, and <A HREF="https://tees.tamu.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Texas Engineering Experiment Station</A> invite you to attend a two-day hands-on data science camp on Augest 19 and 20, 2019. This camp is to introduce the fundamentals of data science to students and researchers from Texas A&M University, Blinn College, and Minority Serving Institutions in Texas.
 
Place: ILSB auditorium
Time: 8:30AM - 5:00PM Aug 19 - Aug 20
 
Registration:
There is a $40 registration fee (plus Eventbrite fee) to cover the breakfast, refreshments, and lunch for two days. Travel and accomendation are on your own.
In order to encourage more students from Minority Serving Institutions in Texas to pursue tech positions and career growth, the registration charge will be $20 (plus Eventbrite fee) for students from Texas Minority Serving Institutions (<A HREF="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www2.ed.gov_about_offices_list_ocr_edlite-2Dminorityinst-2Dlist-2Dtab.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=N7n24CJR1WQudze_anImQA&m=OJvovlY0zs-SHsROnpeUfpv_c_wgp-en3rA6X5xWnrQ&s=CZO9BqQkxnfy1HMJls8-HaEQ92heqCJFt37kSpOaX8Y&e=" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst-list-tab.html</A>).
Please register with an email address from your academic institution.
 
Refund Policy:
You can cancel the registration and receive refund on or before Aug 12th (a week before the bootcamp).
 
Prerequisites:
Familiarity with the basic programming, fundamentals such as functions and variables.
You are encouraged to attend the 3rd Software Carpentry Workshop at Texas A&M on Aug 15-16 to learn some basic research computing skills before the data science bootcamp.
<A HREF="https://tamu-carpentry.github.io/2019-08-15-TAMU/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://tamu-carpentry.github.io/2019-08-15-TAMU/</A>
 
Agenda:
Day one (Aug 19):
08:30 - Registration and breakfast
09:00 - Introduction to Data Science - Part I (lecture)
10:20 - Break (refreshments)
10:30 - Introduction to Data Science - Part II (lecture)
12:00 - Lunch (provided)
13:00 - Introduction to Python for Data Scientists (lecture)
14:50 - Break (refreshments)
15:00 - Data Analysis with Pandas and Numpy (hands-on lab)
16:30 - Wrap-up
Day two (Aug 20):
08:30 - Registration and breakfast
09:00 - Data exploration and visualization  - Part I (lecture + hands-on lab)
10:20 - Break (refreshments)
10:30 - Data exploration and visualization  - Part II (lecture + hands-on lab)
12:00 - Lunch (provided)
13:00 - Machine learning with Scikit-learn - Part I (lecture + hands-on lab)
14:50 - Break (refreshments)
15:00 - Machine learning with Scikit-learn - Part II (lecture + hands-on lab)
16:30 - Wrap-up
 
Workshop Instructions:
1. Please bring your own laptop.
2. Make sure that WebSockets works on your laptop:
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Test your laptop at <A HREF="http://websocketstest.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://websocketstest.com</A>
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Under ENVIRONMENT, confirm that “WebSockets” is checked yes.
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Under WEBSOCKETS (PORT 443), confirm that “Data Receive,” “Send,” and “Echo Test” are checked yes.
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Parking:
If you are driving, please refer to the instructions on the Texas A&M Transportation Services website for the details about the parking for visitors.
<A HREF="http://transport.tamu.edu/Parking/visitor.aspx" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://transport.tamu.edu/Parking/visitor.aspx</A>
This data science camp is supported in part  by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1925764.
 
This data science camp is brought to you by:
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