Why Python?
Knowing how to code is a critical skill to efficiently and effectively analyze large data sets. Python is one of the most popular programming languages and is used by analysts, data scientists, and artificial intelligence experts in every industry.
Python enables you to conduct statistical calculations, create data visualizations, build machine learning algorithms, manipulate and analyze data, and complete other data-related tasks. As an open source programming language, you can take advantage of available libraries and tools to identify, collect, clean, analyze, and interpret data.
Python can also be used for web development, automation, and prototyping/testing.
Join our free workshop
Get started with Python and learn how to utilize it for your data needs! Join our one-hour workshop on December 7, 2022 at 12 p.m., where you'll:
- learn how to get started with coding in Python, even with zero coding experience;
- understand how you can use Python to investigate relationships between data sets; and
- see a live demonstration of how to run an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression in Python.
Your workshop speaker
Elias Puurunen
Elias Puurunen is the president of Northern HCI Solutions. He architects big data solutions for Fortune 500 companies, governments, and startups. His data warehouses enable Canada's top high-performance building researchers to produce new electric grid guidance to reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining quality of life.
At the height of the 2020 COVID pandemic, Puurunen’s firm designed a personal protective equipment (PPE) test program for the National Research Council of Canada. This program allowed researchers to perform rapid quality assurance verification on PPE. In 2019, Puurunen developed the Coding for Public Policy course (PS 627) for the University of Waterloo's Master of Public Service program. He is also a Microsoft certified solutions expert in data management and analytics, CompTIA certified technical trainer, and holds his Honours Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.