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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T113000
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SUMMARY:Interacting Dynamical System Modeling for Science: Construction\, Generalization\, and Applications
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Xiao Luo\, Ph.D.\nIDRE Fellow\nDepartment of Computer Science\nUniversity of California Los Angeles   Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (PST)\nDate: March 28\, 2024 \nLink to the recording: https://youtu.be/0_WwPe-kV-Q\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: Many real-world systems such as disease transmission\, molecular dynamics\, and spring systems can be considered as multi-agent dynamical systems\, where multiple objects interact with each other and exhibit complex behavior along the time. In this talk\, I will discuss my current research on interacting dynamics system modeling for scientific problems\, especially focusing on model construction and model generalization. I will begin by discussing my work on graph ODEs for efficiently capturing continuous high-order correlations. Then\, I will discuss different types of distribution shifts in dynamical system modeling and how to address them to improve the generalization ability. Finally\, I will introduce future research directions in the field of dynamical system modeling. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Xiao Luo is a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA’s Department of Computer Science. Previously\, he received a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Nanjing University\, Nanjing\, China\, in 2017 and a Ph.D. in the School of Mathematical Sciences from Peking University\, Beijing\, China in 2022. His research interests include machine learning on graphs\, dynamical systems\, statistical models\, and AI for Science.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/ecr-march-28-2024
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240315T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240315T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20240306T015538Z
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SUMMARY:ACCESS – Advanced computing systems and services for university researchers
DESCRIPTION:RSVP link: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrcuiprj8pEtb0HFIN3H1PdxN-B6_IkDps \nThe US National Science Foundation supports an ecosystem of computing facilities housing some of the most advanced supercomputers and high-end visualization and data analysis resources. Its ACCESS program is to help researchers and educators\, with or without supporting grants\, to utilize the nation’s advanced computing systems and services. Its computing facilities provide “free” computing cycles at scale\, storage\, and other services. These resources are available through an application process based on the merit of the research objectives and demonstration of the efficacy and parallel scalability of the software. \nThis presentation aims to explain the capabilities of various computing facilities under the ACCESS program. The discussion will also discuss how a UCLA researcher can transition from local computing systems to take advantage of the “free” advanced computing and data resources.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/access-program-march-15-2024
CATEGORIES:Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20231120T194651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231202T062938Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion on Harnessing High-performance Computing across STEM Disciplines
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Virtual via zoom\nRecording is available at: https://youtu.be/Nq8CkX20xjM \nThe IDRE Early Career Researchers group is pleased to announce a discussion on harnessing high-performance computing across STEM disciplines. The panel will be led by the following new cohort of IDRE fellows (2023-2024) from various disciplines across the UCLA campus. \n\nRobert Fofrich – Institute of the Environment and Sustainability\nFei-man Hsu – Department of Molecular\, Cell\, and Development Biology\nAlec Linot – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering\nXiao Luo – Department of Computer Science\nNamjoon Suh – Department of Statistics and Data Science\n\nJoin us for the discussion on how high-performance computing (HPC) is used across STEM disciplines. We will explore how HPC revolutionizes research methodologies and allows for the analysis of very large datasets\, fueling innovation in fields ranging from geoscience to engineering. The panel will also be discussing applications across STEM disciplines and how to harness the power of HPC in your research.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/ecr-panel-discussion-dec-1-23
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230428T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230428T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20230417T200200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230430T034600Z
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SUMMARY:Stability and Resolvent Analysis of Fluid Flows - Methods and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Victoria Rolandi\, Ph.D.\nIDRE Fellow\nMechanical and Aerospace Department\nUniversity of California Los Angeles \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation: Virtual via Zoom\n \nRecording available at: https://youtu.be/m9MTRk0ggrk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: Understanding the transition of fluid flows has been and still is a crucial focus in fluid dynamics. Stability theory has greatly helped on this side and has opened the door to other branches in fluid dynamics\, such as flow control. By leveraging insights on flow transition\, flow control technology can help mitigate the human impact of environmental and noise pollution caused by fluid-based systems such as aircraft\, automobiles\, and wind turbines\, all while improving their overall performance. \nFrom linear stability analysis to resolvent analysis\, this talk will cover some of the methods that enable such investigations and the limitations\, in terms of computational resources\, on applying them to turbulent flows. \nAbout Speaker: Dr. Rolandi obtained a BSc in Mathematical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and an MSc in Computational Science and Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. She later completed a Ph.D. in Fluid Dynamics at the Institute Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE-Supaero) before joining the Mechanical and Aerospace department at UCLA as a postdoctoral researcher at Professor Taira’s Lab. Her research at UCLA focuses on developing and implementing algorithms helpful in characterizing\, modeling\, and controlling turbulent flows.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/victoria-4-28-2023
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230224T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230224T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20230211T011752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T222937Z
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SUMMARY:High-throughput survey of brain cell diversity and organization using dimensionality-reduced spatial transcriptomics
