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Upcoming meet-ups

Throughout the semester, the Data Science Centre hosts a variety of free data science-related activities and meet-ups at various UvA campuses. Everyone at UvA is welcome to most of our events!

2024 Coffee & Data meet-up programme

New events are being continuously added. Please check this page regularly for the latest updates on registration links, programme & location details! 

Upcoming events 

DATE & TIME

ACTIVITY

LOCATION

Friday 16 February 2024

10:00 - 14:00

WORKSHOP: The Ethics of Data

  • Instructors: Dr. Marjolein Lanzing (Philosophy of Technology), Dr. Paula Helm (Assistant Professor in Ethics & Data Science)
  • Registration link here
 Roeterseiland Campus

Monday 19 February 2024

16:00 - 17:00

SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Machine learning methodology on feature selection for diagnosis of leukaemia

  • Speaker: Dr. Athanasios Angelakis (Assistant Professor, AUMC)
  • Registration link here
 Amsterdam UMC

Thursday 14 March 2024

16:00 - 17:00

SEMINAR PRESENTATION: Uncovering narratives of the past with 3D reconstructions

  • Speaker: Dr. Chiara Piccoli (Research Fellow/Data Scientist, Faculty of Humanities)
  • Registration link here.
 Bushuis/Oost-Indisch Huis, Kloveniersburgwal 48

Tuesday 19 - Friday 22 March 2024 

SOFTWARE CARPENTRY WORKSHOP (4 days) 

  • Python, Shell, Git
  • Registration link here
 Roeterseiland Campus

Friday 22 March 2024

 

WORKSHOP: Poster Design

  • Instructor: Liesbeth Smit (The Online Scientist)
  • Registration link here
 Roeterseiland Campus

Thursday 11 April 2024

15:30 - 17:10

AMSTERDAM AI x DSC MEET-UP: Generative AI in People Analytics and HRM

  • Speakers:
    • Dr. Shuai Yuan (DSC Member, University of Amsterdam)
    • Dr. Georgios Tsatsaronis (Elsevier)
    • Dr. Jakub M. Tomczak (Eindhoven University of Technology & Amsterdam AI Solutions)
  • Registration link here
 Lab42, Science Park

Tuesday 16 April 2024

15:00 - 17:00

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY X DSC WORKSHOP: How to evaluate emerging knowledge infrastructures for citizen science 

  • More information and registration instructions here

Institute for Advanced Study 

(Oude Turfmarkt 147, 1012 GC Amsterdam)

Tuesday 23 April 2024 

(09:30 - 17:30)

EVENT: Research Software Engineering Day

  • Registration link here

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

(1 Media Parkboulevard 1217 WE Hilversum)
Monday 13 - Wednesday 15 May 2024 

WORKSHOP: Intermediate Research Software Development with Python training

  • More information will be published soon
 TBC
Thursday 23 May 2024

DSC AWAY DAY

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

(Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum)
Tuesday 4 - Friday 7  June 2024 

SOFTWARE CARPENTRY WORKSHOP (4 days) 

  • Python, Shell, Git
  • More information will be published soon. Check our Events page for updates.
 TBC

Tuesday 11 June 2024

(11:00 - 12:00, followed by lunch)

SEMINAR PRESENTATION 

  • Speaker: Dr. Victoria Degeler (Assistant Professor, Informatics Institute)
  • More information will be published soon. Check back here/our Events page for updates
 Lab42

DSC Github

All educational materials from previous workshops are stored in the DSC GitHub, a collaborative public workspace where the DSC collaborates on data repositories, code, and other related materials.

For example, you can find materials from previous DSC activities and workshops on topics such as Dash, Shiny, Deep Learning, Conventional Machine Learning, and Data Visualisation.

The DSC supports open education and is committed to continuously updating the DSC GitHub.

Click here to access the DSC Github