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Python and Data Science for Beginners

Write your first lines in Python

• Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019,

• Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

• Address: Wework Pinnacle One, Tower B, 40F, 199 Dongda Street (东大街199号Wework睿东中心B座40层)

Python is a powerful, flexible programming language you can use in web development and to process and manipulate lots of data. Python and its various libraries enable programmers to scrape the web for data, and then manipulate and even visualize that data. 

For this reason, Python has become one of the most important languages for not only software, but also for data science. Knowing the fundamentals of Python, and how to use it to work with data can help you across industries, from finance to healthcare to tech. Come learn and see how easy it is to get started!

In only 2 hours, you will learn the basics of Python for data science, including:

• What you can do with python

• Data types

• Input and Output

• Loops

• "Thinking" in python

• You will also learn why python is so popular, and great for beginners if you're considering the field of data science. 

Pre-requisites and equipment: 

• No prior coding knowledge needed

• Bring your laptop and charger

• The instructor will be coding and guiding you through coding exercises

• This workshop will be in English

Instructor

Yunsheng "Gee" Ji

Python and Machine Learning Engineer

Gee has been a backend software engineer for the last several years. He first studied computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to get his theoretical foundation, and then gained his practical coding skillset as a student in Le Wagon Chengdu. After completing his coding bootcamp he became a full-time developer, which is where he increased his knowledge of how to use Python for data science and machine learning. He is a part-time instructor at Le Wagon and teaches our "Data Analytics with Python" course.