Name: Open Science Workshop
Start: 2022-03-24T10:00:00-07:00
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April 2021
Singularity on Hoffman2: Using containers on HPC resources

Institute for Digital Research and Education

April 29, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom

Singularity is a free, cross-platform and open-source software that can run Operating System Virtualization also known as Containerization. This type of virtualization allows you to run an Operating System within a host Operating System. Hoffman2 has the ability to run containerized software with singularity. This presentation will demonstrate using Singularity on Hoffman2. This presentation will...
May 2021
R Graphics: Introduction to ggplot2

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 3, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Zoom registration required: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAucO-orzkvHtGtJFXfN76vvx75TY-1QxIG This seminar teaches the “grammar” of graphics that underlies the ggplot2 package, allowing the user to build eye-catching, publication-quality graphics layer-by-layer. We cover the basic elements of the grammar of graphics, including aesthetics, geoms, scales, and themes, and we will show you how easy ggplot2 makes it to integrate these elements...
Package Management in Julia

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 3, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

The Julia language has a rich and fast-growing ecosystem in the form of open-source packages. We will cover the fundamentals of Julia's package management system, using either via the REPL (interactive command prompt) or the Pkg package, and show how to manage multiple sets of packages in the user environment. We will also discuss how to organize your Julia code into a package and share with others. Registration required.
High-Performance Data Science in Python (1) Interpreter War

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 5, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

This workshop series will present an extensive discussion on how to improve the performance of Python in data science by looking under the hood of its language/libraries and using the technologies to make Python a practical solution for the high-performance big data analytics. In the first session, we will focus on how to boost the speed of python code in an interperter level by explaining the concepts (e.g. GIL, GIT) and introducing the packages of pypy, numba, pythran, cython etc. Although no specific prerequisite is required to attend the talk, having programming experience in Python will be helpful to fully understand the lecture content.
Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster: Intro (Part I)

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

** THIS WORKSHOP IS BEING RESCHEDULED TO MAY 10, 2021 ** The Hoffman2 Cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This workshop is part I of a three-seminar series designed to introduce users to the Hoffman2 Cluster environment and to clarify the process of porting applications or using applications already available...
Introduction to Regression in R

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 10, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Zoom registration required: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAocumvrTkoHdVjqIGxWTdErUZLo_Z5hccE Regression analysis is one of the most powerful statistical techniques that is used to explain variability in a response (dependent) variable as a function of one or more predictor (explanatory or independent) variables. The aim of this seminar is to help participants increase their skills in using regression analysis with R....
High-Performance Data Science in Python (2) DataFrame Game

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 12, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

This workshop series will present an extensive discussion on how to improve the performance of Python in data science by looking under the hood of its language/libraries and using the technologies to make Python a practical solution for the high-performance big data analytics. In the second session, we will focus on how to load/process the super big dataset in Python using a single machine and comparing the dataframe implementations from Pandas, Modin, Pandarallel, Dask and Vaex etc. Although no specific prerequisite is required to attend the talk, having programming experience in Python's numpy and Pandas packages will be helpful to fully understand the lecture content.
Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster: Case Studies (Part II)

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 17, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

** THIS WORKSHOP IS BEING RESCHEDULED TO MAY 17, 2021 ** The Hoffman2 Cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This workshop is part II of a three-seminar series designed to introduce users to the Hoffman2 Cluster environment and to clarify the process of porting applications or using applications already available...
Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in R with lavaan

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 17, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Zoom registration required: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkcuiqrjovGdFdq0u6EebmpiiX_KW00ohH This workshop will cover basic concepts of confirmatory factor analysis by introducing the CFA model and looking at examples of a one-factor, two-factor and second-order CFA. Concepts such as model identification, standardized solutions, and model fit statistics such as the chi-square statistic, CFI, TLI and RMSEA will be covered. The focus...
Data Visualization with Julia

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 17, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

The Julia language has a unified interface to its plotting functionalities, supported by multiple backends such as plotly and pyplot (matplotlib). We will cover the fundamentals of Julia's plotting capability, and show the process of creating data visualization from select examples, including interactive and animated plots. Registration required.
Introduction to Virtual Machines and Containers

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 20, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

