Monday March 2nd Software Project Management

The class will be in the lab AU-1-005 Monday 2nd March  focusing on using MS Project.

Central Statistics Office (CSO) Talk

The CSO are coming  to talk to our students next week about upcoming job opportunities for statisticians/data scientists.

It will take place next Wednesday, 4th March, in room B16 @ 11.

CSO provides the information system for the state. http://www.cso.ie .

The CSO is part of the Civil Service but is run as an independent office under the aegis of Dept of An Taoiseach. The CSO collects, compiles and disseminates information for statistical purposes relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions in the State. The CSO meets the needs of Government for quality statistical information and also serves the needs of the wider national and international community for impartial and relevant information on social and economic conditions.
The CSO has 2 offices based in Dublin and its main headquarters is based in Cork. The CSO employs about 650 people of whom approx 100 are professional Statisticians/Data Scientists across the three offices.

Speakers: Mr John Dunne, Senior Statistician, Administrative Data
Ms Marie Creedon, Recruitment Manager, Human Resource Division

Vacancies and job descriptions

The CSO plans to hold a competition in May 2015 to recruit Data Scientists, General Statisticians and Methodologists for our three offices. They also plan to recruit Statisticians/Data Scientists for other Government departments -these posts are generally in Dublin. Staff recruited from this competition can expect to work on any aspect of the cycle involved with Statistical production including such areas as survey design, data collection, data analysis including emerging work with big data, data publication and dissemination.

US President talks about Data Science

Check out the video of US President talking about Data Science and the first Chief Data Scientist of the USA talks about his mission

Data Management Room Monday, February 23

Dear MSc students

we are meeting in the lab room in Augnier Street: AU-1-005 for "Data Management":
Monday, February 23 @ 3pm-6pm.

Regards
Bianca

MSc Data Analytics Students

There is a client company who are keen to get a person to do (full time) contract work - who has deep DBA/ SQL/ database skills. 

If you are interested please contact susan.mckeever@dit.ie

Programming for Big Data - lecturer swap

To those students taking Programming for Big Data there is a slight change to the schedule of lectures.

Dr Lorcan Coyle is unable to take the class this Wednesday (Feb 11th) so Dr John Burns will take the class and start the R lectures instead.   Lorcan will take class on Weds Feb 18th.

Refer an IT Professional and bag yourself €1000

Posted on behalf of MSc. Advanced Software Development student, Thomas O'Reilly:

"My employer Version 1 is on a recruitment drive and for the next few months is offering employees a reward for referrals of experienced IT professionals that turn into successful hires. I'd like to extend this to fellow students in case any of you are job hunting or know someone who is.

If you are an experienced IT professional or know someone who is, drop me a mail at D14125179@mydit.ie to get €1000 for each successful hire. 

Current roles include:

• Java Developers
• .Net Developers
• Sharepoint Consultants
• Business Intellegence Consultants
• Oracle/SQL Server DBA's
• Software Delivery Project Managers.

For more check out: Version 1 Careers 

WAM Event Assistive Technology 10th February

There is a WAM event on Assistive Technology on Tuesday next 10th February, hosted by Dell Cherrywood.

This event is a debate on arguments for and against the proposition “Does One Size Fit All? - Assistive technology in the learning environment and at work”
The event will aim to

• Examine of the myths and assumptions that assistive technology is effective in all environments
• Deepen the understanding around the stigmas for students with disabilities (learners) when transitioning from college to work
• Provide a check-list that will enable relevant staff and learners get the assistive technology right when moving into professional work
• Improve the quality of engagement between student support services/ faculty and the learner with a disability as they plan for job hunting 

Guest speakers include James Northridge (UrAbility), Ger Craddock (National Disability Authority), Siobhan Long (Enable Ireland) and Trevor Boland (DIT). Tuesday 10th February @ Dell Ireland, Cherrywood, Dublin 10am – 1.30pm with lunch provided.

This a free event, open to Masters Students.

If you have any further queries please contact Angela Glancy at wam@ahead.ie or phone 01 716 8844.

Semester 2 Assignment Schedule

The semester 2 assignment schedule has now been posted on the left side of the blog.