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Fangming Xie\, Ph.D.\nIDRE Fellow\nInstitute for Quantitative & Computational Biosciences\nUniversity of California Los Angeles \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\nLocation: Virtual \nRecording of the presentation \n  \nAbstract: Biology is undergoing a revolution of information explosion. In genomics\, a single experiment measures the expression levels of thousands of genes in hundreds of thousands of cells. Meanwhile\, scalable computational tools were used to distill understanding from complex data. The combination of high-throughput experiments and analyses has transformed research paradigms and advanced our understanding in many areas\, including cell type taxonomy\, developmental trajectories\, and disease biomarkers. Yet\, we are still far from gaining the throughput to measure and analyze transcriptomes (cells’ full gene expression profiles) at whole-organ scale in organisms that are much smaller than humans. Existing methods\, including single-cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics\, will take years to measure all cells (n=~100 million) in a mouse brain\, before any computational analyses to reveal cell types and their spatial organizations. \nRather than performing experiments first and analyzing data second\, we propose an integrated approach where computational dimensionality reduction methods are used to design smarter experiments that maximize the information content of spatial transcriptomics experiments. Using a variety of methods\, from principal component analysis\, non-negative matrix factorization\, to neural network\, we extracted from transcriptome data (num. dimension > 10\,000) low-dimensional (n=24) latent features\, with each latent feature being a linear combination of many genes. We designed spatial transcriptomic experiments to directly measure those latent features in situ in the mouse brain. Preliminary data from one full coronal section of the mouse brain suggests the empirically measured latent features reveal rich spatial organization that matches known brain anatomy and cell types. To demonstrate its throughput\, we are working on realizing its potential of enabling whole-organ scale spatial transcriptomics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Xie is a postdoc in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. Prior to joining UCLA\, Fangming received a BS degree in Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. He visited UCLA as an undergraduate student for a summer\, working with Dr. Robijn Bruinsma and Dr. William Klug to model the self-assembly of viral capsids. He then pursued a PhD at UCSD where his research focused on integrative analyses of single-cell transcriptomes and epigenomes of brain cells. Fangming loves neuroscience\, genomics\, and physics. He believes many parts of these disciplines can be brought together to sharpen our tools and advance our understanding of the brain. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/23661
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230127T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230127T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20230112T212001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230128T073141Z
UID:23636-1674819000-1674822600@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Panel discussion on Advanced Research Computing (ARC) applications
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Virtual (via zoom) \nLink to video recording: https://youtu.be/LgLiY00bvHU \nThe Early Career Researchers group at the Institute for Digital Research and Education is pleased to announce a discussion on current applications and requirements for Advanced Research Computing (ARC). The panel will be led by the following IDRE fellows who are also early career researchers from various disciplines across the UCLA campus. \n\n  Nannan Gao – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\n  Alp Karakoc – Civil and Environmental Engineering\n  Seyoon Ko – Computational Medicine\n  Victoria Rolandi – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering\n  Olivia Sanderfoot – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\n  Fangming Xie – Chemistry and Biochemistry\n\nAbout: Not long ago\, it was hard to imagine the scale at which Advanced Research Computing (ARC) at any university would drive innovation and enhance its research capabilities. ARC is increasingly important in research involving data\, computation\, communication\, and information sharing in most disciplines\, and infrastructure planning requires inputs from various segments across the university. However\, due to the fast pace of ever-changing technology\, the requirements of the ARC are constantly changing. It is a daunting exercise to keep track of the latest trends in research computing. This panel discussion on “Advanced Research Computing (ARC) applications” is to get feedback from the diverse community of early career researchers at UCLA\, who are at the forefront of technology in research.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/ecr-panel-discussion-on-advanced-research-computing
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220527T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220527T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20220513T003636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220528T071335Z
UID:22965-1653652800-1653656400@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:What is Causal Inference and Where is Data Science Going?
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nSpeaker: Judea Pearl\nProfessor\nUCLA Computer Science Department\nUniversity of California Los Angeles \nDate and Time:May 27\, 2022 @12:00 PM (PST) \nPresentation slides: idre-may2022.pdf \nVideo recording: https://youtu.be/MNyI1Xkapxg \nAbstract: The availability of massive amounts of data coupled with an impressive performance of machine learning algorithms has turned data science into one of the most active research areas in academia. UCLA is no exception. The past few years\, however\, have uncovered basic limitations in the model-free direction that data science has taken. An increasing number of researchers have come to realize that statistical methodologies and the “black-box” data-fitting strategies used in machine learning are too opaque and brittle and must be enriched by a Causal Inference component to achieve their stated goal: Extract knowledge from data. Interest in Causal Inference has picked up momentum\, and it is now one of the hottest topics in data science*. \nThe purpose of this talk is to tell my colleagues at UCLA\, especially IDRE-minded researchers and students\, what Causal Inference is all about\, how it can be harnessed to solve practical data-scientific problems that cannot be solved by traditional methods\, and why it holds the key to the future of data science. \nAfter summarizing some glaring deficiencies of “data fitting” methods\, I will contrast them with “model-based” approaches and demonstrate how the latter can achieve a state of knowledge we can call “Deep Understanding”\, that is\, the capacity to answer questions of three types: predictions\, interventions\, and counterfactuals. \nI will further describe a computational model that facilitates reasoning at these three levels and demonstrate how features normally associated with “understanding” follow from this model. These include generating explanations\, generalizing across domains\, integrating data from several sources\, assigning credit and blame\, recovering from missing data\, and more. I will conclude by describing future research directions\, including automated scientific explorations and personalized decision-making. \n  \nBio sketch: Judea Pearl is Chancellor professor of computer science and statistics and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA\, where he conducts research in artificial intelligence\, human reasoning\, and the philosophy of science. He is the author of Heuristics (1983) Probabilistic Reasoning (1988) and Causality (2000\,2009) and a founding editor of the Journal of Causal Inference. Among his awards are the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science\, The Allen Newell Award from the Association for Computing Machinery\, the Benjamin Franklin Medal\, the Rumelhart Prize from the Cognitive Science Society\, the ACM Turing Award\, and the Grenander Prize from the American Mathematical Society. He is the co-author (with Dana MacKenzie) of The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect which brings Causal Inference to a general audience. \n  \n*Background material: \n\nhttps://ucla.in/3d2c2Fi\nhttps://ucla.in/3iEDRVo\nhttps://ucla.in/2HI2yyx\n\n  \n 
