Introduction to Python and Machine Learning for the Health/ Life Sciences

12-16 October 2020 | ONLINE COURSE

Data analysis and machine learning are becoming a core skill for every scientist. This course provides an introduction to a widely-used programming language in science - Python - and introduces the basic concepts of machine learning and data science for the context of the biosciences. This course is for researchers and students (e.g. MSc and PhD) without prior knowledge in Python nor machine learning.

Target audience: Researchers and students (MSc and PhD) working in the biosciences/ health sciences.

Requirements: This is an online course - personal laptop with webcam & microphone needed, as well as a good internet connection. Prior knowledge in programming is not required.

Course duration: 20h

Time schedule: mornings, 09:00 to 13:00

Course Coordination: Paulo de Castro Aguiar, i3S; Ana Filipa Gerós, i3S

The program will cover the following topics:

• Introduction to the Python programming language.
• Syntax, numbers and variables, functions and loops, conditional logic and control flow.
• Data input and exploratory data analysis in Python.
• Numpy and matplotlib libraries.
• Using the scikit-learn library for machine learning workflows.
• Basic concepts and use of simple supervised machine learning models for classification tasks.
• Basic concepts and use of simple of unsupervised machine learning models for clustering tasks.
• Evaluation of machine learning models and proper results interpretation.

Registration
The registration fee includes online sessions, course material and certificate.

Fees:
Early bird registration | Until 14th September 2020 | Payment deadline: 21st September 2020
i3S members – 150€
External members – 180€

Late registration | Until 28th September 2020 | Payment deadline: 2nd October 2020
i3S members – 200€
External members – 240€

This workshop is now full. If you wish to stay in the waiting list, please fill in the following pre-registration form.

Limited number of participants: 25
Course Selection criteria: first come first served.

More Information:
Advanced Training Unit | E-mail: training@i3s.up.pt | Tel: +351 226 074 900