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Python for Programming and Data Science Workshops
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
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M113 (LR4) Technological Institute
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The Python for Programming and Data Science Workshops will run July 18 through August 17, 2017. This event is organized by the Northwestern University Postdoctoral Forum (NUPF), the SPIE Student Group and NUIT Research Computing Services.
Being able to do programming and data science are useful interdisciplinary skills for any scientist. But learning these powerful, time-saving skills all by yourself might seem intimidating or sound like it could be a slow process. Our summer workshops will offer a concise, efficient introduction into to these skills, tailored specifically to PhD students and post-docs. At the end of our introductory series, you will be able to write your own Python code and feel comfortable manipulating and visualizing data sets and using databases. You'll gain foundational skills as well as the confidence to do more with your data and further your research.
These workshops aim to fill a skill gap that currently exists for PhD students and post-docs at Northwestern. We recommend undergraduates attend the two-week course NICO 101-0: Introduction to Programming for Big Data.
For more information and to register: data-science-summer-workshops.org
Program:
July 18th: Getting started with programming and Python.
July 25th: Further programming steps in Python.
August 3rd: Reading in data sets, manipulating and summarizing data with NumPy and pandas.
August 10th: Plotting with pandas and matplotlib, statistical and machine learning models.
August 17th: Databases, SQL query language for relational databases, creating a database, accessing databases from Python and through command line clients.
Location:
Room M113 (LR4) in the Technological Institute (Evanston campus)
Time
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
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Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Fall 2026 Classes Begin
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Fall 2026 Classes Begin
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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NICO Reading Group - Fall 2026 First Meeting
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
6:00 PM
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Chambers Hall
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The NICO Reading Group meets for the first this fall on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Please contact Jaeseon Ha if you are interested in joining our group.
About:
The NICO Reading Group brings together people across disciplines to read and discuss important ideas in modern AI. We focus on topics such as AI agents, tuning, harnesses, evaluation, AI for scientific discovery, and applications of AI across different fields. The goal is to understand important ideas in AI more deeply by learning and thinking across disciplines.
Leadership:
Jaeseon Ha, a Kellogg MBA + AI student, will lead the reading group during the Fall 2026 term. Please contact Jaeseon with any questions or reach out to us at nico@northwestern.edu.
Meeting Times:
Date: Biweekly on Wednesday evening, starting on September 23, 2026
Time: 6-7pm
Location: NICO main office, Chambers Hall,
600 Foster St, Evanston, IL 60208
Time
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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WED@NICO Seminar Series returns on September 30, 2026
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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The Wednesdays@NICO seminar series returns September 30, 2026, running through November 11, 2026, with the following speakers.
9/30/2026 - Luis Amaral, Northwestern University
10/7/2026 - Kristina Lerman, Indiana University
10/14/2026 - Tim Tangherlini, University of California, Berkeley
10/21/2026 - Andreia Sofia Teixeira, Northeastern University London
10/28/2026 - Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Complexity Science Hub, Vienna
11/4/2026 - Hamsa Bastani, University of Pennsylvania
11/11/2026 - Mayank Agrawal, Proof of Human
We will share detailed speaker information, talk titles and abstracts, in the coming weeks.
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option TBA
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, networks, and artificial intelligence. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.
Time
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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