Sounds absolutely brilliant and to those thinking it's not for you as
you're not a techie/coder, think again.
I can't help but feel that I would have saved many, many hours staring
at a screen if this had been available ten years ago!!!
Linking this (no pun intended) with other recent discussions, I reckon
there's also a parallel course needed about making sites more readily
mineable (if that's a word!)
James
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 at 11:36, Melissa Terras <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues,
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> We encourage applications external to Edinburgh for our Text and Data Mining summer school, which is free for attendees. Please do pass onto any interested students, or researchers.
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> Thanks!
>
> Melissa
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> Professor Melissa Terras
> Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art
> University of Edinburgh
> @melissaterras
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Lucia Michielin <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: CDCS Summer School
> Date: 22 April 2024 at 11:14:37 BST
> To: Melissa Terras <[log in to unmask]>
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>
> With apologies for cross-posting.
>
> Can you please circulate this to colleagues/lists as appropriate. Please also do not hesitate to get in contact if you require more information.
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> ======email=======
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> CDCS Summer School | 10 – 14 of June 2024
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>
> The Centre for Data, Culture & Society is delighted to announce that applications are now open for our 2024 Summer School.
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> The course is primarily aimed at researchers from higher education institutions who are interested in developing their digital and computational skills. We will also consider applications from professionals: please get in touch if you want to discuss whether this course is suitable for your needs.
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> The Summer School is an intensive, 5-day, in-person event, with a practical focus. The course is comprised of two parallel streams to accommodate different skill levels. The two streams are A Gentle Introduction to Coding for Data Analysis and Text & Data Analysis in the Wild. No previous knowledge of coding is required to attend the first stream, a general knowledge of the RStudio interface and coding is required to attend the second.
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>
>
> Details of each stream are as follows:
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> A Gentle Introduction to Coding for Data Analysis
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> This course is designed for researchers who are complete beginners with no prior knowledge of coding and data analysis. Through instruction and exercises, attendees will learn how to code in Python, starting from the basics and building to create an interactive dashboard with live data. The course explores the basics of programming: variables, functions, loops, operating on data structures, data wrangling, and visualisation. By the end of the course, attendees will understand how to bridge the gap between humans and computers, and how to apply the skills they have learnt to their own data analysis and research. This course is intended to be a foundation for those intending to start a journey towards analysing Humanities and Social Sciences research data.
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> Text & Data Analysis in the Wild
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> This course is designed to help researchers with coding experience understand how data and text analysis projects are performed in a research environment. It starts with identifying a series of research questions connected to this year’s core topic (Living in Scotland Past and Present). Then it explores how computational methods can be used to obtain, clean, and analyse structured and unstructured datasets in R to answer those questions. Topics will include data wrangling, web scraping, text analysis, sentiment analysis, statistics, and data visualisation.
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> The two streams will come together for refreshment breaks, the social programme, and the keynote lecture by Professor Melissa Terras on the 10th of June. This will be followed by a reception.
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> The general registration fee for the Summer School is £250. This fee is waived for University of Edinburgh students and staff. If you are an SGSAH-funded doctoral researcher, you may be considered for a supported place.
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> You can find more information on the event and how to apply on our website.
> Applications will close on the 3rd of May.
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> https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/training/CDCS-Summer-School-2024
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> Many thanks,
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> CDCS team
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> Dr Lucia Michielin
> EFI Digital Skills Training Manager
> e: [log in to unmask]
> College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
> The University of Edinburgh, 59 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU
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