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The Spring 2026 Data Science and Analytics Seminar Series presents invited speaker Peter Styliadis on Monday, March 9, from 4:30 to 5: 45 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 418 (zoom: 718-6340613)

Prior to the workshop all students must sign up for Databricks Free Edition . 
It's free and no credit card required: https://www.databricks.com/learn/free-edition        

Title: Get Started with Databricks for Data Engineering

• Set up and navigate the Databricks workspace, including running Python and SQL notebooks and organizing your project assets.
• Explore Unity Catalog objects such as catalogs, schemas, tables, and volumes to understand data organization and governance.
• Ingest data from multiple sources, including local file uploads to Volumes and datasets from Databricks Marketplace.
• Transform raw data into analytics-ready tables using basic SQL and PySpark transformations.
• Visualize and query transformed data using notebooks and get a quick tour of the SQL Editor and dashboards.
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Graduate of the Applied Mathematics Masters and Mathematics Bachelors programs at Buffalo State, with a background in teaching high school math, business, programming, Microsoft Office tools, and project management. Brings 8 years of experience at SAS Analytics as a technical developer creating workshops, courses, and pre sales demos focused on data engineering, analytics, and visualization. Currently works at Databricks as a technical curriculum developer, building hands on workshops and courseware for data engineering and data analytics audiences. Regularly writes technical blogs and records training videos to support learning and adoption.