The Summer Institute for Big Data (SISBID) is designed to introduce biologists, quantitative scientists, and statisticians to modern statistical techniques for the analysis of biological big data.

  • Each module focuses on a different aspect of Big Data such as organizing and processing data for statistical analysis, visualizing data, or the challenges surrounding reproducible research.
  • The two-and-a-half day module format includes formal lectures, computing labs, and hands-on case studies. Modules run all day Monday/Tuesday and Wednesday morning OR Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday/Friday.
  • Instructors are world-class faculty with expertise in all aspects of Biological Big Data.
  • Participants are encouraged to enroll in multiple modules to create an experience that best suits their needs. Individuals attending the institute will receive certificates of course completion in recognition of their participation.

2018 Modules

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SISBID
Module 1
Data Wrangling with R
  • Meeting Times
    Wed, Jul 11, 1:30pm - Fri, Jul 13, 5pm PST
BD1801: Data Wrangling with R
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Module 2
Reproducible Research for Biomedical Big Data
  • Meeting Times
    Mon, Jul 16, 8:30am - Wed, Jul 18, 12pm PST
BD1802: Reproducible Research for Biomedical Big Data
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Module 3
Supervised Methods for Statistical Machine Learning
  • Meeting Times
    Wed, Jul 18, 1:30pm - Fri, Jul 20, 5pm PST
BD1803: Supervised Methods for Statistical Machine Learning
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Module 4
Unsupervised Methods for Statistical Machine Learning
  • Meeting Times
    Mon, Jul 23, 8:30am - Wed, Jul 25, 12pm PST
BD1804: Unsupervised Methods for Statistical Machine Learning
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Module 5
Visualization of Biomedical Big Data
  • Meeting Times
    Wed, Jul 25, 1:30pm - Fri, Jul 27, 5pm PST
BD1805: Visualization of Biomedical Big Data