Big Data and Machine Learning Workshop - Oct. 15 & 16

The ISU Research IT team will be hosting a satellite site for the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Big Data and Machine Learning workshop.  This workshop will focus on topics including big data analytics and machine learning with Spark, and deep learning using Tensorflow.  The workshop will be held over two days on October 15-16.  The deadline to register is 11:00 AM CDT on Friday, October 11.  For more information and to register, please go to https://www.psc.edu/resources/training/hpc-workshop-big-data-october-15-16-2024/

Details for ISU Location:

Requirements:

• All attendees must have an ACCESS ID to register and attend.  You can create one for free at: https://identity.access-ci.org/new-user
• All attendees will need to bring their own laptop to the workshop

Location: 1230 Communications Building

Tentative Agenda:

Tuesday, October 15 (Times in CDT)
10:00 AM    Welcome
10:25 AM    A Brief History of Big Data
11:20 AM    Intro to Spark
12:00 PM    Lunch Break
1:00 PM      More Spark Exercises
2:00 PM      Intro to Machine Learning
4:00 PM      Adjourn

Wednesday, October 16 (Times in CDT)
10:00 AM    Machine Learning: Recommender System with Spark
12:00 PM    Lunch Break
1:00 PM      Deep Learning with Tensorflow
4:00 PM      Tying it All Together
4:30 PM      Adjourn