Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science University of Nairobi | Mathematica

Schedule & Materials

Monday November 18, 2024 - Day 1
  • 10:30-12:00 Housekeeping & Logistics Juliet Inyang) (Augustine Otobi)

  • 12:00-13:30 Lunch Break

  • 13:30-15:30 Introduction: About SICSS & CSS

  • 15:30-16:00 Tea Break

  • 16:00-17:00 Research Speed Dating I: Getting to know you and your research

Tuesday November 19, 2024 - Day 2
  • 10:30-12:00 R for Social Sciences and Humanities

  • 12:00-13:30 Lunch Break

  • 13:30-15:30 Data Sources and Types

  • 15:30-16:00 Tea Break

  • 16:00-17:00 Dashboarding with R/Python

Wednesday November 20, 2024 - Day 3
  • 10:30-12:00 Exploring Data Characteristics

  • 12:00-13:30 Lunch Break

  • 13:30-15:30 Exploring Data through Visualization

  • 15:30-16:00 Treating Data Anomalies

  • 16:00-17:00 Research Speed Dating II: Research Insight Sharing

Thursday November 21, 2024 - Day 4
  • 10:30-12:00 Version Control/Collaboration in Computational Social Science

  • 12:00-13:30 Lunch Break

  • 13:30-15:30 Social Science Data Modelling with R

  • 15:30-16:00 Tea Break

  • 16:00-17:00 Foundations of Inferential Statistics

Friday November 22, 2024 - Day 5
  • 10:30-12:00 Introduction to Machine Learning

  • 12:00-13:30 Lunch Break

  • 13:30-15:30 Supervised Learning

  • 15:30-16:00 Tea Break

  • 16:00-17:00 Take-Away Project

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