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Unsupervised Discovery of Ancestry Informative Markers and Genetic Admixture Proportions in Biobank-Scale Data Sets

Speaker: Seyoon Ko, Ph.D. IDRE Fellow Computational Medicine University of California Los Angeles     Location: Virtual Recording of the presentation: https://youtu.be/8YAyHAp9Pfc Abstract: Admixture estimation is crucial in ancestry inference and genomewide association studies (GWAS). Computer programs such as ADMIXTURE and STRUCTURE are commonly employed to estimate the admixture proportions of sample individuals. However, these...
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Interviewing Methods Workshop 

Zoom

Learn research methods for interviewing subjects including question design, how to do an interview, and project management at this free virtual workshop for undergraduates. Join meeting here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop

Navigating Faculty Mentorships Workshop

Zoom

Learn how to navigate faculty mentorships while working on your research or creative project. Join meeting here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop

Cornerstone 1: Getting Started with Research Workshop

Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and Zoom

Learn how to get started with research and creative inquiry at UCLA including how to find opportunities, earn course credit for doing research or creative practice, and how to find a faculty mentor! This workshop is free and open to all undergraduates. This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshop series, a...
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Getting Started with Registered Reports

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

 Click here for RSVP (snacks will be provided) Registered reports are a new publication mechanism where researchers submit a research proposal to a journal that is peer-reviewed, and upon acceptance, the journal agrees to publish the results of the study regardless of the outcome. Registered reports help address key issues which have resulted in replication...
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Research and Time Management Workshop

Zoom

Learn strategies, tips, and tools for managing your research or creative project to stay on track and maintain balance in your life! Join meeting here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop

Cornerstone 1: Getting Started With Research Workshop

Zoom

Learn how to get started with research and creative inquiry at UCLA including how to find opportunities, earn course credit for doing research or creative practice, and how to find a faculty mentor! This workshop is free and open to all undergraduates. This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshop series, a...
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Cloud Computing Workshops. Part 3: AWS cloud storage and practices

Zoom

Cloud computing service is the delivery of computing resources including applications, servers, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and artificial intelligence over the internet. Besides understanding of cloud computing, these workshops are intended to provide hands-on tutorials to see how cloud service providers may offer academic researchers an option to use additional computing resources. Working on two...
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Teaching and Research w/ Digital Collections (Part 1): Navigating A World of High-Quality Primary Source Materials

IDRE Portal and Zoom

Scholarship of visual materials often requires close looking and comparison across works. Digitization programs at “GLAM” institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) around the world, including the UCLA Library, have resulted in extraordinary collections of digital facsimiles of rare and unique primary source books, documents, artifacts, and ephemera, available online. For scholarship and curricular research...
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Cornerstone 2: Developing a Research Question Workshop

Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and Zoom

Learn how to turn your interests into a research question! Turn your general ideas for a topic into a set of research questions, and then get started generating effective keywords for your search in this online module! This module is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshops, a six-part series covering foundational research topics...
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Introduction to QGIS and Digital Gazetteers

Zoom

This introductory workshop will introduce participants to basic desktop GIS functionality in QGIS and digital gazetteers which underpin the majority of digital mapping research. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be able to take an arbitrary list of places, associate that list with a digital gazetteer, and create a map in QGIS suitable for...
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Summer Opportunities Info Session

Zoom

Learn all about research and creative opportunities during Summer Session, including SRP 99 courses, Research Revealed, and the Summer Research Incubator, as well as how to apply! Join meeting here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop

Cloud Computing Workshops. Part 4: GCP Compute Engine

Zoom

Cloud computing service is the delivery of computing resources including applications, servers, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and artificial intelligence over the internet. Besides understanding of cloud computing, these workshops are intended to provide hands-on tutorials to see how cloud service providers may offer academic researchers an option to use additional computing resources. Working on two...
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Teaching & Research w/ Digital Collections (Part 2): Tools and Practices for Engaging Digital Collections Content

IDRE Portal and Zoom

The active engagement of digital primary source collections content can, and often does, go beyond viewing materials on collections websites. For sustained inquiry, a wide variety of tools and platforms have been developed that support in-depth scholarly analysis of high quality, reliably-hosted image-based digital content and enable the creation of public-facing scholarly work products. This...
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Cornerstone 3: Finding Sources Workshop

Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and Zoom

Learn the most effective search strategies for finding what you need at the UCLA Library. Navigate your research with ease and pick out the best sources for your project! In this workshop, you’ll explore the library research guides, learn strategies for finding the information you need, and find out about research consultations. This workshop is...
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Abstract and Artist Statement Workshop

Zoom

Interested in applying to present at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase, Undergraduate Research Week's premier event? First, you’ll need an abstract or artist statement! Find out how to write one at this workshop. Applications are due by April 15. Join meeting here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop

Panel discussion on Advanced Research Computing (ARC) applications

https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud-ihqzwiGNOIL4JdQDXUIiwQB3sK5YzS via Zoom - link will be provided after registration

Venue: Virtual (via zoom) Link to video recording: https://youtu.be/LgLiY00bvHU The 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...
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URC-HASS Scholarship Info Session 

Zoom

Learn all about URC-HASS’s scholarship opportunities for humanities, arts, and social science student and how you can receive $300-$17,000 in scholarships for doing research or creative inquiry! Find out more about the Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (URFP), Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program (URSP), UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows), Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF),...
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Cloud Computing Workshops. Part 5: GCP cloud storage and practices

Zoom

Cloud computing service is the delivery of computing resources including applications, servers, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and artificial intelligence over the internet. Besides understanding of cloud computing, these workshops are intended to provide hands-on tutorials to see how cloud service providers may offer academic researchers an option to use additional computing resources. Working on two...
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Teaching & Research w/ Digital Collections (Part 3): Lessons and Learning Activity Design. Content to consider when drafting

IDRE Portal and Zoom

Within the scholarship of teaching and learning, it has been proven time and again that “Assembling and curating specimen collections is a valuable educational exercise that integrates subject-specific skills such as field collection, curation, identification, organization, and interpretation of relationships.” (Lucky et. al 2019) Digital collections increasingly avail students and scholars of primary source research...
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Cornerstone 4: Collecting and Citing Sources

Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and Zoom

Learn how to create a customized library of resources for your project! Find out how to auto-generate your bibliography in virtually any citation style, keep track of your sources, and avoid plagiarism. This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshops, a six-part series covering foundational research topics and skills created by URC-HASS,...
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Automation with Make and Makefiles

Zoom

Make is a tool that can be used to automate the process of building programs, libraries, plots, and even papers. Make keeps track of the dependencies between files during this process, and if any file changes, Make knows how to update the built object to account for the updates. This can be a valuable tool...
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Cornerstone 5: Writing a Literature Review Workshop

Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and Zoom

Writing a literature review can seem like a daunting task. Attend this interactive workshop to learn strategies for writing a literature review! This workshop is free and open to all undergraduates. This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshops, a six-part series covering foundational research topics and skills created by URC-HASS, the...
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Version Control with Git and GitHub

Zoom

Git is a software tool that helps users manage changes to their software over time, and GitHub is a web-based platform for using Git and version control. They will allow you to maintain a complete change history of your files, create branches for concurrent streams of changes, trace changes with annotations, and collaborate and share...
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Cornerstone 6: Developing a Research Plan

Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and Zoom

Streamline your research plan and learn how to organize your drafts, resources, and time when writing a research assignment. This workshop is free and open to all undergraduates. This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshops, a six-part series covering foundational research topics and skills created by URC-HASS, the UCLA Library, and...
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Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (1)

Zoom

This workshop will provide an introduction to convolutional neural networks (CNNs). We will begin by using PyTorch to perform image processing on the classic Dogs-vs-Cats problem. Basic knowledge of the topics covered in previous sessions is assumed. Having working experience with Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and linear algebra will be helpful for fully participating in the...
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Code Profilers: Measuring Performance and Resource Usage

Zoom

Learn to use code profilers (software) to analyze a program's performance and resource usage, and to use the measurement data to guide tuning methodologies and workflows, in the context of scientific computing. Any questions about this workshop can be emailed to Shao-Ching Huang at sch@ucla.edu.  Presented by the Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC). Register here:...
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Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (2)

