2024 Training Schedule

Draft schedule for synchronous training sessions

Main materials

Pre-workshop

Information about pre-workshop preparation – including software installation, expectations for what you should already be familiar with, and review materials – is available in the pre-work portion of the materials page.

22 July 2024

Time	Activity	Materials
	Arrival

23 July 2024 (08:30 - 17:30)

Time	Activity	Materials
8:30	Introduction to time dependent data, course overview
9:30	Goal setting, lighting presentations
10:15	Break
10:45	Lecture: Regression Transformations and Diagnostics
11:45	Practical: Regression Transformations and Diagnostics
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Lecture: Time Dependent Data Analysis
14:30	Practical: Time Dependent Data Analysis
15:15	Break
15:30	Integrated Lecture and Practical: Basics of Time Series method

24 July 2024 (08:30 - 17:30)

Time	Activity	Materials
8:30	Overview of the day
9:00	Introduction to VecDyn Database and API
10:00	Break
10:30	Working with VecDyn/time dependent data (data aggregation, covariate/predictor sources)
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Lecture: Introduction to Gaussian Process (GP) regression applied to time dependent data
14:45	Break
15:15	Practical: GPs in R with laGP and hetGP
16:30	Brainstorming planning for projects
17:00	Lightning talks

25 July 2024 (08:30 - 17:30)

Time.	Activity	Materials
8:30	Overview of the day
9:00	Forecasting metrics and challenge introduction
9:30	Forecasting Challenge
10:30	Break
11:00	Forecasting Challenge (cont)
11:45	Present and Eval forecasts
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Mini projects
15:00	Break
15:30	Mini projects
16:30	Present mini projects; wrap up

26 July 2024

Time	Activity	Materials
	Travel

Post-workshop

Enjoy using these new techniques and databases!