Across the world, there are in-person workshops and summer schools focused on data science, data management, and advanced data analysis. For those wanting hands-on data management training, see the list below for resources near your geographic area:
- Location: Alpbach, Austria
Organization: Summer School Alpbach
Topics: Space science and engineering
Format: In-person summer school workshop
Link: https://www.summerschoolalpbach.at/
- Location: Worldwide (Varies)
Organization: Committee on Data of the International Council for Science - Research Data Alliance (CODATA-RDA)
Topics: Various; foundational data skills across disciplines
Format: In-person workshops
Link: http://www.codata.org/events/training-workshops
- Location: United Kingdom
Organization: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Topics: Big data storage, processing, and collaboration; scientific computing
Format: In-person workshops with some archived training material
Link: http://www.ceda.ac.uk/training/past-courses/
- Location: United Kingdom
Organization: National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)
Topics: Data analysis, research methods, and data management
Format: Listing of in-person workshops
Link: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/
- Location: Finland
Organization: Centre for Scientific Computing
Topics: Fortran 95/2003 and C programming; high-performance computing tools; parallel programming
Format: In-person summer school and online webinars
Link: https://www.csc.fi/en/web/training/archive
- Location: United Kingdom
Organization: Scientific Exploration of Operational Missions - European Space Agency (SEOM-ESA)
Topics: Cryosphere studies; train next generation of Earth Observation scientist to exploit data from ESA
Format: In-person course in 2016
Link: http://seom.esa.int/cryotraining2016/
- Location: Michigan, United States of America
Organization: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan
Topics: Quantitative methods in social research
Format: Yearly in-person workshop
Link: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/sumprog/about.html
- Location: California, United States of America
Organization: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Topics: Renewable energy, space exploration
Format: In-person workshops
Link: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/events/2017/1/21/utilizing-renewable-energy/
- Location: Various, primarily United States and online
Organization: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
Topics: Environmental data science
Format: In-person workshops and online archived trainings
Link: https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/training
- Location: Various, primarily United Kingdom
Organization: Software Sustainability Institute
Topics: High-performance computing, software and data carpentry
Format: In-person workshops
Link: https://www.software.ac.uk/what-do-we-do/training
- Location: United Kingdom and online
Organization: UK Data Service
Topics: Data best practices, data management plans, open data sharing
Format: In-person workshops, internet modules, and printed advice
Link: https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/manage-data/training
- Location: Essex, United Kingdom
Organization: University of Essex Summer School
Topics: Social Science and Data Analysis
Format: In-person summer school
Link: http://essexsummerschool.com/summer-school-facts/
- Location: Essex, United Kingdom
Organization: University of Essex Summer School
Topics: Big Data and Analytics
Format: In-person summer school
Link: https://www.essex.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/institute-for-analytics-and-data-science/big-data-and-analytics-summer-school
- Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Organization: University of Oxford Summer School
Topics: Digital humanities-- text processing, linked data, data management
Format: In-person summer school
Link: https://digital.humanities.ox.ac.uk/dhoxss/
- Location: Worldwide (Varies)
Organization: PhiDot
Topics: Various; foundational data skills across disciplines
Format: In-person workshops
Link: http://www.phidot.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=96e207b1ea8d70703760b6458c182f56