BIG DIVE was an intensive training where high value datasets are the raw material in the hands of a group of ambitious smart geeks tutored and mentored by experts in three key areas: Development, Data Science and Machine Learning, Data Visualization, and Data Engineering.
BIG DIVE: The project
Over the years, BIG DIVE described its mission in a full manifesto on the data revolution, data ethics, and the role of technology in society.
DISCIPLINES
DEVELOPMENT
Software versioning
/ GIT
Python and Javascript
/ Python language features and paradigms
/ Python ecosystem for scientific computing (Numpy, Pandas)
/ Python Web Framework and API
/ Crash course in JavaScript
Data Engineering
/ Storing data into databases (SQL and No-SQL)
/ Apache Spark for Big Data processing
DATA VISUALIZATION
Theory and History
/ Key principles of visualization projects
/ Paradigms, tools and frameworks to present datasets
D3.js and the Art of Prototyping
/ Rapid prototyping as learning tool
/ Introduction and basics with d3.js library
/ Using d3.js to get confidence on data structure
/ Data exploration in order to sketch ideas
/ Interaction Design principles
DATA SCIENCE
Statistics & Data Analysis
/ Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
/ Cleaning, transforming, exploring data
/ Statistical graphical representation using Matplotlib, Seaborn and Bokeh
Machine learning and Deep Learning
/ Supervised, Unsupervised and Deep Learning
/ NLP basics
Network science
/ Network Science theory and practice
Since 2020 TOP-IX, as BIG DIVE organiser has been recognized as a member of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition that brings together Member States, companies, social partners, non-profit organisations and education providers, who take action to tackle the lack of digital skills in Europe.
ORGANIZERS & PEOPLE
BIG DIVE is a project by TOP-IX Consortium. Axant.it, ISI Foundation and TODO are key partners of the project.
TOP-IX CONSORTIUM
TOP-IX is a non-profit consortium set up in 2002 with the aim of creating and managing an Internet Exchange for the exchange of Internet traffic in North West Italy. In 2006 TOP-IX launched Development Program to diffuse the use of broadband Internet and to foster innovation by providing support to early stage Internet ventures.
www.top-ix.org
AXANT.IT
Founded in early 2007 by talented and smart researchers of Turin’s Polytechnic and other professionals with deep experience in innovation and hi-tech fields, Axant mitigates founder’s experties from free software and academic environment into business reality, with truely innovation. Axant follows agile methodologies refined over years to accomplish tasks as accurate as possible within defined timeframes, hence our Just In Time‘s motto.
www.axant.it
ISI FOUNDATION
Established in Turin in 1983, the ISI Foundation is an international leading research institution in the fields of complex systems science and the data science. From its offices in Italy and New York, ISI Foundation coordinates the work of dozens of researchers, with an approach strongly oriented to the scientific exchange between different disciplines (physics, biology, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, social sciences) and important collaborations with institutes, universities and companies.
www.isi.it
TODO
A next-gen design studio based in Italy and founded in 2007. While designing near-future projects today, Todo focuses on dialogue, exchange and community through the integration of ideas, interactivity and technology.
The outcome is a steady stream of new experiences that question and redefine the relationship between technology, products, services and smart environments for the twenty-first century.
www.todo.to.it
ORGANIZERS
BIG DIVE is a project by TOP-IX Consortium. Axant.it, ISI Foundation and TODO are key partners of the project.
TOP-IX
TOP-IX is a non-profit consortium set up in 2002 with the aim of creating and managing an Internet Exchange for the exchange of Internet traffic in North West Italy. In 2006 TOP-IX launched Development Program to diffuse the use of broadband Internet and to foster innovation by providing support to early stage Internet ventures.
www.top-ix.org
AXANT.IT
Founded in early 2007 by talented and smart researchers of Turin’s Polytechnic and other professionals with deep experience in innovation and hi-tech fields, Axant mitigates founder’s experties from free software and academic environment into business reality, with truely innovation. Axant follows agile methodologies refined over years to accomplish tasks as accurate as possible within defined timeframes, hence our Just In Time‘s motto.
www.axant.it
ISI FOUNDATION
Established in Turin in 1983, the ISI Foundation is an international leading research institution in the fields of complex systems science and the data science. From its offices in Italy and New York, ISI Foundation coordinates the work of dozens of researchers, with an approach strongly oriented to the scientific exchange between different disciplines (physics, biology, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, social sciences) and important collaborations with institutes, universities and companies.
www.isi.it
TODO
A next-gen design studio based in Italy and founded in 2007. While designing near-future projects today, Todo focuses on dialogue, exchange and community through the integration of ideas, interactivity and technology.
The outcome is a steady stream of new experiences that question and redefine the relationship between technology, products, services and smart environments for the twenty-first century.
www.todo.to.it
BIG DIVE NUMBERS
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BIG DIVE Open Editions
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BIG DIVE DataViz Editions
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BIG DIVE for organizations
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