Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Geospatial Data Carpentry Workshop
2025-06-02 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-03 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-04 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-05 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. The goal of this workshop is to provide an introduction to core geospatial data concepts and dive into working with raster/vector data, including how to open, work with, and plot vector and raster-format spatial data in R. Additional topics include working with spatial metadata (extent and coordinate reference systems), reprojecting spatial data, and working with raster time series data. This lesson assumes you have some knowledge of R.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.ed
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-02-uwmadison-dc-geospatial/

Geospatial Data Carpentry Workshop
2025-06-02 13:00 - 17:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-02-uwmadison-dc-geospatial/

The goal of this workshop is to provide an introduction to core geospatial data concepts and dive into working with raster/vector data, including how to open, work with, and plot vector and raster-format spatial data in R. Additional topics include working with spatial metadata (extent and coordinate reference systems), reprojecting spatial data, and working with raster time series data. This lesson assumes you have some knowledge of R. If you’ve never used R before, or need a refresher, start with our Introduction to R for Geospatial Data lesson webpage.

REU/Undergrad only Data Carpentry
2025-06-03 09:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-04 09:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-05 09:00 - 12:30 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-02-uwmadison-reudc/

REU / Undergrad Only - Software Carpentry
2025-06-09 09:00 - 16:30, 2025-06-10 09:00 - 16:30 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
Learn Skills for Research Software Engineering. Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-09-uwmadison-reuswc/

REU / Undergrad Only - Software Carpentry
2025-06-09 09:00 - 16:30 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-06-09-uwmadison-reuswc/

Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

Introduction to Machine Learning
2025-07-30 09:00 - 14:00, 2025-07-31 09:00 - 14:00 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
Get started with core machine learning concepts using Python and Scikit-Learn. This hands-on Carpentries-style workshop covers regression, clustering, ensemble methods, dimensionality reduction (PCA/t-SNE), and a brief intro to neural networks. We’ll also discuss the ethical implications of machine learning in research. Python experience required (e.g., familiarity with pandas, writing functions, for loops, and using libraries).
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-07-30-uwmadison-IntrotoML/

Introduction to Machine Learning
2025-07-30 09:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-07-30-uwmadison-IntrotoML/

Genomics Data Carpentry
2025-08-04 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-05 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-06 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-07 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-11 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-12 09:00 - 13:00
Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry’s aim is to teach researchers basic concepts, skills, and tools for working with data so that they can get more done in less time, and with less pain. This workshop teaches data management and analysis for genomics research including: best practices for organization of bioinformatics projects and data, use of command-line utilities, use of command-line tools to analyze sequence quality and perform variant calling, connecting to and using cloud computing, and using R for analysis.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-08-04-uwmadison-dc/

Genomics Data Carpentry
2025-08-04 09:00 - 2025-08-12 13:00
Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research.

Genomics Data Carpentry
2025-08-05 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-06 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-07 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-11 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-12 09:00 - 13:00
Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-08-04-uwmadison-genomics/

8-week summer session ends
2025-08-10
*Note: actual end time may vary.*

Summer Semester Grading deadline (8-week)
2025-08-13

Faculty contract year begins
2025-08-18
*Note: actual end time may vary.*
CONTACT: admin@secfac.wisc.edu

Reproducible Software
2025-08-25 09:00 - 12:30 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
This short course is teaching tools and practices for producing and sharing quality, sustainable and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) research software to support open and reproducible research.
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-08-25-uwmadison-ReproducibleSoftware/