A virtual machine is an isolated operating system environment running on top of the host computer’s original operating system. This hypervisor-based technology enables us to run one or multiple operating systems on the same host computer (e.g. a Linux virtual machine on top of a Windows host computer). However, a virtual machine can be resource-heavy...
Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster: Case Studies (Part III)

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 24, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

** THIS WORKSHOP IS BEING RESCHEDULED TO MAY 24, 2021 ** The Hoffman2 Cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This workshop is part III of a three-seminar series designed to introduce users to the Hoffman2 Cluster environment and to clarify the process of porting applications or using applications already available...
Applied Survey Data Analysis in Stata

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 24, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Zoom registration required: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcO2qpjopHdZ1iMHcg9ksIr0czZ3ixKiL This workshop will discuss the following topics: • how complex survey data are different from other types of data • how to do to basic descriptive statistics with continuous and categorical variables • how to make descriptive graphs with complex survey data • how to run a variety of regression models,...
June 2021
Learning Scikit-Learn: the basics

Qiyang Hu

June 23, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

As machine learning gains more and more popularity in science and technology in recent years, scikit-learn becomes one of the must-have libraries in the general machine learning toolbox. In this lecture we will present an introduction about the basics of scikit-learn python library. Prerequisite knowledge for the workshop includes Python programming and basic machine learning concepts.
High Performance Machine Learning Using Scikit-Learn

Qiyang Hu

June 25, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

As machine learning gains more and more popularity in science and technology in recent years, scikit-learn becomes one of the must-have libraries in the general machine learning toolbox. In this lecture we will discuss some advanced topic on using scikit-learn python library to make high performance machine learning, specifically the speedup modeling using multicore and accelerators and out-of-core learning. The session assumes the knowledge of topics covered in the first session. Working experience on Python programming, basic machine learning concepts and Scikit-learn will be helpful.
Introduction to Augmented Reality with Artivive

Francesca Albrezzi

June 29, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Augmented reality (AR) is the layering of computer-generated perceptual information onto real environments. The experience requires a level of interactivity and sensory engagement. AR is being adopted across the fields of architecture and engineering, as well as adopted by artists to make creative connections between our shared reality and that of innumerable virtual worlds. This...
July 2021
Introduction to Open Source Web GIS with Leaflet

Institute for Digital Research and Education

July 14, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom

Research projects are often confronted with the need to publish results to communicate their findings to the general audience. Publishing research on an interactive web-based map is an effective and visually compelling way to do so. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript. We will use the Leaflet library...
Data Visualization from Matlab to Python/Matplotlib

Institute for Digital Research and Education

July 15, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom
Introduction to the Linux Shell: Using the Command Line

Institute for Digital Research and Education

July 30, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom
August 2021
Introduction to the Linux Shell: Shell Scripting

Institute for Digital Research and Education

August 6, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom
Workflow automation with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)

Institute for Digital Research and Education

August 9, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom
Intermediate Topics in Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)

UCLA IDRE Statistical Consulting

August 16, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

This seminar is a continuation of the first seminar on Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in R with lavaan. Topics include multiple group CFA measurement invariance latent growth modeling Some time will be given at the end for interactive coding exercises. Instructor: Johnny Lin, Ph.D., OARC/IDRE Statistical Consulting Time: Aug 16, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time...
Statistical Writing

August 23, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Workshop description and Zoom registration link coming soon!
Generalized Linear Models in R

August 30, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

This workshop is designed to give an overview on generalized linear models. The workshop introduces the basic theory of generalized linear models and their implementation in R. We will talk about a broad range of regression models such as Logistic regression, Poisson regression, negative binomial, zero-inflated Poisson, and zero-inflated negative binomial and how to run...
October 2021
Panel discussion on Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration

October 29, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Zoom

Video Link: https://youtu.be/RVdWM1SbB4s The 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: Karen McKinnon, Institute of the Environment...
November 2021
Building a patient motion model for Radiotherapy

November 19, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Zoom

Speaker: Ricky Savjani, Ph.D. IDRE Scholar, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles Abstract: Several technological advances in radiotherapy have enabled the use of focused radiation to treat solid tumors within the thoracic cavity. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) offers a way to treat patients with high doses of...
January 2022
Machine learning for Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences

