Hosted by Christina Philips and Anabela Da Silva Filipe Soares.

Welcome to today’s seminar by Stefan Helfrich.

In this session Stefan talks about the education paths on offer for data analytics and the need for balance between learning concepts versus hands-on experiences with tools. Stefan makes the case for the value of visual workflow approaches for teaching and implementing analytics.

How do we do that? KNIME implements a well-documented, comprehensive and capable software environment that enables users to design and operate data analytics workflows visually using the following objects:

· Nodes perform tasks on data. Nodes have inputs and outputs. Nodes have status/indicators. Nodes are natively implemented in Java. Python scripts may also be used as code nodes.

· Connectors link nodes. Connectors indicate data flows. Connectors send data from one node to another. Connectors have direction. Nodes plus connectors enable you to create workflows.

· Workflows are designed aggregates of nodes linked using connectors

· Components/Metanodes encapsulate discrete sub-workflows. Component/metanodes can be used like nodes.

· A large library of pre-build nodes and metanodes are offered for common tasks like cleaning up data, visualization, plug into Tableau and PowerBI.

· Supports all types of data.

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Further reading, sources, mentions and acknowledgements.

Stefan Helfrich -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanhelfrich/

KNIME – https://www.knime.com/

See the KNIME Educators Alliance and the Teaching Materials Repository.

References:

Berthold, M. R. (2019). What Does It Take to be a Successful Data Scientist? Harvard Data Science Review, 1(2)

Further reading:

For examples, additional teaching materials, sample curriculum, see “The Data Science Guide” – www.datascienceguide.org

Unless otherwise noted, the teaching materials (including workflow examples, code examples, and slides) are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).

Music

Title: Guitar House

Artist: josh pan (2020)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL-LId8ZWBM

License: License CC BY 3.0

Cover Art

Title: We need You! Visual Analytics

Artist: Nuno Machado and Allen Higgins

Source: vignette_version.pptx

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Welcome to Design Talk.

In this episode I give a short talk titled “Doshite Nippon?” for Naonori sensei’s 'Gateways to Japan' discovery module at University College Dublin. The talk was recorded on April 1st 2025.

Kodate sensei is founding Director of the UCD Centre for Japanese Studies and Director of the Public Policy Programme in UCD.

Why Japan? I contend that it is good to experience the ordinary strangeness of a culture that is quite different to one’s own. My starting point is to consider the classic images of Japan after which I strive to give a flavour of what it is like to live and work there.

Notes

Naonori – https://people.ucd.ie/naonori.kodate

Allen – https://people.ucd.ie/allen.higgins

Gateways to Japan (DSCY10080)

JET – The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (see JET Ireland), established in 1987 and still running, invites third level graduates from overseas to participate in international exchange and foreign language education throughout Japan.

interac –Japan’s largest provider of ALTs (Assistant Language Teachers) https://interacnetwork.com

Japan Digital Nomad Association – https://japandigitalnomad.com/en/

Images:

四季と酒

shi ki to o-sake

These are: the four distinct seasons.

Haru (春) Springtime cherry blossoms.

Natsu (夏) The lush greenery of summer holidays, flowers, fruit and heat.

Aki (秋) Autumn when the leaves turn red and orange and gold.

Fuyu(冬) Winter cold (really cold), snow, and cosy indoors.

Add to this Japan’s visually striking architecture: Buddist temples (tera/-ji), Shinto shrines (jinja), Torii (gateways), and Castles (shiro/-jo) – former seats of power from the medieval period.

And not to forget – sake!

Acknowledgements

Music

Title: Check Them In

Artist: Ema Grace

Source: https://bit.ly/2tJ6Bnd

License: CC BY 4.0

Artist notes: Ema Grace is an AI vocaloid produced by Ryoma MAEDA (@Ryoma_Maeda). Styled as virtual Singer&Idol 架空のバーチャルアイドル & シンガー、それがEma Grace.

Cover Art

Title: Japan Digital Nomads

Credit: Japan Digital Nomads Association

Source: https://japandigitalnomad.com

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Welcome to today’s seminar by Marios Kremantzis.

In this session Marios presents current work related to two highly quantitative classes that have adopted a Chatbot as a teaching assistant. Two classes: Prescriptive Analytics” for the MSc Business Analytics programme and “Mathematics for Economists”, for the BSc Economics programme

Hosted by Christina Philips and Anabela Da Silva Filipe Soares.

Further reading, sources, mentions and acknowledgements.

‘AI Tutor Chatbots & Student Engagement’

Evaluating the Impact of AI Chatbots on Student Support and Engagement in UK Higher Education

Acknowledgements

Music

Title: Guitar House

Artist: josh pan (2020)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL-LId8ZWBM

License: License CC BY 3.0

Cover Art

Title: Complex collaboration for BAEF

Artist: Nuno Machado and Allen Higgins

Source: vignette_version.pptx

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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