Spring 2023 Data Analytics and Visualization Workshops
Open to undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff.
Past workshops
Fall 2022 Data Analytics and Visualization Workshops
Fall 2021 Data Analytics and Visualization Workshops
Spring 2021 workshops
Penn State University Libraries will continue to offer Data Analytics and Visualization sessions this semester via Zoom. It highlights part of the Research Data Services offered by the Libraries’ Research Informatics and Publishing department.
These sessions are aimed at introducing the resources and expertise available at the University Libraries in Data Analytics and Visualization and offering an opportunity for hands-on experience using the available software tools at the university libraries.
The sessions are free and open to all Penn State students, staff, and faculty. Advanced registration is recommended.
Title | Description | Date | Time | Meeting Info |
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Introduction to Data Analytics and Visualization with Power BI and Tableau | Learn basic tools in Power BI and Tableau for data analytics and visualization with demos | Thursday, Oct.15, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Webinar ID: 933 1530 1665 Passcode: 799427 |
Data Modeling and Data Transformation with Power BI and Tableau | How to clean, transform, and create relations among data tables? sample data will be used for demos | Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Webinar ID: 960 9096 2011 Passcode: 210820 |
Introduction to Big Data Analytics with Power BI and Tableau | Learn basic tools in Power BI and Tableau for big data analytics (R or Python) with demos | Thursday, Nov.05, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Webinar ID: 937 2542 2732 Passcode: 544029 |
Big Data Analytics with MS Azure or Google Cloud Platform | Learn the big data analytics tools in Azure and Google Platform with demos | Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Webinar ID: 928 2159 7960 Passcode: 136647 |
The general scope and purpose for these sessions are to overview the subject of data analytics, also to explore some commonly used software tools by demonstrating data analysis and visualization process based on some public sample datasets. Information about online resources, available university libraries’ resources (computers and software programs), and one-on-one consultation service from Research Data Services at Research Informatics and Publishing will be provided.
Spring 2020 workshops
Data Visualization with Tableau - Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, 2:00-3:30 p.m., W312A Pattee Library.
Introduction to Database - MS Access & Excel - Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, 2:00-3:30p.m., W312A Pattee Library
Business Analytics with MS SQL Server & Business Intelligence (BI)/SSIS, SSAS, SSRS - Thursday, Mar. 26, 2020, 2:00-3:30p.m., W312A Pattee Library
Data Visualization with Power BI Desktop - Thursday, Apr. 23, 2020, 2:00-3:30p.m., W312A Pattee Library