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Data Science Nights - JANUARY 2019 Meeting
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
6:30 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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JANUARY MEETING: Monday, January 27, 2020 at 6:30pm in Chambers Hall, Evanston
DATA SCIENCE NIGHTS are monthly hack nights on popular data science topics, organized by Northwestern University graduate students and scholars. Aspiring, beginning, and advanced data scientists are welcome!
SPEAKER: Joe Germuska, Executive Director of the Knight Lab, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
TOPIC: Understanding and Using Census Data
The Census has been in the news a lot lately. But the Census Bureau collects much more data than the Decennial count. Joe Germuska, Chief Nerd of Medill’s Knight Lab and project lead for CensusReporter.org will lay out the variety of data which the Census Bureau publishes and how you can use it.
AGENDA:
6:15pm - Socializing and Refreshments
6:30pm - Presentation by Joe Germuska, "Understanding and Using Census Data"
7pm - Hacking session: working groups and an introduction to pandas and matplotlib in Python for newcomers by Dr. Nicolay Markov.
For more info: data-science-nights.org
Supporting Groups:
This event is supported by the Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems and the Northwestern Data Science Initiative.
Time
Monday, January 27, 2020 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
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Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
WED@NICO Seminar Series returns April 10th!
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
Details
The Wednesdays@NICO Speaker series will run during the spring quarter, every Wednesday, from April 10th to May 29th, 2024. Speakers will be announced towards the end of March.
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option via Zoom
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems and data science. 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, April 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
Contact
Calendar
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)