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Google Cloud Fundamentals for Researchers

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In this course, you will learn how to use various tools in the Google Cloud to collect, manage and use your data to gain insights for your research. You will get an introduction to the tools used by researchers in the Google Cloud. You will then learn how to ingest your unstructured and structured data into Cloud Storage and BigQuery respectively. Next, you will learn how to curate your data and understand costs in Google Cloud. Finally, you will learn how to use Notebook environments and other Google Cloud tools for descriptive and predictive analytics.

Course Contents

  • Google Cloud demos for researchers
  • Google project concepts
  • Data processing and storage in Google Cloud
  • BigQuery
  • Vertex AI Notebooks
  • Machine learning
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Target Group

Basic training for researchers who want to use Google Cloud to collect, manage and use their data.

Knowledge Prerequisites

Knowledge in one or more of the following areas is recommended but not required:

  • Basic knowledge of data types and SQL
  • Basic programming knowledge
  • Machine learning models such as supervised and unsupervised models

Course Objective

  • Understanding the products available in Google Cloud for research
  • Loading unstructured and structured data into Google Cloud
  • Manage access and sharing of your data in Google Cloud
  • Understand costs on Google Cloud
  • Utilize Jupyter Notebook environments in Vertex AI Workbench
  • Utilize machine learning solutions on Google Cloud
Google Cloud demos for Researchers
Demo: Provisioning Compute Engine virtual machines
Demo: Querying a billion rows of data in seconds with BigQuery
Demo: Training a custom image classification model with AutoML Vision
Google Project Concepts
Organizing resources in Google Cloud
Controlling access to projects and resources
Cost and billing management
Computing and Storage in Google Cloud
Interacting with Google Cloud
Creating and managing Cloud Storage buckets
Compute Engine virtual machines
Understanding computing costs
Introduction to HPC on Google Cloud
Exercise: Creating and managing a virtual machine (Linux) and cloud storage
BigQuery
BigQuery fundamentals
Querying public datasets
Importing and exporting data in BigQuery
Connecting to Looker Studio
Exercise: BigQuery and Looker Studio basics
Notebooks on Vertex AI
Sharing APIs and services
Vertex AI
Vertex Workbench
Connecting Jupyter Notebooks to BigQuery
Exercise: Interacting with BigQuery using Python and R in Jupyter Notebooks
Machine learning
ML options on Google Cloud
Prebuilt ML APIs
Vertex AI AutoML
BigQuery ML
Exercise: Optional exercises (takeaway) to choose from:
Extracting, analyzing, and translating text from images with Cloud ML APIs
Identifying damaged car parts with Vertex AutoML Vision
Getting started with BigQuery Machine Learning

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request in-house training now
PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.

In this course, you will learn how to use various tools in the Google Cloud to collect, manage and use your data to gain insights for your research. You will get an introduction to the tools used by researchers in the Google Cloud. You will then learn how to ingest your unstructured and structured data into Cloud Storage and BigQuery respectively. Next, you will learn how to curate your data and understand costs in Google Cloud. Finally, you will learn how to use Notebook environments and other Google Cloud tools for descriptive and predictive analytics.

Course Contents

  • Google Cloud demos for researchers
  • Google project concepts
  • Data processing and storage in Google Cloud
  • BigQuery
  • Vertex AI Notebooks
  • Machine learning
Request in-house training now

Target Group

Basic training for researchers who want to use Google Cloud to collect, manage and use their data.

Knowledge Prerequisites

Knowledge in one or more of the following areas is recommended but not required:

  • Basic knowledge of data types and SQL
  • Basic programming knowledge
  • Machine learning models such as supervised and unsupervised models

Course Objective

  • Understanding the products available in Google Cloud for research
  • Loading unstructured and structured data into Google Cloud
  • Manage access and sharing of your data in Google Cloud
  • Understand costs on Google Cloud
  • Utilize Jupyter Notebook environments in Vertex AI Workbench
  • Utilize machine learning solutions on Google Cloud

Google Cloud demos for Researchers
Demo: Provisioning Compute Engine virtual machines
Demo: Querying a billion rows of data in seconds with BigQuery
Demo: Training a custom image classification model with AutoML Vision
Google Project Concepts
Organizing resources in Google Cloud
Controlling access to projects and resources
Cost and billing management
Computing and Storage in Google Cloud
Interacting with Google Cloud
Creating and managing Cloud Storage buckets
Compute Engine virtual machines
Understanding computing costs
Introduction to HPC on Google Cloud
Exercise: Creating and managing a virtual machine (Linux) and cloud storage
BigQuery
BigQuery fundamentals
Querying public datasets
Importing and exporting data in BigQuery
Connecting to Looker Studio
Exercise: BigQuery and Looker Studio basics
Notebooks on Vertex AI
Sharing APIs and services
Vertex AI
Vertex Workbench
Connecting Jupyter Notebooks to BigQuery
Exercise: Interacting with BigQuery using Python and R in Jupyter Notebooks
Machine learning
ML options on Google Cloud
Prebuilt ML APIs
Vertex AI AutoML
BigQuery ML
Exercise: Optional exercises (takeaway) to choose from:
Extracting, analyzing, and translating text from images with Cloud ML APIs
Identifying damaged car parts with Vertex AutoML Vision
Getting started with BigQuery Machine Learning

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request in-house training now

PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.