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Intro to GIS: Getting started with spatial research

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

As members of an academic community with a myriad of research initiatives, the need to map information, to spatially analyze, to geoprocess, and to visualize space and time is becoming ubiquitous. But how do you get started? The answer to this question largely depends on what you want to map, and how you want to create your map. The what is...
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Introduction to SPSS

YRL Research Commons Classroom (Room 11630F) 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

SPSS is a very easy-to-use statistical package that runs on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms. This class is designed for people who are just starting to use SPSS. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using SPSS for doing statistics, graphics, and data management. The class notes are the scripts for the...
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Learning Machine Learning with Kaggle Challenges: Introduction

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In Fall 2019, IDRE RTG will offer a series of classes on machine learning to the campus. The objective of the series is to present overviews to the exciting machine learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. This series is primarily appropriate for the beginners who...
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Accessibility Basics Training

Zoom

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with...
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Introduction to Jupyter

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Jupyter Notebook is a computing tool that allows users to edit and run Python, R, Julia (and many other programming languages) inside a web browser. Furthermore, it is a powerful tool that allows users to combine live code, text, and visualizations in an interactive, shareable, reproducible document. It has been growing in popularity in...
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Learning Machine Learning with Kaggle Challenges: Solving Titanic Problem

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In Fall 2019, IDRE RTG will offer a series of classes on machine learning to the campus. The objective of the series is to present overviews to the exciting machine learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. This series is primarily appropriate for the beginners who...
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Addressing the Vaccine Crisis: The Digital World, Big Data, and Public Health

James Bridges Theater, UCLA Melnitz Hall 235 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States

  Venue: James Bridges Theater, UCLA Melnitz Hall, 235 Charles E Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA - 90095 Register: RSVP link Questions: Contact T.V. Singh Organizers: Vwani Roychowdhury Timothy R. Tangherlini Beth Glenn Catherine Crespi Roshan Bastani Addressing the Vaccine Crisis: The Digital World, Big Data, and Public Health The World Health Organization has identified...
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Introduction to GIS and Python

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

An introduction to using GeoSpatial tools with Python. If you have questions regarding the workshop, please contact Albert Kochpahum.

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Learning Machine Learning with Kaggle Challenges: Deep Learning for Dogs-vs-Cats Problem

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In Fall 2019, IDRE RTG will offer a series of classes on machine learning to the campus. The objective of the series is to present overviews to the exciting machine learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. This series is primarily appropriate for the beginners who...
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Advanced Computing and Data Analytics using Comet

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

UCLA-IDRE and San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) are happy to announce the workshop “Advanced Computing and Data Analytics using Comet” as per the following details: Venue: 5628 Math Sciences Bldg. RSVP: Link to the registration form (*lunch is provided) Requirements: Bring your laptop for hands-on exercises. Questions: Contact T.V.Singh Link to the presentation slides: https://github.com/sdsc-scicomp/2019-11-08-comet-workshop-ucla...
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Learning Machine Learning with Kaggle Challenges: Deep Learning for Dogs-vs-Cats Problem with Better Solutions

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In Fall 2019, IDRE RTG will offer a series of classes on machine learning to the campus. The objective of the series is to present overviews to the exciting machine learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. This series is primarily appropriate for the beginners who...
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Introduction to R

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

R is a programming environment that runs on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms. This class is designed for people who are just starting to use R. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using R for doing statistics, graphics, and data management. The class notes are the scripts for the class. The...
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Accessibility Basics Training

Zoom

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with...
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XSEDE HPC Workshop: BIG DATA

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

UCLA-IDRE, along with XSEDE and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, is pleased to announce a two day Big Data workshop (Dec 3-4, 2019, 8 AM-2 PM PDT each day). This workshop will focus on topics such as Hadoop and Spark and will be presented using the Wide Area Classroom (WAC) training platform. For registration and detailed information,...
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Accessibility Basics Training

Zoom

People who are blind, low-vision or have dyslexia rely on assistive technologies and screenreading software to “read text out loud” to them. However, many documents and websites created are completely inaccessible or just frustrating for screenreader users. Learn accessible design and content management tools to make it easier for people with disabilities to engage with...
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Introduction to Data Visualization

