Some datasets are too small for standard statistical/data analysis to accurately characterize the data. Others are extremely large and data size reduction methods may be needed. One solution is to use topological data analysis to simplify and/or visualize data. This workshop will include both tutorials and research talks on topological techniques for visualizing data.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop to analyze their own data or data that will be provided. We will explore datasets via a new lens, and discuss any successes, frustrations, and/or questions with the group. If you have any dataset that was complex enough that you ran PCA to reduce dimensions, but small enough you could process it on your laptop, that dataset is probably a good candidate to bring along and explore with topological tools. We will also provide datasets from neuroscience.