Workshops


The Quantitative Analysis Center at Wesleyan will host a series of workshops in February and March to give students experience working with data prior to DataFest. The workshops are open to all students and staff at Wesleyan, as well as the participating colleges (UConn, Yale, Connecticut College, and Trinity).

These workshops are based on student interest, it is not too late to request a specific workshop! Email vnazzaro@wesleyan.edu.

For all workshops, registration is required, please register here.

Introduction to R 

  • When: Monday  2.20.17   4:15-6:15pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 204
  • Instructor: Robert Kabacoff

An Introduction to MYSQL     

  • When: Wednesday  2.22.17   4:30-6:30pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 204
  • Instructor: Pavel Oleinikov

Data Visualization in R (with ggplot2) 

  • When: Monday  2.27.17   4:30-6:30pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 204
  • Instructor: Valerie Nazzaro

Data Munging

  • When: Wednesday    3.1.17   4:15-6:15pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 110
  • Instructor: Robert Kabacoff

GIS packages in R

  • When: Wednesday  3.8.17   4:30-6:30pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 204
  • Instructor: Pavel Oleinikov

Google Charts and Fusion Tables  

  • When: Thursday  3.9.17   4:30-6:30pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 204
  • Instructor: Pavel Oleinikov

Introduction to Data Visualization with Tableau 

  • When: By appointment (email vnazzaro@wesleyan.edu)
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 203
  • Instructor: Valerie Nazzaro

Introduction to statistical modeling   

  • When: Monday   3.27.17   4:30-6:30pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 204
  • Instructor: Valerie Nazzaro

An Introduction to Machine learning

  • When: Wednesday   3.29.17   4:15-6:15pm
  • Where: Wesleyan – Allbritton 204
  • Instructor: Robert Kabacoff