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

There are many ways to communicate the results of research. Visually representing data provides a valuable perspective within an academic argument. Data visualizations provide an overview or snapshot of a dataset, draw attention to outliers, demonstrate trends, or simply help us to understand our data better. Functioning as evidentiary support, data visualizations can sharpen key...
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Software Carpentry Workshop – R

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

REGISTER HERE This is a two day workshop.  Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Workshop Website: https://ucla-data-archive.github.io/2020-01-15-ucla/ (for more information on...
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Introduction to GIS and Spatial Research

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

As members of an academic community with a myriad of research initiatives, the need to map information, to spatially analyze, to geoprocess, and to visualize space and time is becoming ubiquitous. But how do you get started? The answer to this question largely depends on what you want to map, and how you want to create your map. The what is...
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Data Visualization with Python

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Python offers many graphing libraries for placing data into a visual context. This short class will be an interactive overview of libraries such as matplotlib, seaborn, ggplot, Plotly, Bokeh, and others, with a view to exploring features such plotting control, usability, and interactivity. Familiarity with Python will be useful. If you have any further questions...
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R Markdown

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

R Markdown files integrate text, Markdown, and R code into dynamic documents that weave together plain text, formatted text, and the output of the R code.  The resulting dynamic reports can be produced in many formats, including HTML documents, HTML slideshows, LaTeX pdf, Beamer slideshows, MS Word doc, books, scientific articles, and websites.   This seminar...
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Jupyter Advanced Topics

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This short class will illustrate several powerful tools and features that can enhance one’s experience with Jupyter notebooks. The interactive demonstrations will include a brief overview of how to make interactive widgets for interactive visualizations and dashboards, how to generate analysis pipelines and reports, and how to link notebooks with online tools such as GitHub...
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Regression Models with Count Data

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Regression models for data with a count outcome is part of the family of generalized linear models. This workshop is designed to give an overview on regression model with count data. The workshop includes a broad range of analyses available for count regression models such as Poisson regression, negative binomial, zero-inflated Poisson, and zero-inflated negative...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (1) Introduction

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Introduction to Survey Data Analysis in Stata

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The workshop will introduce the basic concepts and elements necessary to analyze data collected via a complex sampling design.  The workshop will use Stata to conduct descriptive analyses and create graphs.  Examples of subpopulation analyses will be given, as well as examples of linear and logistic regression models. If you have questions or comments regarding...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (2) Mechanics of Deep Learning

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (3) Using PyTorch

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Job Scheduling on Hoffman2 Cluster

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

We will discuss how to effectively run jobs on Hoffman2 cluster which serves a wide spectrum of user applications and is almost always heavily loaded. We will first review the model and policy of Hoffman2’s job scheduling, followed by fundamentals of using its job scheduler, Univa Grid Engine. A number of common use cases will...
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Advanced Topics in Survey Data Analysis

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This workshop will cover advanced topics in the analysis of complex survey data.  Familiarity with common sampling plans and how to analyze data from them is necessary to understand the topics that will be discussed.  It is strongly suggested that attendees who do not have such familiarity attend the Introduction to Survey Data Analysis workshop...
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Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster: Part I

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Hoffman2 cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This class is designed to clarify the process of getting started on the cluster, navigating the command line and porting your own applications or using applications already available on the cluster. It also addresses how to import your workflow to Hoffman2 and...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (4) Convolutional Neural Networks

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (5) Transfer Learning

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster: Part II

IDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This class will address the process of creating Matlab standalone executables and running Matlab in batch, as well as running Abaqus python scripts. Example of how to submit array jobs using Abaqus, R and other applications. Can my simulations be submitted as array jobs? Bring your own problem. Also, Jupyter Notebooks: another way to run...
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Free

Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (1) Introduction

Zoom

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (2) Mechanics of Deep Learning

Zoom

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (3) Knowing PyTorch

Zoom

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Introduction to ggplot2

Zoom

The ggplot2 package is a widely-used and well-supported system for creating eye-catching graphics in R.  In this interactive workshop, you will learn the underlying grammar of graphics that forms the philosophical framework of ggplot2, giving you the power to create publication-quality figures intuitively.  The workshop is interactive, in which attendees are encouraged to participate in...
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Intro to GIS: Getting Started with Spatial Research

