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CUHK Data Hack: Pre-hackathon workshops (Feb 2023)

Pre-hackathon Workshops (Feb 2023)

A few pre-hackathon workshops will be offered to Data Hack participants.  Note that workshops in blue are elementary level while those in black colour are advanced ones.  Upon joining Data Hack, participants will be eligible to attend the workshops.  Just bring your own device to attend the sessions.  No further registration is required.

Venue: @ DSLab: Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library
@ User Education Room: User Education Room, G/F, University Library

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
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18:00-21:00
Introduction to HTML and CSS @ DSLab

10:30-12:00
Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT) by using Micro:bit @ DSLab

18:00-21:00
Web Publishing in WordPress @ DSLab

   10:00-13:00
Data Scraping and Cleaning in ParseHub and OpenRefine @ DSLab

14:00-17:00
Basic Data Filtering, Sorting and Grouping in MySQL @ DSLab

  
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    18:00-21:00
Introduction to programming, data visualizing, and machine learning in JavaScript (Part I) @ DSLab		   18:00-21:00
Introduction to programming, data visualizing, and machine learning in JavaScript (Part II) @ User Education Room		    
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14:30-17:00
Introducing Web Scraping @ DSLab

 18:30, 17 Feb – 19:00, 19 Feb
Data Hack 2023 @ CUHK Innoport

 

14:30-17:00, 16 Feb 2023 (Thu)
Introducing Web Scraping 

  • Understanding the structure of the Internet
  • Performing simple web scraping
  • Parsing HTML from scraped pages
  • Dealing with semi-structured data
  • Using APIs to collect data
  • The ethics and legality of web scraping

Remark:
Participants are required to bring their own device with Anaconda (https://www.anaconda.com/) installed prior to the workshop for hands-on practice.