There has been a rising interest in volumetric video capture, a method for recording real-world people, objects, performances, or spaces in full 3D, creating data that allows viewers to experience the recording from any angle, with realistic depth and lighting, rather than being stuck in a fixed viewpoint like traditional video (Jin et.al. 2024 and...
Are you doing research and collecting survey data? Do you use RedCap for behavioral intervention research? Do you think its complicated to position yourself to collect data in the field? Want to reach your research subjects where they are, in their natural environment and leverage modern technology to do it? Want to learn about EMAs,...
This workshop will introduce researchers to cutting-edge machine learning (ML) methods that are transforming computational chemistry and materials science. Participants will learn how ML models can accelerate atomistic simulations, bridging the gap between quantum-level accuracy and realistic system sizes. The session will highlight practical workflows, including training potentials on quantum mechanical data, developing ensembles of...
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the...
This interactive session introduces the fundamentals of digital accessibility and why it matters at UCLA. Participants will learn what accessibility means in a digital context, gain insight into disability culture, and see a live screen reader demonstration. The training will also cover practical tips for creating accessible documents, websites, and media, including proper use of...
While Python has been the most popular programming language since 2019, data scientists often critique its slow speed and limited capabilities in handling big data scenarios. In this workshop series, we'll tackle how to enhance Python's performance in data science by diving deep into its workings and leveraging technologies to transform Python into an effective...
This 1-hour, non-technical workshop will introduce researchers to UCLA Messaging, a campus service that can send study-related notifications directly to participants through custom mobile apps. Using the NIH-funded UCLA Oralytics oral health app as an example, we’ll show how messages like reminders, tips, and “just-in-time” behavioral nudges can help participants stay engaged between visits and...
This session provides an introduction to creating accessible documents in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and PDFs. Participants will learn the fundamentals of digital accessibility, including how to use proper heading structure, write effective alt-text for images, create descriptive links, and ensure sufficient color contrast. The training will also demonstrate how to use built-in and automated...
In this workshop you will learn how to build image processing pipelines using AWS Generative AI Services and Serverless Infrastructure. Using a real-world example from the LA Wildfires of 2025, you will learn how to combine image segmentation models and generative AI models to provide an in-depth analysis of the supplied dataset and how to...
n regression, we are often interested in an interaction, which is the modification or moderation of the effect of an independent variable by another. Understanding interactions involves interpreting the regression coefficients, estimating and testing simple effects and their differences, and visualizing the interaction. This workshop will teach you how to do all of these thing...
Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managers Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants will: Understand the basics of digital accessibility and UCLA’s WCAG 2.1 AA compliance requirements. Learn how to use WAVE for page-by-page testing. Learn how to use Siteimprove...
This workshop explores how human-centered UX design can drive the creation of effective mobile apps and web platforms for research studies. Lauren will provide insight into the complete UX design process, including how to implement the discovery, design, and validation phases to create an intuitive experience. Through examples and practical demonstrations, Lauren will show how...
Survival analysis models time-to-event outcomes. This workshop introduces usage of the survival package in R for some of the most commonly used survival methods. Topics include data setup, Kaplan-Meier estimates and curves, log-rank tests, fitting the Cox proportional hazards model, assessing the proportional hazards assumption, and modeling time-varying covariates. Experience in both survival analysis and...
This workshop will explore how artificial intelligence is used to reconstruct biomedical microscopy data, emphasizing both the opportunities and the risks of these approaches. While AI has enabled remarkable advances in virtual staining, super-resolution, and image translation, biomedical imaging presents unique challenges that make hallucinations far more consequential than in other domains. A false structure...
Installing scientific software packages often introduces complex and time-consuming dependency conflicts in both local and high-performance computing (HPC) environments. Container technologies, such as those built with Docker, address these challenges by providing isolated, self-contained environments for applications. This isolation ensures that the container remains unaffected by additional software installations or configuration changes on the host...