Institute for Digital Research and Education

January 7, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

IDRE ECR Group is excited to announce Machine learning for oceanic & atmospheric sciences workshop with the following details: Title: Machine Learning for Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences Date and Time: Friday, January 7, 2022 @10 AM (PST) Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclde2opjsiGdU0sq31tMP5YUXd8FbvCbCm Abstract: Machine learning (ML) denotes a host of computational methods for inferring meaningful patterns in data....
Version Control with Git

Office of Advanced Research Computing

January 20, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom

Git is a software tool that helps users manage changes to their software over time. Git will allow you to maintain a complete change history of every file, create branches for concurrent streams of changes, trace changes with annotations, and collaborate and share work with others. This interactive introduction will demonstrate how to use Git...
Practical Parallel Computing 1: Running MPI Programs

Office of Advanced Research Computing

January 21, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Zoom

MPI (Message Passing Interface) is a standardized interface for portable distributed-memory scientific parallel computing. The portability ensures that a properly-written, standard-conforming MPI program can work the same way on different platforms ranging from laptop computers to massively parallel supercomputers. MPI has been widely used in advanced simulations, data analysis and visualization in the last two...
Make and Makefiles

Office of Advanced Research Computing

January 27, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom

Description coming soon. Register in advance: Please REGISTER using the Zoom Meeting Link before joining! If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Ben Winjum.
Tips to run Matlab on Hoffman2 cluster

Office of Advanced Research Computing

January 27, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

In this workshop we will focus on the methods to execute Matlab interactively and run its programs via job scheduler on Hoffman2 cluster. (We will not describe how to write Matlab scripts nor how to use its internal/external functions.) Several methods to launch Hoffman2 Matlab GUI from different operating systems will be discussed, including the...
Phenological responses of North American birds to global change: Ecology in the age of big data

January 28, 2022 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Zoom

Speaker: Casey Youngflesh IDRE Scholar, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (PST) Date: Jan 28, 2022 Location: Zoom (RSVP here for the link) Abstract: Rapid abiotic environmental change is driving a multitude of shifts in natural systems across the Earth. One of...
Practical Parallel Computing 2: MPI Programming

Office of Advanced Research Computing

January 28, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Zoom

MPI (Message Passing Interface) is a standardized interface for portable distributed-memory scientific parallel computing. The portability ensures that a properly-written, standard-conforming MPI program can work the same way on different platforms ranging from laptop computers to massively parallel supercomputers. MPI has been widely used in advanced simulations, data analysis and visualization in the last two...
February 2022
Converting plots from Matlab to Python/matplotlib

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 3, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

This workshop will introduce how to use Python/matplotlib and other packages to generate data visualization and animation for publications or presentations. We will discuss plotting functions and techniques available in both Matlab and Python to handle and customize your graphics in practice. The materials include simple 2D/3D plots to present scalers and vectors, filled plots...
Introduction to Remote Sensing with Python

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom

Landsat imagery of the 2020 Bobcat wildfire generated using Python Register here Satellites are circling our planet, allowing us to "sense" things about the Earth. It is the art and science of making measurements using sensors. Remote sensing has thus become a valuable tool in research and applications in a wide range of disciplines, such...
Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster, Part I

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 9, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

Registration link: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqc-6rqz0qGdCvJuus9bUKV2xVtQHZQnHu The Hoffman2 Cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This workshop is part of a three-seminar series designed to introduce users to the Hoffman2 Cluster environment and to clarify the process of porting applications or using applications already available on the cluster. It also addresses how to port...
Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (1)

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 11, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Zoom

Workshop will be conducted in Zoom in PST time. Please Register here in advance for this lecture. This workshope will be an introduction on convolutional neural network. We will start our learning on how to use PyTorch to do image processing for classic Dogs-vs-Cats problem. The knowledge of topics covered in the previous sessions is...
Practical Parallel Computing 3: Introduction to PETSc

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 11, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

MPI (Message Passing Interface) is a standardized interface for portable distributed-memory scientific parallel computing. The portability ensures that a properly-written, standard-conforming MPI program can work the same way on different platforms ranging from laptop computers to massively parallel supercomputers. MPI has been widely used in advanced simulations, data analysis and visualization in the last two...
R Markdown Basics