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/causal-inference-and-data-science
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220225T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220225T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20220210T193439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220226T092741Z
UID:22725-1645788600-1645792200@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Creating a Comprehensive Lexical Resource for English Using Bayesian Deep Learning and Missing Data Methodology
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nSpeaker: Bryor Snefjella\, Ph.D.\nIDRE Scholar\,\nPsychology Department\,\nUniversity of California Los Angeles \nVideo Recording: https://youtu.be/RTpW1-FtBGs \n  \nAbstract: Inquiry in the language sciences makes extensive use of open-source data sets. For example\, data sets of hand-annotations of words for properties such as their connotation and familiarity. Other common types of open-source resources include behavioural or neuroimageing recordings of responses to linguistic stimuli in controlled experiments\, or measurements taken from massive respositories of digitized natural language use. A challenge in the language sciences is extensive missing data in extant open-source data sets. Most data sets contain information on orders of magnitude fewer words than an average speaker knows\, and the words they do contain are non-randomly sampled and non-overlapping. A commonly proposed remedy to this missing data is to replace hand-annotation with machine learning. This is the approach taken by the English Lexicon Imputation Project\, the first comprehensive resource of word-level annotations created in cognitive science. In this talk I present the resource\, the Bayesian deep neural network used to create it\, and how missing data methodology was key to overcoming the limitations of prior literature on computational linguistic resource generation. The talk should be of interest to computational social scientists\, language scientists\, and those interested in deep-learning and missing data methods. \nAbout speaker: Bryor Snefjella is a postdoctoral researcher in the Psychology Department\, Cognitive Area\, mentored by Idan Blank\, Keith Holyoak\, and Hongjing Lu. Before moving to UCLA\, Bryor received a PhD in Cognitive Science of Language in McMaster University in Canada. His research on language use patterns in social media has received international media attention. Check him out on his personal website\, Twitter\, Linkedin\, and Research Gate.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/bryor-snefjella-feb25-22
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220128T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220128T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20220125T202545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T020508Z
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SUMMARY:Phenological responses of North American birds to global change: Ecology in the age of big data
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Casey Youngflesh\nIDRE Scholar\,\nDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\,\nUniversity of California Los Angeles \n  \nTime: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (PST)\nDate: Jan 28\, 2022\nLocation: Zoom (RSVP here for the link) \n  \nAbstract: Rapid abiotic environmental change is driving a multitude of shifts in natural systems across the Earth. One of the most pronounced responses to these pressures is changes in the timing of seasonal events\, known as phenology. With warming temperatures\, phenological events in spring are generally getting earlier over time\, stimulating concerns that ecological interactions are becoming increasingly mismatched in time. However\, much remains unknown\, particularly with regard to how these changes vary over space and across species\, and what the ecological consequences of these changes are. Research efforts in this regard have been hampered by the limited spatial and taxonomic resolution of traditional data resources. Using a set of flexible hierarchical Bayesian statistical modeling approaches to integrate millions of data records from community-sourced data platforms\, continent-scale bird banding projects\, and satellite-based sensors\, we characterized how the phenology of dozens of forest dwelling birds across North America is responding to global change. We estimated how species’ sensitivity to these changes varies over space and among species as well as the demographic impacts of these changes. We find that the phenology of most species is not keeping pace with environmental change\, but that some species may be better equipped to accommodate these changes. Importantly\, results show that phenology has important implications for the breeding productivity of these species’\, with years where breeding occurs too early or too late relative to the arrival of spring is associated with lower breeding output. Results from this study\, facilitated by analytical pipelines that integrate a collection of both opportunistic and structured data resources\, stand as one of the largest-scale demonstrations of the importance of phenology for demographic processes\, with important implications for understanding the drivers of recent large-scale declines in North American birds over the last 50 years. \nAbout the speaker: Casey Youngflesh is a quantitative ecologist and postdoc with Morgan Tingley in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. His research seeks to understand how ecological systems function\, how they are responding to rapid global change\, and what this might tell us about how best to conserve these systems. He has a particular interest in applying quantitative tools to large-scale data derived from a variety of sources\, including citizen science projects\, satellite-based sensors\, remote camera networks\, and field-based efforts. His research efforts have taken him across the world\, from Antarctica to the Galápagos Islands\, though these days he can mostly be found at his computer trying to make sense of his data.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/casey-youngflesh
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211029T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211029T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20220208T215939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220210T195657Z
UID:22717-1635507000-1635510600@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Panel discussion on Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Video Link: https://youtu.be/RVdWM1SbB4s \nThe IDRE Early Career Researchers group is excited to restart its monthly meetings. This first meeting will introduce five IDRE scholars selected from a large pool of applicants\, followed by a panel discussion on interdisciplinary research and collaboration. The following eminent UCLA researchers will be the panelists: \n\nKaren McKinnon\, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability\, Department of Statistics\nJacob Foster\, Department of Sociology\nMiriam Marlier\, Environmental Health Sciences\nJim McWilliams\, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences\n\nThe panel will explore the benefits and roles of interdisciplinary research and collaborations in academia. The panelists will discuss the barriers that may discourage researchers from pursuing multidisciplinary research opportunities and dive into whether the current academic training sufficiently prepares us for multidisciplinary collaboration and how to rise to the challenges of such partnerships. Each panelist has vast experience working on collaborative projects and creating multidisciplinary teams. The audience will also have a chance to ask questions. \nPlease plan to join the event and benefit from their insights.* \n*The event was virtual\, and you can view using the link: https://youtu.be/RVdWM1SbB4s
