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Dear colleagues, *with apologies for cross-posting* The ESRC-funded Consumer Data Research Centre<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/> at the University of Leeds will be offering the following 3 new training short courses in 2018: Introduction to Python<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-python/> 10th May 2018 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds Course Tutor: Dr Daniel Arribas-Bel This course will introduce the participants to the nascent field of Geographic Data Science using the industry standard, the Python programming language. We will cover the key steps involved in solving practical problems with spatial data: design, manipulation, exploration, and modelling. These topics will be explored from a "hands-on" perspective using a modern Python stack (e.g. geopandas, seaborn, scikit-learn, PySAL), and examples from real-world spatial and tabular data. Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Retail Applications<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-gis-and-spatial-analysis-for-retail-applications/> 14th June 2018 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds Course Tutors: Drs Les Dolega, Nick Hood and Andy Newing This one-day course provides an introduction to applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis in understanding retail sector dynamics. We focus on the visualisation and analysis of data related to retail supply (e.g. store catchments) and demand (including geodemographics) at national, regional and local scales. We consider commercial and public sector applications of retail analytics and introduce increasingly sophisticated analysis tools with a series of fully supported hands-on practical sessions, interspersed with short lectures and group activities. Spatial Modelling for Retail Analytics<https://www.cdrc.ac.uk/events/spatial-modelling-for-retail-analytics/> 15th October 2018 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds Course Tutors: Drs Andy Newing and Nick Hood This one-day course introduces participants to sophisticated spatial analysis and spatial modelling approaches that can be used to understand retail sector dynamics. We focus on the analysis of complex interactions between retail demand (consumers) and the retail supply side (retail stores). The tools that we introduce are applied widely by the commercial retail sector and we reflect on the important link between academia and industry in the continual development of these modelling approaches. We introduce participants to statistical and spatial modelling using simulated data related to UK consumers. These include regression and powerful industry-standard spatial interaction (or gravity) modelling. The course is taught via a series of fully supported hands-on practical sessions, interspersed with short lectures and group activities. This provides an applied and theoretical perspective, with examples drawn from the UK but relevant in a number of international contexts. Please click on the titles for full information on content and how to book. Please email Kylie Norman<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for further information or if you are booking using an internal account. Best wishes, Kylie Kylie Norman Administrative Assistant Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) Level 11, Worsley Building University of Leeds LS2 9NL Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 0113 3430242 Please visit our website: http://cdrc.ac.uk<http://cdrc.ac.uk/> [LIDA footer]<lida.leeds.ac.uk>