BIG DIVE is a 5-week course aimed at training data scientists. This presentation explores the schedule, focuses on main topics and guest lecturers. From June 19th to July 21st, the TOP-IX Consortium, in collaboration with ISI Foundation, ToDo and Axant.it, organizes the SIXTH edition of BIG DIVE. More info on WWW.BIGDIVE.EU

1. WWW.BIGDIVE.EU
Exploring BIGDIVE6 Course Program

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BIG DIVE IS A FIVE-WEEK
INTENSIVE TRAINING
PROGRAM AIMED AT
BOOSTING THE TECH SKILLS
IN ORDER TO EXTRACT
VALUE FROM DATA AND TO
GENERATE IMPACT.
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WHAT IS BIG DIVE ?

3. THE DREAM TEAM

4. ORGANIZED BY
80+ Members
(15 in 2003)
NON PROFIT
CONSORTIUM
PUBLIC & PRIVATE
PARTICIPATION
MISSION
FOSTER
INNOVATION
BY LEVERAGING
INFRASTRUCTURE
ASSETS
EDUCATION
START-UP
CORPORATE
INNOVATION
CIVIC TECH
FUNDED
PROJECTS
IX NORTH-WEST
ITALY

5. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
The ISI Foundation is a private
Foundation conducting research
rooted in the area of Complex
Systems Science, a field that the
institute has contributed to shape for
more than three decades.

6. TODO is an independent practice established in 2007.
The firm currently counts on a multidisciplinary and
diverse team, and has built a great international network
of design and communication professionals.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

7. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
AXANT is a young and informal
firm that deals with the
development of Digital Products
in the Web and Mobile fields
with Open Source Technologies
on Linux Systems

8. / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
/ INTERNATIONAL
/ BORDERLESS
/ HANDS-ON
/ TOP EXPERTS
THE BIG DIVE RECIPE:

9. / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
/ INTERNATIONAL
/ BORDERLESS
/ HANDS-ON
/ TOP EXPERTS
THE BIG DIVE RECIPE:
A MIX OF
DATA SCIENCE
DATA DRIVEN
DEVELOPMENT
DATA VISUALIZATION
+
BIZ and LEGAL
OVERVIEW

10. / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
/ INTERNATIONAL
/ BORDERLESS
/ HANDS-ON
/ TOP EXPERTS
THE BIG DIVE RECIPE:
THE COURSE IS OPEN
TO PEOPLE FROM ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
LESSONS ARE TAUGHT
IN ENGLISH.

11. / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
/ INTERNATIONAL
/ BORDERLESS
/ HANDS-ON
/ TOP EXPERTS
THE BIG DIVE RECIPE:
WE TRUST IN THE
POWER OF
CONTAMINATION AND
IN THE MIX OF SKILLS,
BACKGROUNDS AND
PROFILES…

12. / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
/ INTERNATIONAL
/ BORDERLESS
/ HANDS-ON
/ TOP EXPERTS
THE BIG DIVE RECIPE:
THEORY IS THE BASIS,
BUT IN BIG DIVE WE
MAINLY GIVE SPACE TO
PRACTICE AND
LEARNING BY DOING

13. / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
/ INTERNATIONAL
/ BORDERLESS
/ HANDS-ON
/ TOP EXPERTS
THE BIG DIVE RECIPE:
WE SELECT TEACHERS
AND GUEST SPEAKERS
AMONG TOP EXPERTS…
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
STATE-OF-THE-ART
CONTRIBUTIONS

14. WE NEED
STREET FIGHTING
WE DON’T NEED A
UNIVERSITY
THE BIG DIVE CREDO

15. THE BIG DIVE MANTRA
DATA MODELS DECISIONS
FROM (DATA) TO IMPACT

16. 4 weeks
20 divers
8 countries
2012
5 weeks
15 divers
5 countries
2013
5 weeks
15 divers
6 countries
2014
2015
5 weeks
19 divers
6 countries
2017
5 weeks
22 divers
5 countries
2016
MAYBE YOU!
THE BIG DIVE HISTORY