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/ecr-panel-oct29-2021
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210201T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210201T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20201211T194010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T194419Z
UID:20560-1612184400-1612195200@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:R Markdown Basics
DESCRIPTION:Please REGISTER in advance here. \nWorkshop will be conducted in Zoom in PST time. Invites are sent out the day before the workshop. \n\n  \nR 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 covers basic coding and conventions of the 3 frameworks upon which R Markdown depends:  Markdown for formatting text\, knitr for R code chunks\, and YAML for rendering the document.  The seminar does not assume any previous experience with R Markdown\, but attendees who wish to participate in seminar demonstrations should come with RStudio and R Markdown installed on their computers. \n  \nIf you have any further questions regarding the workshop\, please contact Stats Group.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/r-markdown-basics-2
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201031
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CREATED:20201019T200439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T200748Z
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Humanitarian Mapathon with USC and UCLA
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN\, RSVP HERE! \n\n\n\nWednesday October 28th\, 10am (PDT): \n\nWelcome message and humanitarian map training\n\nThursday October 29th: \n\nContinue mapping and a day of workshops9am Open Street Map with Python\n\n11am Open Data and Tableau\n1pm GIS with R\n3pm Introduction to QGIS\n\n\n\nFriday October 30th\, 10am (PDT): \n\nWrap-up and closing Keynote with Ben Welsh from the Los Angeles Times\nBen Welsh (LA Times Data Journalist)\n\nLocation: Zoom\nGo to website for more details \n\nOnce again\, UCLA and USC are hosting a special 3 day humanitarian mapathon. Last year we had nearly 150 mappers collectively map 17\,126 building outlines for projects around the world that were impacted by climate change. Our event was one of the single largest mapathons in the world that day! This year we will highlight mapping projects impacted by COVID-19 as well as other urgent projects that need our attention. \nOur goal is to map more than 20\,000 buildings. We can only do this if we work together. \nThis year’s event begins on Wednesday with a welcome from your organizers and a day of virtual training on how to use OSM. The next day you can continue mapping and also join us for a diverse set of GIS/mapping workshops. Finally on Friday we will announce how many buildings we have mapped\, give out prizes to the top mappers from each school\, and have a discussion with our closing keynote speaker\, Ben Welsh\, from the Los Angeles Times. \nShare this with friends\, students\, faculty — anyone who might be interested. This year continues to be challenging on so many fronts. We want this event to be a space where we can come together from USC\, UCLA\, and all across Los Angeles to make a difference in people’s lives. \nFor more information visit our website. Once you register we will keep you updated as the event gets closer with pre-event training opportunities and materials. \nHope to see you soon\, \nUCLA+USC organizing committee for the 2020 Humanitarian Mapathon \nFor questions or inquiries: \nUSC – Andy Rutkowski arutkows@usc.edu\nUCLA – Yoh Kawano yohman@gmail.com
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/4th-annual-humanitarian-mapathon-with-usc-and-ucla
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations,UCLA event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20200221T000214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200422T075448Z
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SUMMARY:IDRE-Early Career Researchers Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Time:  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\nDate: April 22\, 2020\nLocation:  Zoom (the meeting link will be sent to you once you rsvp below) \nRSVP HERE \nIDRE is happy to reschedule the first lunch meeting for the IDRE Early Career Research Group to April 22\, 2020. Although this first meeting is going to be virtual\, through zoom\, our goal remains the same\, i.e.\, to establish a series of meetings\, where you will have an opportunity to share ideas\, ask questions\, find opportunities for collaboration\, and socialize with your peers. \nAt this first meeting\, we will have a 30-minute presentation on “Knowledge Graphs\, Natural Language Processing\, and Standards for Unifying Unstructured Biomedical Data” by J. Harry Caufield. \nThe agenda of the meeting is as follows: \n\n12:00 PM – 12:10 PM: Welcome and Introduction\n12:10 PM – 12:40 PM: Presentation* – Knowledge Graphs\, Natural Language Processing\, and Standards for Unifying Unstructured Biomedical Data by J. Harry Caufield\n12:40 PM – 1:00 PM Q&A\n\n* Presentation: Knowledge Graphs\, Natural Language Processing\, and Standards for Unifying Unstructured Biomedical Data \nSpeaker:\nJ. Harry Caufield\, Ph.D.\,\nIDRE Scholar\,\nUCLA Data Science in Cardiovascular Medicine \n\n\n\nAbstract: \nComputational analysis of clinical events is a promising strategy for developing a comprehensive understanding of highly variable disease presentations. The development and validation of new methods appropriate for this general task are increasingly limited by the availability of carefully annotated\, open\, and diverse datasets of biomedical text. I will discuss our group’s recent efforts to enforce consistent structures and standards on the data within text documents written in the biomedical language. The standards support consistent data models and structures (i.e.\, knowledge graphs) for unifying heterogeneous observations and relationships as well as machine learning approaches for isolating biologically and clinically-relevant insights. I will also introduce our newly produced text datasets\, each of which is richly annotated and freely available. \nAbout Speaker:\nJ. Harry Caufield is a postdoctoral fellow in the NIH HeartBD2K Center of Excellence at UCLA\, where he works with Prof. Peipei Ping of UCLA’s departments of Physiology\, Medicine\, and Bioinformatics. Before joining UCLA\, Dr. Caufield earned his PhD in Integrative Life Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University\, where he studied microbial protein interactions and developed intuitive methods for working with large protein interaction networks. He continues to have an active interest in learning about biological relationships hidden within disparate data sources\, particularly those with a direct impact on human health and disease.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/ecr-meet-presentation-april2020
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings,Presentations,UCLA event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20191010T190428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191114T003659Z
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SUMMARY:IDRE Early Career Research Day
