Tableau Ireland User Group

Aon are hosting a night to launch the Tableau Ireland User Group. 

Link to details on the event below, and how to register for a place.

Numbers are limited.

https://lnkd.in/dZjt7P5

Programming for Big Data class tonight

The SAS programming part of the Programming for Big Data module will start tonight.

If you have time before the class please register for a SAS account at https://odamid.oda.sas.com/SASODARegistration/

You will have time to do this in class also.

Part time Computer Science Instructors for the summer required (CTY Ireland)

CTY Ireland is currently seeking computer science postgraduates to instruct a number of our summer programmes in 2015.  We are looking for instructors of App Design & Development to teach in DCU over the course of the following dates: June 22nd to July 3rd (2 week course) and June 22nd to July 10th (3 week course).    CTYI offers courses to students with high academic ability. 

The rate of pay is €27.14 per teaching hour or €30.15 per hour if you have previously worked in the Public Sector in an analogous role prior to January 2011.   

If you are interested in learning more about this post, please contact Dr. Catriona Ledwith at catriona.ledwith@dcu.ie as soon as possible.

Cancelled Classes 23rd & 24th March

The following classes given by Brendan Tierney are canceled this week due to illness

Monday: Data & Databases for Data Analytics (18:30-21:30)
Tuesday: Advanced Databases (18:30-21:30)

Dissertation for full-time students

Just a reminder that the default case for all full-time students is that you will take the dissertation in Sept 2015, i.e. for semester 1 of 2015/16. There is no additional fee. You will register again in Sept 2015. International students may get a visa extension letter if needed.

For those who really need to do their dissertation over the summer you need to contact me to directly to approve it.  This can be facilitated provided there is a good reason for it. 

Bank of England Data Visualisation Competition

The Bank of England is launching its first data visualisation competition, in conjunction with the One Bank Research Agenda conference and the release of new publicly available Bank data sets.

They want to see what others can do with these data sets, to show something novel or insightful. The visualisation could for example be a static description of an interesting pattern or relationship in the data or the creation of an interactive app. You are free to focus on whatever you would like, as long as some of the newly available data is used!

The closing date for entries is Friday 1 May 2015 and there will be a finalist day on Thursday 4 June 2015. This will be held at the Bank of England (in London), where a shortlist of entrants will be asked to present their visualisation to an expert panel. The winning entry will receive £5000.

For more details see: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/Pages/onebank/dataviscomp.aspx

IP Mashup Event

Information on IPMash Up/ Hackathon on March 11-12 is at the following link: IP Mashup Event

Prog for Big Data class cancelled tonight - 4th Mar

Due to ill health the R - Big Data class this evening March 4th is cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes.

As the lab sheet for this week is posted (along with the SQLite database) please tackle this lab and the solution will be discussed in class on March 11th.

Spatial Databases Cancelled this Week

Hi folks, Pat Browne is out sick with the flue and let us know that Spatial Databases is cancelled for this week. Best Robert