This workshop series aims to unite computational researchers at IGC to solve Data Science, modelling and AI challenges. The workshop series is open for everyone - students, staff, postdocs, and PIs. If you would like to get exposure to Data Science and AI model building, just come along!
The aims of this workshop series are to
- Connect the computational community at IGC
- Develop transferable skills in data preprocessing, visualisation, and model building
- Get hands-on experience with solving AI problems
The challenges we tackle should have a biological background and narrow scope.
Sources for challenges may be Kaggle, DREAM, or any other source that our community would benefit from.
Simple challenges may deviate from the overall bio-theme to keep them short and approachable, for example the Spaceship Titanic challenge or predicting Parkinson's from speech data.
Examples for more advanced challenges are: cell image classification and MOA prediction. If you find any good source please let us know!
At the start of the first workshop, Jesko will present the idea behind this workshop series. At all workshops, including the first one, some challenges will be presented and we will jointly tackle one of them after a vote. That means that we will break into groups and either compete on the same problem or each group tackles a part of the problem, depending on its scope. During the first workshop, the challenge will be clearly defined and small in scope.
No preparation is needed. Because we will be many people, please make sure to bring your own laptop! While we encourage all learners to join, some prior expertise in usage of command line, git, and programming will be beneficial, because we do not formally teach these during the workshop. Rather, we will develop solutions in groups
We are very eager to tailor these workshops to your needs. Have a specific challenge in mind, or a skill you would like to develop? Let us know! We are happy to adjust the content accordingly.
The organising committee consists of Jesko Wagner, Emma Yang and Richard Kettle. If you would like to get involved or have any questions please send us an email!
Month 1: etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/ADS-workshop
Month 2: https://pad.carpentries.org/2023-05-12_ADS_workshop