Event: Data Matters 2026

[Mandy Gooch]

Hello Dataverse Community! UNC's Odum Institute is hosting a data science short course series that may be of interest. Please see below for more information and the link to register: 

📊 Want to level up your data skills this summer? Register for Data Matters 2026!  

One Week. Real Skills. Endless Possibilities. 

Hosted by the UNC Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC Chapel Hill, Data Matters returns August 3–7, 2026, with a dynamic weeklong virtual short course series. Created for students, industry professionals, and academic researchers across business, research, and government, Data Matters delivers an engaging, skills focused learning experience designed to elevate your data science capabilities and empower your work with data driven insights. 

This year's lineup: 

✅ Basics of R for Data Science and Statistics 

✅ Introductory and Intermediate Data Visualization 

✅ Introduction to Programming in R 

✅ Introductory and Intermediate Python 

✅ Exploratory Data Analysis Using R Markdown 

✅ Overview to AI and Deep Learning 

✅ Software Development Best Practices 

✅ Deep Learning with Python 

✅ Introduction to Machine Learning and Big Data for Social Science Research 

✅ Statistical Machine Learning Using Python 

 

👉 Register now: https://odum.unc.edu/data-matters/