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 15, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-uoqDIvG91UKYByaA-7Xcbn4V38rA1k 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. ...
Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster, Part II

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 16, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

Registration link: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvd-igpjMiGNVkod90GFNhBTuT7pwRfj5- The Hoffman2 Cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This workshop is part of a three-seminar series designed to introduce users to the Hoffman2 Cluster environment and to clarify the process of porting applications or using applications already available on the cluster. It also addresses how to port...
Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (2)

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

Workshop will be conducted in Zoom in PST time. Please Register here in advance for this lecture. This workshope will be the second lecture on the introduction to convolutional neural network. We will continue our learning on how to apply data augmentation and transfer learning techniques to get a better solution for the classic Dogs-vs-Cats...
Stata Data Management

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 22, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpf--rrj4vE9DWH23IkyLvjjrk-md-hwYe This workshop covers Stata commands and methods for common data management tasks, such as identifying data errors, identifying duplicated data, specifying missing values, working with string variables, labeling variables, creating new variables, merging datasets, processing data by groups, and using loops for repetitive tasks. The workshop is focused on preparing data for statistical...
Running Applications on the Hoffman2 Cluster, Part III

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 23, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

The Hoffman2 Cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This workshop is part of a three-seminar series designed to introduce users to the Hoffman2 Cluster environment and to clarify the process of porting applications or using applications already available on the cluster. It also addresses how to port your workflow to Hoffman2 and...
Learning Generative Adversarial Networks

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 25, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

Workshop will be conducted in Zoom in PST time. Please Register here in advance for this lecture. This workshope will the introduction to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). We will illustrate the fundamental GAN techniques on how to use DCGANs to generate do images using PyTorch. The knowledge of topics covered in the previous sessions is...
Creating a Comprehensive Lexical Resource for English Using Bayesian Deep Learning and Missing Data Methodology

Institute for Digital Research and Education

February 25, 2022 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Speaker: Bryor Snefjella, Ph.D. IDRE Scholar, Psychology Department, University of California Los Angeles Video Recording: https://youtu.be/RTpW1-FtBGs Abstract: 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...
Scientific Visualization with Paraview

Office of Advanced Research Computing

February 25, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Zoom

Paraview is an open-source cross-platform program for interactive scientific visualization. Paraview can run as a stand-alone visualization tool, as well as in a client-server fashion for remote visualization. In this tutorial, we will explore the visualization pipeline and basic features in Paraview. We will show how to prepare data files from scratch. We will demonstrate...
March 2022
Introduction to Generalized Linear Regression Models in R

Office of Advanced Research Computing

March 1, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUud-6uqTwiGtNZEtt6vy5VApsl6AE8BJVM In this workshop we discuss generalized linear models and why and when we need to use them. We will discuss several generalized linear modes such as logistic, Poisson, and negative binomial and how we run them in R. The seminar briefly reviews regression concepts as necessary, but it is assumed that participants have...
Introduction to Mediation Models with the PROCESS macro in SPSS

Office of Advanced Research Computing

March 8, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcuCpqzwoGt3dCRZ50lDgXWadWKeYfc2r This workshop will introduce the PROCESS Macro in SPSS (written by Andrew Hayes). Basic models will be demonstrated. Explanations of the syntax and output will be given, as well as some tips about reporting such analyses.
Hoffman2 Happy Hour: What is the Hoffman2 Cluster and what it can do for you, how to get an account + Q&A

Office of Advanced Research Computing

March 22, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

The Hoffman2 Happy Hours are designed to showcase one cluster related topic in a short presentation (no more than 20 minutes and generally much less) or lightning talk format, to be followed by 30 to 40 minutes of discussion and user support (office hour style). Each Hoffman2 Happy Hour meeting is 50 minutes long. Bring...
Open Science Workshop

Institute for Digital Research and Education

March 24, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

IDRE ECR Group is excited to announce Open Science workshop with the following details: Title: Open Science Date and Time: Thursday, March 24, 2022 @10 AM (PST) Video recordings: Part-1. Part-2 Abstract: As the culture and context of academic research evolve with the times, there is a growing realization of the need and power in...

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