May 26-27, 2026
10:00 - 17:00
Instructors: Devaraj Gopinathan, Dimitra Salmanidou, Miguel Xochicale
Helpers:
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Please note, this workshop will be taking place in-person only.
Where: Room LG01 in 222 Euston Road, UCL Institute of Health Informatics, NW1 2DA. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: May 26-27, 2026; 10:00 - 17:00 Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:
We are dedicated to providing a positive and accessible learning environment for all. We do not require participants to provide documentation of disabilities or disclose any unnecessary personal information. However, we do want to help create an inclusive, accessible experience for all participants. We encourage you to share any information that would be helpful to make your Carpentries experience accessible. To request an accommodation for this workshop, please fill out the accommodation request form. If you have questions or need assistance with the accommodation form please email us.
Glosario is a multilingual glossary for computing and data science terms. The glossary helps learners attend workshops and use our lessons to make sense of computational and programming jargon written in English by offering it in their native language. Translating data science terms also provides a teaching tool for Carpentries Instructors to reduce barriers for their learners.
Workshop Recordings: Carpentries workshops are designed to be interactive rather than lecture-based, with lessons that build upon one another. To foster a positive online learning environment, we strongly recommend that participants join in real time. As a result, workshop recordings are not recommended and may not be available to learners.
Contact: Please email ARC.Education+carpentries@UCL.ac.uk for more information.
Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.
Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.
We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
This workshop is teaching a lesson in The Carpentries Lab.
| Before | Pre-workshop survey |
| 09:30 | Installation troubleshooting |
| 10:00 | Introduction |
| 11:20 | Morning break |
| 11:30 | Classification by a neural network using Keras |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Classification by a neural network using Keras (continued) |
| 14:20 | Monitor the training process |
| 15:20 | Afternoon break |
| 15:30 | Monitor the training process (continued) |
| 17:00 | Wrap-up |
| Before | - |
| 09:30 | Troubleshooting |
| 10:00 | Monitor the training process (continued) |
| 10:50 | Advanced layer types |
| 11:20 | Morning break |
| 11:30 | Advanced layer types (continued) |
| 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Advanced layer types (continued) |
| 14:20 | Transfer learning |
| 15:20 | Afternoon break |
| 15:30 | Outlook |
| 17:00 | Post-workshop survey |
To participate in a workshop, you will need access to software as described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.
We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.