Zoom

As members of an academic community with a myriad of research initiatives, the need to map information, to spatially analyze, to geoprocess, and to visualize space and time is becoming ubiquitous. But how do you get started? The answer to this question largely depends on what you want to map, and how you want to create your map. The what is...
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Free

Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (4) Convolutional Neural Networks

Zoom

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (5) Data Augmentation and Transfer Learning

Zoom

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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Introduction to Mplus

Zoom

Mplus is a powerful statistical package used for the analysis of latent variables. Among the kinds of analysis it can perform are exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, latent class analysis, latent growth curve modeling, structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling. The program can handle a combination of categorical and continuous variables and often permits...
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Learning Deep Learning with PyTorch (6) Recurrent Neural Networks and LSTM

Zoom

This workshop series is to present overviews to the exciting deep learning techniques and to provide a practical guide for general audience to step into the field. It will be primarily appropriate for the beginners who want to learn the techniques and apply to their future research activities. Researchers with deep learning experiences are expected...
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R Data Management

Zoom

This workshop introduces R packages and functions that help users import, transform and manage their data in preparation for analysis.   The seminar focuses on the “tidy data” philosophy encouraged y the “tidyverse” collection of R packages, but draws on other packages for useful functions as needed.  Topics include data import, transforming variables, string functions, missing...
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Data Processing and Visualization using MATLAB

Zoom

MATLAB, developed by MathWorks, has been used in research and the industry for computations, simulations, data analysis and visualization across multiple disciplines such as physical sciences, engineering, economics, and biomedical fields. This class will discuss and demonstrate how to import data, perform data analysis, trend analysis, and various data/file exchange formats using the MATLAB desktop...
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Rebel Story Mapping: Critical Perspectives on Data Visualizations

Zoom

Learn how to break the rules of mapmaking! This workshop's main lecture introduces disruptive mapping practices from critical cartography and indigenous critical theory and applies them to a Critical COVID-19 Story map built on Esri StoryMaps platform. The technical portion focuses on learning how to set up an Esri Public Account, incorporating media and external...
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Exploring Data and Machine Learning with Interactive Python Tools

Zoom

This course will teach attendees how to build interactive widgets and visualizations for exploring equations, datasets, and machine learning models. This course will touch on several machine learning tools in Python, but the primary goal will be to give attendees a foundation in tools that can be useful in exploring datasets and conceptualizing models. Basic...
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A Practical Introduction to Factor Analysis in SPSS

Zoom

This workshop will give a practical overview of exploratory (EFA) in SPSS. Topics to be covered include factor extraction, principal components analysis, estimation methods, factor rotation, refining the factor structure, and generating factor scores for subsequent analyses. The notes for the workshop are here.  This workshop will not be hands-on. Attendance is restricted to researchers...
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Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster: Part I

Zoom

The Hoffman2 cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This class is designed to clarify the process of getting started on the cluster, navigating the command line and porting your own applications or using applications already available on the cluster. It also addresses how to import your workflow to Hoffman2 and...
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Free

Using SQL with Python for Data Analysis

Zoom

SQL is a standard language designed to query and extract data from tables stored in a database.  Python, on the other hand, has well-known libraries specially designed for data analysis and manipulation.  This course will introduce attendees to the basics of SQL, relational database management systems, and options for integrating these with Python for data...
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Talk: “Power and Sample Size” with Stata Corp’s Chuck Huber

Zoom

In this talk, I introduce the concepts and jargon of power and sample size calculations such as alpha levels, power, and minimum detectable effect sizes.  I do several simple calculations manually and then demonstrate how to replicate these calculations using Stata's -power- commands.  Next, I demonstrate how to create tables and graphs for power, sample...
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Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster: Part II

Zoom

This class will address the process of creating MATLab standalone executables and running MATLab in batch, as well as running Abaqus python scripts. It will give examples of how to submit array jobs using Abaqus, R and other applications. Can my simulations be submitted as array jobs? Bring your own problem. Also, Jupyter Notebooks: another...
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Free

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