This session builds on the Docker fundamentals introduced in the previous workshop and focuses on deploying containerized applications on an HPC cluster. Participants will explore advanced techniques for creating Docker containers tailored to common scientific computing environments, including efficient installation of Python and R packages. Because containers on the HPC cluster must be executed using...
This workshop will introduce the UCLA research community to the application of diffusion models for medical imaging problems, with a focus on MRI. Participants will learn both the fundamentals of diffusion and how it can be adapted to physics-constrained scenarios, such as k-space undersampling in MRI. Target Audience: Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in computational...
Immersive Communication for the Enhancement of Cultural Heritage: Opportunities and Questions Join us for a presentation by Pier Paolo Bellini, Associate Professor of Sociology of Cultural Processes at the University of Molise. Professor Bellini teaches Sociology of Communication, Sociology of the Media, Sociology of Educational and Communicative Processes, and Sound Management Laboratory in Multimedia Products....
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the...
This session provides an introduction to creating accessible documents in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and PDFs. Participants will learn the fundamentals of digital accessibility, including how to use proper heading structure, write effective alt-text for images, create descriptive links, and ensure sufficient color contrast. The training will also demonstrate how to use built-in and automated...
The ADA update on digital accessibility is right around the corner! This webinar, featuring guest speaker ADA/504 Compliance Officer Yonit Kovnator, will state the facts of the legal update, UCLA’s ongoing program and strategy development, and some do’s and don’ts on how to improve your digital accessibility on UCLA’s campus.
This workshop introduces core methods for generating high-quality meshes used in large-scale simulation, scientific computing, and computer graphics. We will explore how Voronoi tessellation and Delaunay triangulation form the foundation of modern meshing algorithms, how parallel computing enables scalable geometry processing, and how emerging learning-based approaches can learn to generate meshes directly from data. The...
Are you doing research and collecting survey data? Do you use RedCap for behavioral intervention research? Do you think its complicated to position yourself to collect data in the field? Want to reach your research subjects where they are, in their natural environment and leverage modern technology to do it? Want to learn about Sensors,...
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the...
This workshop introduces researchers to the Linux command line as a practical tool for everyday work in research computing. Aimed at beginners and occasional terminal users, the session will cover the core ideas behind the shell, including how to move through directories, create and organize files and folders, use command history, and understand paths, permissions,...
The Third Annual DataX+IDRE ‘Research in the Age of AI’ Symposium will feature distinguished researchers from departments across UCLA to speak on the use, development, and impact of AI in research. This multidisciplinary event will showcase advancements of artificial intelligence across diverse academic fields, as well as leading voices on the effects of AI. Participants will have...
Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managers Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants will: Understand the basics of digital accessibility and UCLA’s WCAG 2.1 AA compliance requirements. Learn how to use WAVE for page-by-page testing. Learn how to use Siteimprove...
This new workshop series will introduce learners to a digital ecosystem for citing, creating, and coding from notes to publications. If you are just starting out on a new project, looking to organize an existing one, or exploring new ways of using digital methods, this series will give you some new tools and frameworks to...
This workshop teaches the basics of the linear regression model, the foundation for most other regression models. Topics include understanding the model equation, continuous and categorical predictors, interpreting the model estimates, and diagnostics for assessing model assumptions. The workshop is intended to be interactive, with examples and exercises in R, and assumes only introductory exposure...
This workshop builds on command line fundamentals by showing researchers how to turn repeated terminal tasks into reusable shell scripts that save time, reduce errors, and support reproducible research. The session will introduce the structure of a simple shell script, working with variables and command-line arguments, and using basic control flow such as loops and...
This interactive session introduces the fundamentals of digital accessibility and why it matters at UCLA. Participants will learn what accessibility means in a digital context, gain insight into disability culture, and see a live screen reader demonstration. The training will also cover practical tips for creating accessible documents, websites, and media, including proper use of...
The analysis of binary outcomes is widespread across scientific fields. This workshop introduces the basics of the most commonly used statistical model for binary outcomes, logistic regression. Some basic background on probability and odds will be provided, as well as a brief review of the model itself. This workshop then covers how to run a...
