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Potential way for study group to learn more about Data Science #12

Closed tonygardella closed 9 years ago

tonygardella commented 9 years ago

I came across these data science competitions and I remember that a lot of people were generally interested in data science: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions

Once we get started/improve perhaps we can make teams for these competitions. Let me know what you guys think!

ashiklom commented 9 years ago

+1

This seems like a fantastic way to learn both coding and statistics, AND a great way to bring together people from different disciplines behind a single project (or multiple projects!).

adrianyi commented 9 years ago

I would love to participate in these competitions! Definitely interested in data science.

tomhohenstein commented 9 years ago

+1 great idea! it could be a nice way to focus efforts or highlight certain packages or skills

tmfarrell commented 9 years ago

+1

Given the limited course offerings in machine learning, it'd be cool to see a study group dedicated to this. I'd definitely attend.

legolagon commented 9 years ago

sounds good!

tomhohenstein commented 9 years ago

Hi Everyone,

Any interest in converting this into a coworking session?

Best,

Tom

legolagon commented 9 years ago

Yes, I'd be in for this too

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Tom Hohenstein notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Any interest in converting this into a coworking session http://mozillascience.github.io/studyGroupHandbook/event-types.html?

Best,

Tom

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/bulib/studyGroup/issues/12#issuecomment-150640033.

tomhohenstein commented 9 years ago

How does sometime next week sound?

I started a when2meet at: http://www.when2meet.com/?3720466-QzYBd

tomhohenstein commented 9 years ago

It looks like Thursday afternoon is best. How does from 5:00-7:00 sound? These sessions are more informal and people can come and go as their schedule dictates.

Can we get STO 442 from 5-7 on Nov 5?

ashiklom commented 9 years ago

I personally won't be there because I'll be leaving town Thursday afternoon, but you can email our administrative assistant Frederick George (fgeorge@bu.edu) to see if you can reserve the room for that time.

tomhohenstein commented 9 years ago

@ashiklom sorry we will miss you again! and thank you for the contact.

tomhohenstein commented 9 years ago

Hi Everyone,

We have STO 442 from 5-7 on Thursday. Hope to see you there!

-Tom

tomhohenstein commented 9 years ago

We had a small but good session - 4 attendees. We are going to do another session on Nov. 9. I'm going to close this issue and create a new issue called "Kaggle Competition"