Databases and SQL for Data Scientists In-Person

If you're working with complicated data, storing it in a database can improve your life in many ways. Databases have many advantages over simple files:

1. They're faster for importing, exporting, or searching your data
2. They make it easy to search or filter large data sets
3. They have lots of built-in tools for performing complicated searches, doing on-the-fly reporting, ensuring data quality, and more.

This workshop will teach you what relational databases are, how you can load your data into a database, and how you can query your database to find the information you need.

Participants should install SQLite Browser on their computer prior to the workshop. You can find installation instructions for your operating system here:
https://libguides.ucmerced.edu/software-carpentry/sql/install

Related LibGuide: Software Carpentry by Derek Devnich

Date:

Friday, March 13, 2026

Time:

9:00am - 12:30pm

Time Zone:

Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)

Location:

KL 397

Audience:

  Faculty     Graduate Students     Staff  

Categories:

  Data Carpentry     Workshop