18:30 Weds 7 Apr 2021: Data Analysis with Pandas - a practical workshop
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Immo Hüneke
Mar 12, 2021, 7:11:33 PM3/12/21
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BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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You are invited to register your interest in three forthcoming events:
SPA-353: Data Analysis with Pandas - an interactive workshop
Session leader: Akmal Chaudhri
When: Wednesday 7th April 2021, 18:30 - 20:00 GMT
Where: Zoom
Price: Free
Booking Link: https://7april2021spasg.eventbrite.co.uk
Your confirmation email will provide the next step to enable you to access the meeting. 48 hours and 1 hour prior to the event reminder emails will be sent to those registered, with the non-transferable URL needed to gain access. The session will probably be recorded. If you do not wish to feature in the recording, please keep your microphone muted and your camera off.
AGENDA
* from 6:00pm: log in, wait for webinar to begin
* 6:30pm: hands-on workshop
* 8:00pm approximately: evaluation of results
* 8:15pm approximately: end
Synopsis
This workshop is on Pandas, a powerful open-source Python package for data analysis and manipulation.
In this workshop, you will learn how to read data, compute summary statistics, check data distributions, conduct basic data cleaning and transformation, and plot simple visualisations.
You will be using data collected about the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) released by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE).
Who should attend: Anyone is welcome to join. Some prior basic Python experience is recommended.
What you will need: Bring your own computer and create a free Databricks Community Edition (CE) account at https://databricks.com/try-databricks.
Please ensure that you select free CE and not the Databricks trial edition.
About the presenter
Akmal Chaudhri helps to build global developer communities and raise awareness of technology through presentations and technical writing.
He has over 25 years' experience in IT and has previously held roles as a developer, consultant, product strategist, evangelist, technical writer and technical trainer with several Blue Chip companies and Big Data startups.
He has regularly presented at many international conferences (including the Mini SPA conference on 24/25 March 2021) and served on the program committees for a number of major conferences and workshops. He has published widely and edited or co-edited 10 books. He holds a BSc (1st Class Hons.) in Computing and Information Systems, MSc in Business Systems Analysis and Design and a PhD in Computer Science.
He is a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and a Chartered IT Professional (CITP).
Akmal Chaudhri helps to build global developer communities and raise awareness of technology through presentations and technical writing.
He has over 25 years' experience in IT and has previously held roles as a developer, consultant, product strategist, evangelist, technical writer and technical trainer with several Blue Chip companies and Big Data startups.
He has regularly presented at many international conferences (including the Mini SPA conference on 24/25 March 2021) and served on the program committees for a number of major conferences and workshops. He has published widely and edited or co-edited 10 books. He holds a BSc (1st Class Hons.) in Computing and Information Systems, MSc in Business Systems Analysis and Design and a PhD in Computer Science.
He is a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and a Chartered IT Professional (CITP).
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Bookings are open for the SPA Showcase conference on 24/25 March 2021 - four two-hour sessions packed with some of the most popular presenters of SPA conferences past and planned. Places are limited, so register at https://minispaconference2021.eventbrite.co.uk/ as soon as possible. You can register for each session independently.
Submit your session proposal for the annual SPA conference - Software in Practice, which takes place from 12-16 July 2021 (https://www.spaconference.org/). We are looking for more people to join the small production team to integrate the various platforms involved and work out the practical details of running the conference online, including the provision of virtual machines for the practical exercises.
Please contact the organisers <organ...@spaconference.org> by 7th April 2021 if you can help.
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SPA London Meetings Programme Organiser -
Immo Huneke, Zuhlke Engineering Ltd. [mailto:Im...@Huneke.Co.UK]
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Forthcoming meetings: We're looking for volunteers to present or lead workshops on topics of interest to software practitioners. Please come forward with suggestions!
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