Training: Webscraping
April 16, 2014

This workshop will cover how to create, customize, and run a web scraper using python and scrapy.  We will learn how to locate and extract data from HTML web pages using the Document Object Model. 

Every Second Thursday, 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Federal Courts Working Group brings together researchers from across disciplines who share an interest in studying the U.S. federal courts.

Previously was Every other Friday, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

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Training: Python INTENSIVE
January 13, 2014 to January 17, 2014

This is five days of training to get you on the on-ramp to scientific computing. Please sign up only if you'll commit to attending all the sessions, since we have really limited space for this offe

December 3, 2013

Web scraping is a powerful and increasingly important tool for social science researchers.

November 23, 2013 to November 24, 2013

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November 23, 2013 to November 24, 2013

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Every other Wednesday, from 5-7pm

For details on this working group, please see the py4science community site!

August 19, 2013 to August 22, 2013

This Python workshop is pitched at newcomers who need an "on-ramp" to scientific computing. We'll complete 8 sessions over 4 days.

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