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14:00 | Special Event
Dr. Ira W. Lieberman will present his new book, In Good Times Prepare for Crisis: Lessons from the Great Depression through the Great Recession, which was published by Brookings Press in October 2018.
The book is segmented into four parts with each part discussing a distinct set of major crises starting with the Great Depression and concluding with the most recent global crisis, the Great Recession.
After a brief introduction to the book and to crises, Dr. Lieberman will focus on the recent eurozone crisis 2007-2015.
Ira will close his talk with lessons learned from these crises and how they reflect on the current economic situation globally. There will be ample time for questions and answers.
Kindly please register here, seats are limited.
17:30 | Economics Discovery Hub
Thursdays 17:30 - 19:00
Starting date: 29 November 2018
Finishing date: 13 December 2018
Duration: 3 lessons
Course instructor: Pablo Maldonado
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In this course we will cover the basics of SQL that you can apply in your job or studies right away.
Prerequisites:
Lectures:
- Basic SQL queries (SELECT, WHERE, etc). Schema definition.
- JOIN statements and more complicated nested queries.
- GROUP BY, HAVING.
Participants who attend at least 75% of the sessions can claim a Certificate of Attendance issued by CERGE-EI.
About the facilitator:
Pablo Maldonado
Pablo earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the Universite Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie in France. He is currently a data science consultant and lecturer at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Previously, he worked for O2 Czech Republic and PricewaterhouseCoopers as a data scientist, and lectured in two Mexican universities. In his spare time, Pablo enjoys cooking and improving his salsa and drumming skills.
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