/ WHAT IS BIG DIVE
BIG DIVE is a training program aimed at boosting a new generation of developers.
A street-fighting gym where high value datasets are the raw material in the hands of a bunch of ambitious smart geeks tutored and mentored by experts in three key areas:
Development, Visualization and Data Science.
/ HOW
20 participants admitted
3 cross-disciplinary study paths
3 special events with national/international experts
High value datasets
A final and public exhibition of results
An Open-Lean-Agile approach
/ WHEN & WHERE
Starting date: June 3th, 2013
Ending date: July 5th, 2013
Full-time lessons from Monday to Friday,
Course venue is in the city of Turin (ITALY)
/ ARE YOU A BIG DIVER?
We are looking for:
Hackers
Designers
Wannabe data scientists
Start-up tech co-founders
World changers
WITH THE PATRONAGE OF
# DEVELOPMENT
/ Web application with Python
/ API and Data fetching
/ Data Storage
(Relational/ key-value databases)
/ Hadoop and MapReduce
/ Performance Optimization and Profiling
# VISUALIZATION
/ Brief history of data visualization
/ Showcase of relevant data visualization projects
/ The manifesto of data visualization
/ Visual paradigms for dataviz
/ Step by step creation of the first dataviz project through creative coding
# DATA SCIENCE
/ Network science: represent and analyze network data
/ Statistics
/ Machine learning
/ Natural language processing and semantics
TWITTER #bigdive_eu
BIG DIVE Document (.pdf)
BIG DIVE Logo (.png)