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Sequoia Room\, UCLA Faculty Center\, 480 Charles E. Young Drive East\, Los Angeles\nRegistration: RSVP link\nContact: T.V.Singh \nThe Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) is pleased to announce the upcoming IDRE Early Career Research Day. This event is aimed to highlight the diverse research activities in computational science\, data science\, information science\, and digital scholarship at UCLA carried out by rising faculty and researchers\, post-docs\, and graduate and undergraduate students. It will also be an opportunity for early career researchers to network with their colleagues across campus. This event is part of IDRE activities in support of the IDRE Early Career Researcher’s (ECR) Group which aims to bring together scholars in the early phase of their careers engaged in developing and/or using digitally enabled innovative research methodologies. \nEarly Career Research Day:\nThe Early Career Research Day will be held on Wednesday\, November 20\, and will consist of buffet lunch followed by the poster session. The event is also open to members of the UCLA community who are interested in learning about the research activities of peer groups on campus. Please register at the RSVP link. \nCall for Poster Presentations– Deadline: November 4\, 2019:\nPoster presentations are welcome from IDRE early career researchers\, including assistant professors\, postdocs\, and graduate students from all disciplines and departments who are involved in digitally enabled research. Special recognition will be awarded for the top three posters including being part of feature stories in IDRE’s monthly newsletters. \nSubmission Guidelines:\nPlease submit a poster presentation abstract of no more than a page length with single spacing and 12-point font.  The maximum poster size will be 3.5 ft (1.1 m) wide by 4 ft (1.2 m) tall. \nDeadline: November 4\, 2019\nPlease send submissions by email to Tajendra Singh (tvsingh@ucla.edu) with “ECR poster session 2019” in the subject line. \nFor more information about IDRE ECR\, visit: https://idre.ucla.edu/early-career-researchers-group
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/idre-ecr-day-2019
LOCATION:Sequoia Room\, UCLA Faculty Center\, 480 Charles E Young Dr S\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations,UCLA event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191108T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191108T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20191021T165716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191108T231248Z
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SUMMARY:Advanced Computing and Data Analytics using Comet
DESCRIPTION: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: \nVenue: 5628 Math Sciences Bldg.\nRSVP: Link to the registration form (*lunch is provided)\nRequirements: Bring your laptop for hands-on exercises.\nQuestions: Contact T.V.Singh \nLink to the presentation slides: https://github.com/sdsc-scicomp/2019-11-08-comet-workshop-ucla \nAgenda: \n\n9:00 AM – 9:10 AM: Welcome\n9:10 AM – 10:10 AM: Introduction to SDSC Resources – Current and Future\n\nComet\, hardware overview\nSoftware\, stack\, queues\, etc\nOverview of upcoming Expanse system\n\n\n10:10 AM – 10:20 AM: Short break\n10:20 AM -12:00 PM: Python for High Performance Computing (HPC)\n\nUse of Jupyter notebooks on Comet\nScaling using IPython parallel\nUsing Numba to run pure python codes on GPUs\nDistributed parallel computing using Dask\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch (provided)\n1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning on Comet\n\nOverview of machine learning / deep learning tools available on Comet.\nExamples using R\, Python\, and Keras with TensorFlow.\n\n\n2:30 PM – 2:40 PM: Short break\n2:40 PM – 4:00 PM: Containers for Scientific and High Performance Computing (HPC)\n\nIntroduction to Containers – advantages and limitations\nOverview of containers on HPC systems\nSingularity Essentials\nHands-on examples showing usage of containers – CPU\, GPU\, and MPI cases\nHands-on example showing the import of Docker container\nInfo on building images\n\n\n4:00 PM: Adjourn
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/idre-sdsc-2019
LOCATION:IDRE Visualization Portal\, Math Sciences Building 5628\, 520 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations,UCLA event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190916T192529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T182739Z
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SUMMARY:Addressing the Vaccine Crisis: The Digital World\, Big Data\, and Public Health
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nVenue: James Bridges Theater\, UCLA Melnitz Hall\, 235 Charles E Young Dr.\, Los Angeles\, CA – 90095\nRegister: RSVP link\nQuestions: Contact T.V. Singh\nOrganizers: \nVwani Roychowdhury\nTimothy R. Tangherlini\nBeth Glenn\nCatherine Crespi\nRoshan Bastani\n\n\n\nAddressing the Vaccine Crisis: The Digital World\, Big Data\, and Public Health\n \nThe World Health Organization has identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the top threats to global health. This one-day symposium\, hosted by UCLA faculty from Engineering\, Humanities and Public Health\, comes amid the growing attention to this potential crisis. We bring together experts from across public health\, data science\, culture analytics\, sociology\, and law to address the most pressing questions about vaccination resistance and chart a course for future action. This symposium is sponsored by the UCLA Institute for Digital Research & Education (IDRE). \nAgenda: Nov 1\, 2019 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) \n\n\n\n9:00 – 9:15\nVice Provost Timothy Brewer and Warren Mori (UCLA) \nOpening remarks\n\n\n9:15-9:40\nRoshan Bastani (UCLA) \nIntroductions and Overview of Vaccine Crisis\n\n\n9:40-10:15\nJames Cherry (UCLA Medical School) \nThe Benefits of Routine Immunization\n\n\n10:15-10-45\nAndrea Kitta (East Carolina University) \nVaccination: Legend\, Rumor\, and Alternative Facts\n\n\n10:45-11:00\nBreak\n\n\n11:00-11:40\nDavid Broniatowski (George Washington University) \nHidden Agendas for Online Vaccination: Trolls\, Bots & Misinformation\n\n\n11:40-12:15\nJennifer Reich (University of Colorado Denver) \nVaccine Refusal and the Culture of Individualist Parenting\n\n\n12:15-12:30\nQ/A\n\n\n12:30-1:45\nLunch\n\n\n1:45-2:20\nKate Starbird (University of Washington) \nConceptualizing disinformation campaigns as collaborative work in online communities\n\n\n2:20-2:55\nSheila Murphy and collaborators (USC) \nDoes Mommy Really Know Best? Testing Source and Narrative Format Efficacy to Combat Childhood Vaccine Misinformation\n\n\n2:55-3:15\nVwani Roychowdhury (UCLA) \nThe theory\, practicality and ethics of Online Campaigns for Vaccine Awareness\n\n\n3:15-3:30\nCoffee Break\n\n\n3:30-4:05\nEmilio Ferrara (USC) \nOnline manipulation and public health: challenges and approaches\n\n\n4:05-4:40\nDorit Rubinstein Reiss (UC Hastings College of law) \nLegal Remedies to the Vaccine Crisis: What we can\, and what we should do \n\n\n4:40-4:55\nQ/A\n\n\n5:00\nWrap up\n\n\n\nVaccination: Legend\, Rumor\, and Alternative Facts  \nAndrea Kitta\nEast Carolina University \nAbstract: In spite of the success of the childhood inoculation movement\, the public has increasingly asked questions about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Recent research and media coverage also shows that parents are increasingly choosing to not vaccinate their children. Factors isolated by researchers include: a lack of understanding of how the vaccine works\, religious or philosophical objections\, fear of government control in areas of personal choice\, concern about safety and/or efficacy\, beliefs that vaccine-preventable diseases do not pose a serious health risk\, certainty that alternative treatments are superior\, concerns