Workshop on data analysis begins IISER

Tirupati: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati and Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune have jointly organising a five-day workshop on data analysis and machine learning which began on Thursday will continue till May 28 at IISER campus here.

It was at an introductory level, meant to train young researchers and students in the recent techniques of data analysis including statistical analysis, nonlinear time series analysis, recurrence networks, Bayesian approaches, machine learning algorithms and deep learning methods.

In addition to introductory lectures, there will be hands-on sessions every day and participants will be trained in the use of data sets from various research areas like astrophysical data, cosmology data and experimental data among others.

About 50 participants, who are PhD scholars, post-doctoral fellows and advanced undergraduates from various institutes and universities across the country have been taking part in the programme.