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DSSG - Data Engineering Workshop 🪠

Welcome to the Data Engineering Workshop organized by the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) community. This workshop is designed to provide a hands-on introduction to the data engineering workflow and tools. The intended audience is data scientists and analysts who are interested in learning how to build simple data pipelines and data warehouses.

Timetable

Session Time Description Tool
Giving Context and Getting to know each other 9:00 - 9:30 Introduce the workshop objectives and participants share their backgrounds and expectations
Storing Data 9:30 - 10:15 Persisting data in a secure and queryable location for analytics purposes DuckDB
Extracting and Loading 10:30 - 11:15 Transferring data from different systems to a centralized repository Airbyte
Transforming 11:30 - 12:30 Shaping raw data from various sources into a unified view that can be interpreted by stakeholders dbt
Making data accessible 12:45 - 13:15 Providing interpretation and data access to the rest of the organization Metabase
Follow Up Questions and next steps 13:15 Participants can ask questions and receive guidance on recommended next steps and resources for further learning in data engineering