Workshops
All SDSC '20 workshops will be held on August-14 and will include the following focus areas:
August 14, 2020
The Data Career Launch Academy with Renata Rawlings-Goss
Launch Your Data Career Today! Dr. Rawlings-Goss is known for her 5-week Data Career Academy for professionals interested in accelerating their data careers. Upon completion, you’ll be able to walk away with the tools you need to succeed in a data career.
August 14, 2020
AI-Powered Search
Learn how to add highly-relevant, AI-powered search to your applications from Trey Grainger, author of the book AI-Powered Search, co-author of Solr in Action, and recognized industry expert in building intelligent search applications. We will approach learning from a capabilities and relevancy standpoint that is ideally suited for data scientists and software developers looking to implement intelligent relevance features in their software (keyword matching, personalized search, recommendations, semantic search, smart autocomplete, etc.).
August 14, 2020
Apache Spark/Spark MLib Workshop
The Data Science with Apache Spark workshop will show how to use Apache Spark to perform exploratory data analysis (EDA), develop machine learning pipelines, and use the APIs and algorithms available in the Spark MLlib DataFrames API. It is designed for software developers, data analysts, data engineers, and data scientists.
August 14, 2020
Data Analytics with Tableau
This workshop provides a deep dive into visual data discovery using Tableau software. It will explore how to use Tableau to connect to, interpret, and analyze data. You will explore sample data sets and then create a Tableau Dashboard showcasing the insights they have discovered.