Memory and Aging Center - AI Office Hours

Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, PI & Margo Kersey, TA

Note

Program for Feb 8th Session:

• Homework review - see homework_1.py in guides.

 

1. Programming with Python and VSCode

• Introduction to Python: The academia and industry standard programming language.
• Using VSCode: Setup a Python development environment in Visual Studio Code, the most versatile code editor.

2. Designing Systems for Storing and Curating Multimodal Data

• Data Formats: Basics of JSON, XML, CSV, and other formats suitable for multimodal data.
• Data Standards: Overview of Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) and others.

3. Using GitHub for Code Storage and Maintenance

• Version Control with GitHub: Use GitHub for tracking changes, collaboration, and maintaining a history of work.
• GitHub Operations: Understand repositories, branches, commits, pull requests, and collaboration best practices.

4. Creating and Deploying Web-Based Applications

• Web Development Basics: Introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for front-end development.
• Deployment: Use Python frameworks to create applications to dynamically vizualize data.

5. Planning, Implementing, and Reporting Machine Learning Models with Multimodal Data

• Machine Learning Workflow: Inderstand the entire process from problem understanding to model evaluation.
• Handling Multimodal Data: Special focus on preparing and using diverse data types in machine learning.

6. Using Large Language Models via API

• Interacting with APIs: How to use APIs of models like GPT for various AI tasks.
• Practical Examples: Text generation, conversation systems, or data analysis.