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This application is for current UC Berkeley graduate students only.
Applications will be accepted between March 15 and April 15, 2024. Decisions will be sent on May 15, 2024.
About this workshop
This 8-week workshop will give you the opportunity to learn the essential tools and methods for data science analysis and be introduced to critical frameworks that will enable you to create a project of your own design and to tell stories that can counter the market-first mentality of data science. This workshop has a heavy emphasis on collaboration and peer-to-peer learning, with a significant group work component.
In this workshop, you will learn how to use the Python programming language to conduct data analyses, create visualizations, apply natural language processing techniques, and analyze social media data. At the same time, you will explore a variety of readings rooted in critical approaches of data feminism, data activism, ethics, indigenous technologies, critical race theory. The workshop will culminate in using Python to conduct your own data intensive research project, focusing on discovering and visualizing language biases in social media data, to be carried out collaboratively in a small group.
Overall, this engaging, cohort-based workshop focuses on inherent prejudice in data sets and analysis, and teaches you to deploy solutions to create social impact with data science. Activities include:
- Learning how to use the Python programming language to conduct data analyses
- Exploring your own positionality as a scholar in the context of data science
- Critically analyzing social media data using state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing techniques in Python
- Collaboratively annotating critical texts on data science
- Working with a group to discover and visualize language biases in Machine Learning systems
No prerequisites are required: instruction will begin from the very basics of programming and Python. Substantial hands-on support will be provided, particularly if you are new to programming, in order to support the development of your computational skills.
Developed in partnership between the D-Lab and the Graduate Division, with a common goal to reach marginalized students, this workshop will provide the tools, insights, and mentorship needed to get started in your critical data science journey.
How to Apply
Apply Now
This application is for current UC Berkeley graduate students only.
Applications will be accepted between March 15 and April 15, 2024. Decisions will be sent on May 15, 2024.
Questions
Email your questions to: dssj@berkeley.edu