that vaccines are promoted for the sake of financial gain\, and belief that vaccines are not “natural.” \nThis presentation explores vernacular beliefs and practices that surround decisions to not vaccinate with the primary aim of providing concrete recommendations for improving inoculation promotion programs. The rationale of this work is consistent with a number of studies that apply vernacular health belief research to health education and health promotion policy. These studies use as their central premise the notion that health education must be based on community understandings of risk\, and that such understandings require ethnographic investigation. Ideally\, health education programs are community-based; involve collaborative partnerships between communities\, researchers\, and service providers; and make use of local concerns. Understanding health choices is dependent on exploring the variety of cultural concerns and influences that constitute risk for the communities and individuals in question. Risk categories and risk perception are multifaceted\, culture-bound\, personal\, and political. \nMy research draws on ethnography\, media\, Internet\, and narrative analyses to explore the vernacular explanatory models used in inoculation decision-making. The majority of knowledge\, belief\, and behavior studies on inoculation decision-making are based on survey-style self-report. As has been shown consistently with health risks\, risk perception is not easily accessed through survey methods\, but requires the greater ethnographic and qualitative study that a folklorist can provide. In order to even begin to understand this language\, ethnographic research skills are necessary as vaccination narratives are presented and communicated in a variety of ways through the use of traditional narratives and beliefs. The most common genres used in vaccination discourse are contemporary legends\, rumor\, and personal experience narratives\, or in some cases\, a combination of the three. \n  \nHidden Agendas for Online Vaccination: Trolls\, Bots & Misinformation \nDavid Broniatowski\nGeorge Washington University \nAbstract: This talk will cover the ways in which state-sponsored and profit-seeking entities use health communication about vaccines on social media to accomplish a variety of malicious tasks\, including promoting discord\, spreading malware\, and spamming. We will cover the different types of malicious actors on Twitter and the specific ways these are used to achieve the goals identified above\, and some promising theoretical approaches to combating them. \n  \nVaccine Refusal and the Culture of Individualist Parenting \nJennifer A. Reich\nUniversity of Colorado Denver \nAbstract: Parents who reject some or all vaccines are often described as ignorant\, anti-science\, selfish\, or even delusional about the seriousness of vaccine-preventable diseases. Yet these popular views may not capture the more complex processes that lead some parents to opt out of vaccines for their children. Using data from in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation with parents who refuse some or all vaccines\, I argue that vaccine refusal is in many ways a logical response to cultural pressures that expect parents to actively manage consumption decisions and curate opportunities for their children\, which include intense efforts to evaluate risk and benefit to children’s health. I conclude by suggesting some paths forward to support a parenting culture of shared responsibility that in turn could increase participation in public health interventions like childhood vaccination. \n  \nConceptualizing disinformation campaigns as collaborative work in online communities  \nKate Starbird\nUniversity of Washington \nAbstract: The pervasive spread of mis- and disinformation in online spaces is a critical concern for society. Broadly\, these dynamics function to reduce trust in democratic institutions\, including government\, media\, and science. They also have more specific and direct effects. For example\, the spread of misinformation about vaccines is now having measurable (negative) impacts on public health. In this talk\, I will situate the vaccine “debate” (or anti-vaccine movement) within a broader online ecosystem of mis- and disinformation. Using case studies of political disinformation\, I will describe how online activist communities (generally) can become targets and vectors of political disinformation—and how they integrate diverse actors with diverse motivations (from ideological to political to financial) into seemingly organic action. I will also show how anti-vaccine activism and discourse intersects with other disinformation campaigns\, including political disinformation with ties to specific state actors. \n  \nDoes Mommy Really Know Best? Testing Source and Narrative Format Efficacy to Combat Childhood Vaccine Misinformation \nSheila T. Murphy and Ashley L. Phelps\,\nUniversity of Southern California (USC) \nAbstract: Pro-vaccine messages correcting misinformation about vaccines by highlighting the risks of illness are ineffective in changing vaccine hesitant attitudes. Rather attitudes about childhood vaccinations are heavily influenced by injunctive (what one should do) and descriptive (what others are doing) norms. A 2×2 experiment tests the relative efficacy of a similar (mommy vlogger) versus an expert source (female pediatrician) and information format (narrative testimonial versus nonnarrative tutorial) using an increasingly popular format for health information\, YouTube. \n  \nOnline manipulation and public health: challenges and approaches  \nEmilio Ferrara\nUniversity of Southern California (USC) \nAbstract: Online misinformation is endemic of social media\, and bots and trolls have been exacerbating the spread of inaccurate information. Their influence has been shown in domains from politics to finance\, and public health is no exception: conspiracy theories\, anti-science and unscientific content about vaccines\, epidemic outbreaks\, tobacco\, and other health-related rumors can have adverse effects and contribute toward public health crises. I will illustrate the problem of public health misinformation with use cases that include an early study of the Ebola 2014 outbreak\, recent vaccine debates on various platforms\, the role of bots in the tobacco-related product promotion\, and finally provide computational tools to combat online misinformation\, detect bots and trolls\, and characterize their activity\, behavior\, and strategies. \n  \nLegal Remedies to the Vaccine Crisis: What we can\, and what we should do \nDorit Rubinstein Reiss\nUC Hastings College of law \nAbstract: This presentation will address the range of legal options facing states\, starting from the basic position that states have extensive leeway to regulate to increase childhood vaccines. It will address potential legal limits posed by the First Amendment\, states rights to education\, and parental rights\, suggest a continuum of option\, and end with several considerations to guide the appropriate legislative choices. \n 
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/addressing-the-vaccine-crisis
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations,UCLA event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T231626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T231626Z
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SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience.\n\nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla-8
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T231417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T231417Z
UID:12344-1552557600-1552561200@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience.\n\nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla-7
