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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="33846" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/google-gcfr" lastchanged="2025-09-30T15:53:27+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>Google Cloud Fundamentals for Researchers</title><productcode>GCFR</productcode><vendorcode>GO</vendorcode><vendorname>Google</vendorname><fullproductcode>GO-GCFR</fullproductcode><version>1.0</version><objective>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understanding products available in Google Cloud for research&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Loading unstructured and structured data into Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing access and sharing your data on Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understandings costs on Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Leveraging Jupyter Notebook environments in Vertex AI Workbench&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Utilizing machine learning solutions on Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;Understanding of one or more of the following is recommended, but not required:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Basic knowledge of data types and SQL&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Basic programming knowledge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machine learning models such as supervised versus unsupervised models&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;Introductory-level training for researchers wanting to use Google Cloud for ingesting, managing and leveraging their data.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><outline>&lt;h4&gt;Module 1 - Google Cloud Demos for Researchers&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Demo: Provision Compute Engine virtual machines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demo: Query a billion rows of data in seconds using BigQuery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demo: Train a custom vision model using AutoML Vision&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 2 - Google Project Concepts&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Organizing resources in Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Controlling Access to projects and resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cost and billing management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 3 - Computing and Storage on Google Cloud&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Interacting with Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and Manage Cloud Storage Buckets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Compute Engine virtual machines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understanding computing costs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to HPC on Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lab 1: Create and Manage a Virtual Machine (Linux) and Cloud Storage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 4 - BigQuery&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;BigQuery fundamentals&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Querying public datasets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Importing and exporting data in BigQuery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Connecting to Looker Studio&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lab 3: BigQuery and Looker Studio Fundamentals&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 5 - Vertex AI Notebooks&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Enabling APIs and services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertex AI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertex Workbench&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Connecting Jupyter notebooks to BigQuery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lab 4: Interacting with BigQuery using Python and R Running in Jupyter Notebooks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Module 6 - Machine Learning&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Types of ML within Google Cloud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prebuilt ML APIs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vertex AI AutoML&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;BigQuery ML&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lab 5: Optional (take-home) labs to choose from:&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Extract, Analyze, and Translate Text from Images with the Cloud ML APIs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify Damaged Car Parts with Vertex AutoML Vision&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Getting Started with BigQuery Machine Learning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>- Understanding products available in Google Cloud for research
- Loading unstructured and structured data into Google Cloud
- Managing access and sharing your data on Google Cloud
- Understandings costs on Google Cloud
- Leveraging Jupyter Notebook environments in Vertex AI Workbench
- Utilizing machine learning solutions on Google Cloud</objective_plain><essentials_plain>Understanding of one or more of the following is recommended, but not required:



- Basic knowledge of data types and SQL
- Basic programming knowledge
- Machine learning models such as supervised versus unsupervised models</essentials_plain><audience_plain>Introductory-level training for researchers wanting to use Google Cloud for ingesting, managing and leveraging their data.</audience_plain><outline_plain>Module 1 - Google Cloud Demos for Researchers


- Demo: Provision Compute Engine virtual machines
- Demo: Query a billion rows of data in seconds using BigQuery
- Demo: Train a custom vision model using AutoML Vision
Module 2 - Google Project Concepts


- Organizing resources in Google Cloud
- Controlling Access to projects and resources
- Cost and billing management
Module 3 - Computing and Storage on Google Cloud


- Interacting with Google Cloud
- Create and Manage Cloud Storage Buckets
- Compute Engine virtual machines
- Understanding computing costs
- Introduction to HPC on Google Cloud
- Lab 1: Create and Manage a Virtual Machine (Linux) and Cloud Storage
Module 4 - BigQuery


- BigQuery fundamentals
- Querying public datasets
- Importing and exporting data in BigQuery
- Connecting to Looker Studio
- Lab 3: BigQuery and Looker Studio Fundamentals
Module 5 - Vertex AI Notebooks


- Enabling APIs and services
- Vertex AI
- Vertex Workbench
- Connecting Jupyter notebooks to BigQuery
- Lab 4: Interacting with BigQuery using Python and R Running in Jupyter Notebooks
Module 6 - Machine Learning


- Types of ML within Google Cloud
- Prebuilt ML APIs
- Vertex AI AutoML
- BigQuery ML
- Lab 5: Optional (take-home) labs to choose from:
- Extract, Analyze, and Translate Text from Images with the Cloud ML APIs
- Identify Damaged Car Parts with Vertex AutoML Vision
- Getting Started with BigQuery Machine Learning</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="1">1 day</duration><pricelist><price country="US" currency="USD">595.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">660.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">650.00</price><price country="CA" currency="CAD">820.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">950.00</price><price country="SE" currency="EUR">950.00</price><price country="DE" currency="EUR">950.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">790.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">950.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>