Webinars for researchers on web application development n R programming

Web application development

The web application development ecosystem with open source technology is growing at an accelerating pace. To facilitate research staff and students in developing web applications with open-source technologies, a webinar on web application development will be held in early April.

Basic Web Application Development with Open Source Technology
Date:	9 April (Thu)
Time:	14:30 - 16:00
Venue:	Online via MS Teams
Course Outline:	Introduction to Web Application Web Application Technology Stack Using Node.JS as Application Tier Using React.JS as UI Component in Web Tier Using Redux as State Management in Web Tier Using React Router as Routing in Web Tier
Medium of Instruction:	English
Pre-requisite:	Basic programming concept with HTML, JavaScript, CSS and SQL
Registration:	Interested research students and staff please register via thiseForm

Intermediate R Programming

Following the webinar on ‘Basic R Programming for Beginners’ held in March 2020, the webinar on ’Intermediate R Programming’ will be offered in end April with details as below:

Intermediate R Programming
Date:	22(Wed), 24(Fri) & 29(Wed) April 2020
Time:	14:30 – 16:30
Venue:	Online via MS Teams
Course Outline:	Introduction to Deep Learning in R Machine Learning vs Deep Learning Neural Network Basic Introduction to Keras Workflow of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Deep Learning Toolsets Elementary example Convolutional Neural Networks in TensorFlow Using R Optimization Techniques of Neural Network Underfitting and Overfitting Solution ConvNet Image Augmentation Transfer Learning Natural Language Processing in TensorFlow Using R Tokenizer and Word Embedding RNN (Recurrent Neural Network) LSTM (Long Short Term Memory Cell)
Medium of Instruction:	English
Pre-requisite:	Completion of ‘Basic R Programming Workshop / Webinar for Beginners’ or with equivalent knowledge
Registration:	Registration details will be announced in mid-April via email

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