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190306T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190306T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T215857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T215909Z
UID:12340-1551880800-1551884400@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience.\n\nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla-6
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190225T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190225T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T215653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T215723Z
UID:12337-1551103200-1551106800@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience.\n\nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla-5
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190225T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190225T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T215435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T215518Z
UID:12334-1551088800-1551092400@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience.\n\nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla-4
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190220T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190220T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T215257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T232043Z
UID:12331-1550656800-1550660400@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience.\n\nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla-3
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190219T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190219T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T214929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T215044Z
UID:12326-1550584800-1550588400@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience.\n\nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla-2
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190219T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20190211T214730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T231857Z
UID:12322-1550570400-1550574000@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Forum - Research in the Cloud at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:An open forum for discussing\, learning about and leveraging cloud resources for research at UCLA. This event is oriented primarily for faculty who already are or are considering using the cloud to support their research. Small projects or large\, North or South campus\, beginner or advanced users are welcome to ask questions and share experiences. The forum will begin with a summary of UC and UCLA specific cloud information followed by an extended question\, comment and discussion period. This event is vendor agnostic (none will be present) and will be repeated for scheduling convenience. \nIf you have questions or comments regarding this event\, contact Scott Friedman.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/forum-research-in-the-cloud-at-ucla
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180130T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20180116T225437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T230715Z
UID:9847-1517306400-1517310000@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:UCLA/CESMII Project Presentation:  Container Orchestration (Kubernetes\, Docker Swarm) and Workflows - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:IDRE will be presenting a container orchestration Demo for Docker containers.  First part of the presentation will be Docker installation\, container creation\, moving container from one host to another.   Second part will utilize Kubernetes to do orchestration.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/ucla-cesmii-project-presentation-container-orchestration-kubernetes-docker-swarm-workflows-part-2
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations
ORGANIZER;CN="Prakashan Korambath":MAILTO:ppk@idre.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180123T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20180116T225249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T231524Z
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SUMMARY:UCLA/CESMII Project Presentation:  Container Orchestration (Kubernetes\, Docker Swarm) and Workflows - Part 1
DESCRIPTION:IDRE will be presenting a container orchestration Demo for Docker containers.  First part of the presentation will be Docker installation\, container creation\, moving container from one host to another.   Second part will utilize Kubernetes to do orchestration.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/ucla-cesmii-project-presentation-container-orchestration-kubernetes-docker-swarm-workflows-part-1
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Conferences and Seminars,Education and Training,Meetings,Presentations
ORGANIZER;CN="Prakashan Korambath":MAILTO:ppk@idre.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171025T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171025T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20170920T212251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171020T212936Z
UID:8939-1508931900-1508936400@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Current and future requirements for Advanced Research Cyberinfrastructure - Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Digital Research and Education is pleased to announce a panel discussion on current and future requirements for Advanced Research Cyberinfrastructure (ARC). The discussion will be led by the following early career researchers from various disciplines across the UCLA campus. \n\nBao Wang – Mathematics\nAlan Farahani – Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\nKarthik Sarma – Medical Imaging Informatics\nRichard Sportsman – Chemistry and Biochemistry\nIris Chang – Material Science and Engineering\nFrancesca Albrezzi – World Arts and Cultures\n\nDate: Oct 25\, 2017\nTime: 11:45 AM-1 PM (lunch provided*)\nPlace: 5628 Math Sciences Building \nRSVP: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/panel-on-arc-oct2017 \nAbout: Decades ago\, it was hard to imagine the scale at which Advanced Research Cyberinfrastructure (ARC) at any university would drive the innovation and enhance its research capabilities. Today\, ARC is playing increasingly important role in research involving data\, computation\, communication\, and information sharing. By providing cutting-edge opportunities to researchers\, it enhances faculty competitiveness among peer organizations.  Due to the fast pace of ever-changing technology\, however\, envisaging the future requirements of the ARC  is a daunting exercise. Infrastructure planning requires inputs from various segments across the university especially from the early career researchers who are at the forefront of the use of technology in research. This panel discussion on “Current and future requirements for Advanced Research Cyberinfrastructure” is part of the exercise to get the feedback from the diverse community of early career researchers from the UCLA campus. \n*Since we need the count for lunch\, please make sure to RSVP if you plan to attend the fruitful discussion.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/panel-on-arc-oct2017
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Meetings,Presentations
ORGANIZER;CN="T V Singh":MAILTO:tvsingh@ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170308T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170308T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20170206T211937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170303T215336Z
UID:7649-1488973500-1488978000@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Polycrystalline crystal plasticity with grain boundary evolution