This session provides an introduction to creating accessible documents in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and PDFs. Participants will learn the fundamentals of digital accessibility, including how to use proper heading structure, write effective alt-text for images, create descriptive links, and ensure sufficient color contrast. The training will also demonstrate how to use built-in and automated...
This new OARC Youtube playlist is designed to transform NotebookLM from a simple note-taking tool into your primary AI research collaborator. Whether you’re drowning in PDFs or trying to find the narrative thread in your data, these short tutorials will provide tactical, hands-on workflows to streamline your scholarly output. In this series, we move beyond...
While Python has been the most popular programming language since 2019, data scientists often critique its slow speed and limited capabilities in handling big data scenarios. In this workshop series, we'll tackle how to enhance Python's performance in data science by diving deep into its workings and leveraging technologies to transform Python into an effective...
Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants will: Understand the basics of digital accessibility and UCLA’s WCAG 2.1 AA compliance requirements. Learn how to use WAVE for page-by-page testing. Learn how to use Siteimprove for whole-site accessibility scanning and monitoring. Practice manual testing with tab...
This 1-hour, non-technical workshop will introduce researchers to UCLA Messaging, a campus service that can send study-related notifications directly to participants through custom mobile apps. Using the NIH-funded UCLA Oralytics oral health app as an example, we’ll show how messages like reminders, tips, and “just-in-time” behavioral nudges can help participants stay engaged between visits and...
This workshop provides an introduction to handling missing data in statistical analyses via multiple imputation in Stata. We begin with a discussion of missing data mechanisms and how model results might be affected if we use complete case analysis. We then discuss how multiple imputation reduces bias and produces more accurate estimates of uncertainty. Along...
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the...
This workshop explores how human-centered UX design can drive the creation of effective mobile apps and web platforms for research studies. Lauren will provide insight into the complete UX design process, including how to implement the discovery, design, and validation phases to create an intuitive experience. Through examples and practical demonstrations, Lauren will show how...
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the...
Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managers Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants will: -Understand the basics of digital accessibility and UCLA’s WCAG 2.1 AA compliance requirements. -Learn how to use WAVE for page-by-page testing. -Learn how to use Siteimprove...
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the...
Neural networks are the "beating heart" of modern LLM-based AI systems, driving everything from image recognition to natural language processing. In this 2-hour lecture, we'll explore the foundational concepts of neural networks and their pivotal role in deep learning projects. This session is designed to be accessible to all, with a focus on intuitive explanations...
This workshop introduces physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), a machine-learning approach that can complement or provide an alternative to traditional scientific computing methods such as finite difference, finite volume, and finite element methods. Unlike purely data-driven approaches, PINNs incorporate governing physical equations directly into the training process. Participants will learn the neural network fundamentals needed to...
This session is part of the greater UCLA Disability Pride Week running from Oct 12-16. This session introduces participants to disability culture and the role of allyship in creating more inclusive communities. Through discussion, real-life examples, and reflection, participants will explore disability identity, accessibility as a cultural norm, and the differences between accommodation and accessibility....
Installing and managing scientific software and its dependencies can be challenging in both local and high-performance computing environments. Container technologies such as Docker, Podman, and Apptainer help address these challenges by providing isolated, portable, and reproducible software environments. By packaging applications together with their dependencies, containers promote consistent execution across different systems and reduce compatibility...
This session introduces the fundamentals of digital accessibility and why it matters at UCLA. Participants will learn what accessibility means in a digital context, gain insight into disability culture, and see a live screen reader demonstration. The training will also cover practical tips for creating accessible documents, websites, and media, including proper use of heading...
The Office of Advanced Research Computing is pleased to share this upcoming opportunity with UCLA researchers. You are invited to the AWS Research Day for UCLA — a one-day, in-person event designed to help UCLA researchers discover how cloud-powered AI and data platforms can accelerate your work. What to Expect Learn how Amazon Web Services...
In this more advanced session participants will learn about the issues dashboard and how to both interpret results and prioritize issues. This session will also cover how to best use the Siteimprove backend features to improve the accessibility of your website.