Python

Python Fundamentals: Parts 1-4

September 7, 2021, 11:00am
This four-part, interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.
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Python Fundamentals: Parts 1-4

August 19, 2021, 1:00pm
This four-part, interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.
Registration is unavailable.

Ilya Akdemir

Data Science Fellow
School of Law

Ilya is a JSD candidate at UC Berkeley School of Law. His research focuses on natural language processing and machine learning applications that are motivated by both theoretical and practical questions in the legal domain.

Grazia Rovelli, Ph.D.

Data Science Fellow
Chemical Science Division (LBL)

Grazia is a postdoctoral scholar at the Chemical Science Division at Berkeley Lab and a Data Science Fellow at D-Lab. Her research has focused on several different aspects of atmospheric chemistry and she is now interested in data science and machine learning tools applied to atmospheric pollution problems.

Amanda Glazer

Instructor
Statistics

Amanda is a PhD candidate in the statistics department at Berkeley. Her research focuses on causal inference with applications in education, political science and sports. Previously she earned her Bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics, with a secondary in computer science, from Harvard.

Why Teaching Social Scientists How To Code Like A Professional Is Important

September 23, 2020
Jae Yeon Kim, Ph.D.

I use data science to study political learning, organization, and mobilization among marginalized populations. I have always loved programming and want to serve people lacking voice and representation in a society. I am blessed to have found and chosen computational social science—a field situated between social science and data science—as my main research area.

I also love teaching people how to code, especially social scientists, and I take that mission seriously. I have taught computational tools and techniques at both graduate and undergraduate levels in semester-...

Exploring Berkeley IGS Poll Data In Python

August 6, 2020
Patty Frontiera, Ph.D.

Between April 16 and 20, 2020 the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS)(link is external), in conjunction with the California Institute of Health Equity and Action(Cal-IHEA)(link is external)...

Adding Basemaps In Python With Contextily

October 8, 2020
Patty Frontiera, Ph.D.

If you work with geospatial data in Python, you most likely are familiar with the fantastic GeoPandas library. GeoPandas leverages the power of Maplotlib to enable users to make maps of their data. However, until recently, it has not been easy to add basemaps to these maps. Basemaps are the contextual map data, like Google Maps, on top of which geospatial data are often displayed.

The new Python library...

Adam Anderson, Ph.D.

Research Training Manager; Postdoc Lecturer
Digital Humanities

I’m an interdisciplinary data scientist, with a background in Middle Eastern languages (Hebrew, Arabic, and historical languages like Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian). I’ve worked in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Turkey with archaeological sites and museums. My technical skills include: translation and data storytelling, data forensics (3D imaging, mapping, modeling), computational linguistics (CTA, NLP, OCR), and network analysis (SNA). My roles on campus include: Research Training Manager of the Computational Social Science Training Program; Postdoc Lecturer...

Dustin Wallace

IUSE Undergraduate Advisory Board
Data Science

My name is Dustin Wallace, I am a 3rd-year transfer student from Fresno City College. I’m majoring in Data Science and plan to pursue a Master's of Financial Engineering or Master's of Information and Data Science after my time here at Cal. I'm a part of many communities on campus, such as reentry transfer students, Berkeley Underground Scholars, and EOP. My research deals with challenges faced by formerly incarcerated students within higher education, and private prisons. I am currently involved in student trading challenges where I compete against students from all over the world...