Big Data Summer Camp 2020 - Online

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Online Sessions: For students and instructor safety, the 2020 Big Data Summer Camps will be taught online. The sessions will be taught real-time using an interactive video format, and remains a hands-on project-based camp.

UC San Diego is monitoring the coronavirus developments closely. For the latest updates check https://coronavirus.ucsd.edu/.

Hands-on Project-Based Summer Camps. UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute’s Big Data Summer Camps provide aspiring young data scientists an immersive educational experience using cutting-edge approaches to Big Data. These pre-college summer camps are designed for students with interests in data analytics and visualization, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and how these fields and approaches assist in discovering and evaluating predictive models. The summer camps are each a week long and will introduce participants to the use of data and tools related to Big Data ecosystem. Even in an online format, the Big Data Summer Camps remain hands-on and project-based.

Session 1 & Session 2. Students will learn the basic math, visualization and methods behind data science and will work on team projects with classmates using real life examples. Over the course of the week, the content will build in complexity and difficulty, and will include strategies for data visualization and model development and evaluation. No programming experience or knowledge is required. Additionally, invited guests from academia and industry will give presentations to expose the students to various data science application domains. Students can enroll in either Session 1 or Session 2.

Advanced Session. Advanced Session builds on the basics learned in the introductory sessions. Enrolling in Advanced Session (August 3-7) requires concurrent enrollment in Session 1 (June 15-19) or Session 2 (July 27-31). Students who have taken Big Data Summer Camp in past years also qualify.

DETAILS & REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must be students preparing to enter their sophomore, junior, or senior year of high school and own a laptop they can bring every day. Only 20 students are accepted into each camp.

Refund Policy: Students can receive a refund up to 14 days before their session start day.