Portal is the official transportation data lake for the Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA Metropolitan Region. An API, which stands for "Application Programming Interface," is a set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other.
What will this workshop teach?
We are offering a free three-hour introductory workshop about APIs that includes practical examples using PORTAL's API.
Who should attend?
People who are interested in APIs and how to use them.
What software is needed?
Participants who wish to follow along with the practical examples should download Visual Studio Code (VSC) and add the Thunder Client extension in VSC.
Instructor: Basem Elazzabi, Senior Research Associate, TREC at PSU
Basem is the head of programming and development for the PORTAL and BikePed Portal projects at TREC. He is responsible for maintaining and developing the database and the infrastructure of both projects. He also does various data analysis and visualization tasks. Basem received a PhD in Computer Science from Portland State University with a focus in database and data analysis. He also received his BS in Computer Science also from Portland State University. He has almost 20 years of experience in system analysis and development. His main interests are database systems, data analysis, distributed systems, and big data. His main research topics focus on how to facilitate data analysis for typical and non-technical data analysts. One of the main research topics that he works on is how to build the next generation data-analysis ecosystem in which institutions (government and private) can easily store their massive data and have easy access to data analysis tools to support and improve data-driven decision making.
Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) is a multidisciplinary hub for all things transportation. We are home to the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), the data programs PORTAL and BikePed Portal, the Better Block PSU program, and PSU's membership in PacTrans, the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium. Our continuing goal is to produce impactful research and tools for transportation decision makers, expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engage students and professionals through education, seminars, and participation in research. To get updates about what's happening at TREC, sign up for our monthly newsletter or follow us on social media.
