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Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

January 2020

Introduction to Deep Neural Networks with Keras/TensorFlow

January 14, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Presenters: Gregory Teichert

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are used as a machine learning method for both regression and classification problems. Keras is a high-level, Python interface running on top of multiple neural network…

Introduction to SPSS

January 21, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Audience: Never before SPSS users who will be using SPSS for Windows.  Those using SPSS for Unix or Macintosh should email the instructor at cpow@umich.edu before enrolling. Fundamentals This portion introduces SPSS for Windows, the…

February 2020

Introduction to Matlab

February 11, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

This workshop will introduce you to Matlab. We will look at general coding syntax, matrix operations, writing functions, symbolic capabilities, etc. Computers will be available to complete exercises.

R II: Programming

February 14, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

People using R for applied research are often not taught basic programming practices such as writing functions, efficient iterative processing, vectorization, and other practices that would make their research far…

Introduction to SAS: Basic Data Manipulating, Summarizing, and Graphing

February 18, 2020 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Prerequisites: Familiarity with basic statistical calculations and graphs is helpful. In this one-day, six-hour workshop we will discuss the basics of using SAS for data analysis. The workshop is held…

R by Example: Functional Programming with dplyr

February 20, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

In the R by Example series of workshops, we’ll discuss example analyses in R as a vehicle for learning  commonly used tools and programming patterns.  The “Functional Programming with dplyr” workshop will…

Introduction to Stata

February 21, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Audience: Those who have never used Stata before but wish to learn. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Work with Stata, including using Do-files and…

R III: Modeling

February 28, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

This workshop will be heavy on conceptual understanding of basic regression modeling, but with demonstration of activities both essential and tangential to good modeling practice. GLM, model interpretation, model comparison,…

March 2020

Introduction to Python’s NumPy library

March 3, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

This workshop will introduce you to the NumPy library in Python, which is useful in scientific computing. We will cover NumPy’s n-dimensional array object and associated functions in depth, along…

R by Example: Functional Programming with data.table

March 6, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

In the R by Example series of workshops, we’ll discuss example analyses in R as a vehicle for learning  commonly used tools and programming patterns. The “Functional Programming with dplyr” workshop…

Introduction to SAS: Simple Inference Procedures

March 10, 2020 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Prerequisites: Participant should have some familiarity with introductory statistics and be able to load data into and perform basic data manipulations in SAS. In this one-day, six-hour workshop we will…

Regular Expressions

March 13, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Regular expressions are perfectly suited for people who like puzzles. Regular expressions are a sequence of characters used to define a search pattern. They are commonly used to do “find”…

Machine Learning in R

March 19, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

In this workshop, we’ll first discuss core machine learning concepts such as: choosing loss functions and evaluation metrics; splitting the data into training, validation, and testing sets; and cross-validation patterns…

Introduction to Deep Neural Networks with Keras/TensorFlow

March 24, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are used as a machine learning method for both regression and classification problems. Keras is a high-level, Python interface running on top of multiple neural network…

November 2022

Introduction to R: The Basics of R

November 30, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

This is a series of workshops to introduce the R programming language, as well as using R for data management, manipulation and visualization. No prior experience with R is required.…

December 2022

Introduction to R: Data Management and Manipulation with dplyr

December 1, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

This is a series of workshops to introduce the R programming language, as well as using R for data management, manipulation and visualization. No prior experience with R is required.…

Introduction to R: Data Visualization with ggplot2

December 2, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

This is a series of workshops to introduce the R programming language, as well as using R for data management, manipulation and visualization. No prior experience with R is required.…

February 2023

Introduction to Stata (Beginner)

February 7, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Audience: Those who have never used Stata before but wish to learn. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Work with Stata, including using Do-files and…

March 2023

Introduction to R: The Basics of R

March 29, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

This is a series of workshops to introduce the R programming language, as well as using R for data management, manipulation and visualization. No prior experience with R is required. These workshops are divided into the following three sessions: 1. The…

Introduction to R: Data Management and Manipulation with dplyr

March 30, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

This is a series of workshops to introduce the R programming language, as well as using R for data management, manipulation and visualization. No prior experience with R is required.…

Introduction to R: Data Visualization with ggplot2

March 31, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

This is a series of workshops to introduce the R programming language, as well as using R for data management, manipulation and visualization. No prior experience with R is required. These workshops are divided into the following three sessions: 1. The…

October 2023

Introduction to R

October 2, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

This workshop introduces the R programming language, as well as its application for data management and manipulation. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to 1) know…

Introduction to SPSS

October 16, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

SPSS Basics This portion introduces SPSS for Windows, the menu and the help systems, the three main types of files used, and printing from within SPSS.  It then addresses defining variables,…

Introduction to Stata (Beginner)

October 23, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Work with Stata, including using Do-files and using the help system; Get data into Stata and manage your data files; Establish familiarity…

January 2024

Introduction to R

January 24 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

This workshop introduces the R programming language, as well as its application for data management and manipulation. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to 1) know basic concepts and commands of the R programming…

February 2024

Introduction to Stata (Beginner)

February 8 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Audience: Those who have never used Stata before but wish to learn. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Work with Stata, including using Do-files and using the help system;…