Online Program

This course will be a “hands on” introduction to sparklyr a package that facilitates a connection between R and Spark. Spark is an attractive tool for interfacing with large datasets in an interactive environment. Spark also incorporates a variety of other tools including stream processing, computing on graphs, and a distributed machine learning framework. In this course you will learn about the tools are available to R programmers via the sparklyr package.

You’re an expert in your field. You’re passionate about the subject. So then why does it sometimes feel like such a struggle to help others really understand important concepts and results in your work? It’s not just you. Experts are now realizing that communicating statistics and data science information is surprisingly hard -- harder than most other fields, actually, and definitely not something for which most of us have received any training. Luckily, there are a few relatively straightforward strategies to master that can go a long way in making things easier. This course will be a fun and interactive look at those strategies, with opportunities to practice new skills in a safe and supportive environment. Non-native English language users and/or those who have traumatic memories of high school English class are especially welcomed.

WSDS 2019 Data Challenge Goal To build community and challenge WSDS 2019 participants to contribute their time and talent to give back to their communities.

Focus To develop a project that contributes public awareness of how to spot disinformation.

Structure Teams will work to plan, design, and build an application or analyze complex data sets and develop informative visualizations. Teams are encouraged to be creative in how they take up this challenge.

More information and guidance will be provided during the Data Challenge Work Session Thursday, October 3. Each team will make a short presentation about their product Saturday, October 5.

Logistics Information about the data challenge will be shared via the WSDS community site.

Team size is flexible, but teams must have at least two people and no more than five people. Interorganizational teams are encouraged.

Teams must indicate their intent to participate by October 1 at 11:59 p.m. PT. All members of the team must be registered for WSDS. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSep4FZrKaxvw-_BV1TY_9cJsLmIsQF5HrIMh-MvIiSd2lRyxQ/viewform