[Air-L] Data Science Intensive Training for Ph.D.s

[Lauri Goldkind]

Hi Craig,

I am a CS DBMS dropout. I must admit I found the teaching style daunting as
a returning student (memorize SQL code cold).

The shared repository would be very welcome.

Best,
Lauri.

_________________________________________
Lauri Goldkind, PhD
Graduate School of Social Service
Fordham
http://www.laurigoldkind.net/

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you its going to be a butterfly.

--- Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)


On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Craig Hamilton <Craig.Hamilton at bcu.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Dear Jose,
>
>
>
> I’d be happy to share some of my experiences with you. From a standing
> start about 18 months ago, during my own PhD, I took a similar decision.
> During that time I’ve managed to learn some basic programming and have been
> able to use some data science techniques on my own data. Drop me a line if
> you’d like to discuss things. To start with, I’d recommend the Partially
> Derivative podcast. This is a magazine show about data, data science and so
> on, that will give you a good feel for the field as an outsider. I found
> this episode from a couple of years ago particularly good as a ‘Where to
> start’ guide: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__
> partiallyderivative.com_news_2015_01_09_episode-2D9-2Dthe-
> 2Done-2Dthat-2Dwill-2Dtotally-2Dchange-2Dyour-2Dlife&d=DwIGaQ&c=
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>
> If any other AoIR list colleagues think it would be useful to set up some
> sort of group discussion/repository of resources for social
> science/humanities scholars, I’d be happy to be involved.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> On 22 Feb 2017, at 05:19, Jose Marichal <jfmarichal at gmail.com<mailto:j
> fmarichal at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>
>
> Colleagues,
>
>
>
> I'm a mid-career Ph.D. social scientist going on sabbatical next year and
>
> I'd like to immerse myself in learning different aspects of data
>
> science/machine learning... I'd be grateful if folks could recommend
>
> programs or opportunities for Ph.D.'s to learn these tools.
>
>
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Jose Marichal
>
> California Lutheran University
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