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker: Nikhil Chandra Admal\, Ph.D.\,\nIDRE Scholar\,\nDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering\,\nUniversity of California\, Los Angeles \n  \nTime:  11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Lunch will be served*)\nDate: March 8\, 2017\nLocation:  5628\, Math Sciences Building \nRSVP:  https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/polycrystalline-…undary-evolution#rsvp \n\n\n\nAbstract: Dynamic recrystallization can be defined as a spontaneous change in the mi- crostructure of a material during deformation at an elevated temperature due to the growth of defect-free grains through the motion of high angle grain boundaries. One of the most important uses of recrystallization is in metal processing\, where recrystallized grains increase the ductility\, resulting in better control of the grain structure. On the other hand\, it is undesirable from a design perspective\, since recrystallization alters the microstructure resulting in a change in the material’s macroscopic properties. In this talk\, I will describe our ongoing work on modeling grain growth during recrystallization in the presence of external loads. \nDynamic recrystallization is a uniquely challenging phenomenon to model since the microstructure and the material deformation evolve at the same time scale. Grain boundary motion in the absence of deformation is commonly modeled using phase field models\, while the deformation of a material with a fixed grain boundary structure is commonly modeled using crystal plasticity. In this work\, we develop a thermodynamically consistent model which models deformation and grain growth simultaneously\, thus enabling us to understand dynamic recrystalliza- tion. The highlight of this model is it is a non-classical gradient elastic model that can simulate various interesting phenomena observed in dynamic recrystallization\, where a grain rotates to increase/decrease its misorientation as its grain boundary evolves. \nAbout Speaker: Dr. Nikhil  Chandra Admal is postdoctoral research scholar working with Prof. Jaime Marian in the Materials Science and Engineering department at UCLA. He is broadly interested in the multiscale modeling of materials at various length and times scales ranging from the atomic scale to the continuum scale. Currently\, the focus of his research is on the study of recrystallization in refractory materials to increase their operating temperature\, and development of first-principles strain gradient elastic models to include non-local effects relevant in micromechanical systems\, and systems with defects. \nPrior to joining UCLA\, Dr. Admal obtained his PhD from the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota. \n*Lunch will be served at 11:45 AM.\n**To ensure you have a space at the seminar\, please RSVP by March 05\, 2017.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/polycrystalline-crystal-plasticity-grain-boundary-evolution
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings,Presentations
ORGANIZER;CN="T V Singh":MAILTO:tvsingh@ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20170118T200050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170211T053711Z
UID:7310-1487159100-1487163600@idre.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Data as Infrastructure: CDS\, Astronomy and beyond
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \nSpeaker: Dr. Françoise Genova\,\nAstronomer\, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg \nTime:  12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (Lunch will be served*)\nDate: Feb 15\, 2017\nLocation:  5628\, Math Sciences Building \nRegistration: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/data-as-infrastructure#rsvp ‎ \n  \nAbstract: Science data sharing is currently high in the political agenda\, but some disciplines began to share their data long ago. Astronomy has been at the forefront\, and now data is one of the discipline research infrastructures widely used by astronomers in their daily research work. The pioneering work of Strasbourg astronomical data centre CDS\, which was founded in 1972\, will be described\, as well as the astronomical data network and its global interoperability layer\, the Virtual Observatory. Many other disciplines are establishing structures to share their data\, which vary considerably by their culture and history. A few French examples (humanities\, earth sciences) will be described. Finally\, the way the Research Data Alliance (RDA) tackles the general question of enabling research data sharing will be briefly discussed. \nSpeaker: Françoise Genova was the director of the Strasbourg astronomical data centre CDS from 1995 to 2015\, and one of the founding parents of the astronomical Virtual Observatory project. She has coordinated several projects dealing with the European Virtual Observatory. She currently leads the “Data Access\, Discovery and Interoperability” Work Package of the European ASTERICS astronomy Cluster\, which aims to optimize the usage of data from large astronomical projects through the Virtual Observatory. She was a member of the High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data of the European Commission\, which wrote the “Riding the wave” report (2010) and the subsequent “Data Harvest” report. She is co-chair of the RDA Technical Advisory Board\, and an active member to several RDA Europe projects. She is a current member of the Data Seal of Approval Board\, and a past member of the WDS Scientific Committee (2009-2015) and of CODATA Executive Committee (2010-2012). \n*Lunch will be served at 11:45 AM.\n**To ensure you have a space at the seminar\, please RSVP by Feb. 10\, 2017.
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/data-as-infrastructure
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Seminars,Meetings,Presentations
ORGANIZER;CN="T V Singh":MAILTO:tvsingh@ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141106T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141106T113000
DTSTAMP:20260430T193912
CREATED:20141017T223112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141113T222114Z
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SUMMARY:Hoffman2 Users Town Hall Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Date: November 6\, 2014\nTime: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\nLocation: 5628 Math Science\, Visualization Portal \nClick here for slides from the presentation\nLight refreshments will be provided \nThe IDRE Research Technology Group is sponsoring a Hoffman2 Users Town Hall Meeting. The goal of this meeting is to give you an overview of cluster operations\, what services are offered and associated costs. Also\, there will be some tips on using the cluster more effectively\, but most importantly we want to hear from you! What are we doing right and what can we improve on? \nOur tentative agenda is as follows:\nIntroduction and state of the Hoffman2 Cluster\nGeneral Campus Users versus Contributors\, what’s the difference?\nStorage and node service rates. What are they and what do they cover?\nOptimizing between HPC storage and our Cloud Archival Storage Service.\nThe Queuing sytem\, how it works and how you can make better use of it.\nTBD topics*\nQ&A and Discussion – Let us here from you.\n*If you have other topics you would like to have covered\, please email Bill Labate (labate@idre.ucla.edu) \nPlease RSVP here:\nhttp://cfapps.ats.ucla.edu/cfapps/events/rsvp/RSVPNow.cfm?EveID=3384&SecID=3373
URL:https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/hoffman2-users-town-hall-meeting
LOCATION:Kerckhoff –  Charles E. Young Grand Salon\, 308 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetings
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://idre.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hoffman2.jpg
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