17. ACCELERATOR OF KNOWLEDGE AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
THE BIG DIVE VENUE
TORINO - ITALY

18. A 5-WEEK JOURNEY
1st WEEK
2nd WEEK
3rd WEEK
4th WEEK
5th WEEK
= DATA VIZ + OPTIONAL CODING TUTORIAL
= STATISTICS + SCIENTIFIC PYTHON
= MACHINE LEARNING
= SPARK FRAMEWORK + NETWORK SCIENCE
= HARD WORK ON FINAL DATA PROJECT
LESSONS FROM 09:30am to 04:30pm Mon-Fri

19. THE FIRST WEEK
IN DETAIL

20. THE FIRST WEEK
JUNE 19th - WELCOME
JUNE
19th
WELCOME &
KICK OFF

21. THE FIRST WEEK
A 4-DAY-WORKSHOP:
from zero to your first
data visualization with
D3.js
FABIO
FRANCHINO

22. THE FIRST WEEK
PYTHON FOR DUMMIES
ALEX
COMUNIAN
(OPTIONAL CONTENT)

23. THE FIRST WEEK
GUEST LECTURES
ENRICO FERRO
ISMB
# DATA DRIVEN
INNOVATION
MAARTEN
LAMBRECHTS
# DATA VIZ

24. THE SECOND WEEK
IN DETAIL

25. THE SECOND WEEK
ALEX
COMUNIAN
Scientific Python (Numpy / Scipy / Pandas / Dask)
ALESSANDRO
MOLINA

26. THE SECOND WEEK
PAOLO
BAJARDI
Statistics and Data Analysis
ANDRÈ
PANISSON

27. THE SECOND WEEK
GUEST LECTURE
PIERO
MOLINO
# AI

28. THE THIRD WEEK
IN DETAIL

29. THE THIRD WEEK
CIRO
CATTUTO
MACHINE LEARNING
THEORY

30. THE THIRD WEEK
ANDRÈ
PANISSON
MACHINE LEARNING
PRACTICE
/ Classification, Regression, Clustering
/ ML Practice with scikit-learn
/ NLP basics
/ KAGGLE challenge

31. THE THIRD WEEK
DATA ANALYSIS WITH
ALESSANDRO
MOLINA

32. THE THIRD WEEK
DATA QUALITY
WORKSHOP
WITH
ANTONIO VETRÒ &
ALESSIO MELANDRI
(SYNAPTA)
GUEST LECTURE

33. THE FOURTH WEEK
IN DETAIL

34. THE FOURTH WEEK
LAETITIA
GAUVIN
NETWORK SCIENCE
THEORY

35. THE FOURTH WEEK
NETWORK SCIENCE
PRACTICE
/ Network datasets and data formats
/ Exploratory network analysis and visualization
/ Network datasets and Python: NetworkX
/ EGO NETWORK on TWITTER
ANDRÈ
PANISSON

36. THE FOURTH WEEK
SPARK
IN PRACTICE
/ INTRO TO SPARK
/ SPARK DATA FRAMES
/ MLLIB + GRAPX WITH SPARK
GUEST LECTURE

37. THE FOURTH WEEK
DEEP LEARNING
MEETUP
/ Value proposition of Intel for Deep Learning
/ Intel Deep Learning SDK
/ Intel optimized libraries (Caffe, Tensorflow, etc):
/ HW accelerators:
GUEST LECTURE

38. THE FOURTH WEEK
NATURAL LANGUAGE
PROCESSING
WORKSHOP
GUEST LECTURE

39. THE FOURTH WEEK
GUEST LECTURE
FRANCESCO BONCHI
DATA SCIENCE

40. THE FIFTH WEEK
IN DETAIL

41. FINAL PROJECT

42. FINAL PROJECT
JULY 21st
PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE
PROJECT IN FRONT OF
DATA PROVIDERS AND
SPECIAL GUESTS

43. BIG THANKS!