Zoom

This workshop will be the second lecture in our introduction to convolutional neural networks (CNNs). We will continue our learning by applying data augmentation and transfer learning techniques to improve our solution for the classic Dogs-vs-Cats problem using PyTorch. A basic understanding of the topics covered in previous sessions is assumed. Having working experience with...
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High-throughput survey of brain cell diversity and organization using dimensionality-reduced spatial transcriptomics

https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pc-6rqz8oGNRb6WGsmFyg_StbugqW2IQo

Speaker: Fangming Xie, Ph.D. IDRE Fellow Institute for Quantitative & Computational Biosciences University of California Los Angeles       Location: Virtual Recording of the presentation   Abstract: 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....
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Introduction to Meta-analysis in Stata

Zoom

Meta-analysis is the synthesis of results from previous studies. It is used to increase power, obtain a better estimate of an effect size, and sometimes to resolve conflicting conclusions in the literature. In this workshop, we will discuss how the data for a meta-analysis are collected and organized, as well as how such data are...
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Learning Generative Adversarial Networks

Zoom

This workshop will introduce participants to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). We will demonstrate the core techniques of GANs, including how to use Deep Convolutional GANs (DCGANs) to generate images using PyTorch. A basic understanding of the topics covered in previous sessions is assumed. Having working experience with Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and linear algebra will be...
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Zero-inflated and Hurdle models for Count Data in R

Zoom

This workshop introduces zero-inflated poisson, zero-inflated negative binomial, and hurdle models for count data, which are two-part models used when more zeros are found in the data than expected with typical count distributions. We will discuss the formulations of the two parts of each model, the interpretation of model parameters, and how to run these...
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Zero-inflated and Hurdle models for Count Data in R

Zoom

This workshop introduces zero-inflated poisson, zero-inflated negative binomial, and hurdle models for count data, which are two-part models used when more zeros are found in the data than expected with typical count distributions. We will discuss the formulations of the two parts of each model, the interpretation of model parameters, and how to run these...
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Missing Data in R

Zoom

The purpose of this seminar is to discuss techniques and introduce some useful packages in R for handling missing data. In particular, we will focus on multiple imputation and how to perform it using the R package, mice: “Multivariate Imputation by Chained Equations”. As prerequisite to this seminar, we suggest participants have basic knowledge in...
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HPC Monthly Workshop: Machine Learning and BIG DATA

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

UCLA-IDRE, along with ACCESS and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, is pleased to announce a two-day Big Data workshop (March 8 - 9, 2023, 8 AM-2 PM PDT each day). This workshop will focus on topics including big data analytics, machine learning with Spark, and deep learning using Tensorflow. It will be presented using the Wide Area Classroom (WAC) training platform in...
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Introduction to Mediation Models in Mplus

Zoom

This workshop will introduce mediation (i.e., causal) models using Mplus. Explanations of the syntax and output will be given, as well as some tips about reporting such analyses. Models with latent variables will not be discussed.

Decomposing and Visualizing Interactions in R

Zoom

In 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...
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Getting Started with Registered Reports

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

 Click here for to watch the recording Registered reports are a new publication mechanism where researchers submit a research proposal to a journal that is peer-reviewed, and upon acceptance, the journal agrees to publish the results of the study regardless of the outcome. Registered reports help address key issues which have resulted in replication crises...
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Free

Urban biodiversity: the importance of scale

Speaker: Nannan Gao, Ph.D. IDRE Fellow Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles   Location: Virtual via zoom Registration Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdeGgqj0pHNzapieckX5w-dQAFTDr3d5D Abstract: While much is known about the scaling of biodiversity, less is known about specifically how biodiversity scales in urban areas. This is an important question because over two-thirds of...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Using Rstudio on Hoffman2

Zoom

This Happy Hour Series will go over using RStudio on the Hoffman2 cluster. We will go over examples with interacting with the RStudio IDE on Hoffman2 and show how to install packages, use GPUs, and submit non-interactive batch jobs using RStudio. Any questions about this workshop can be emailed to Charles Peterson at cpeterson@oarc.ucla.edu. Presented...
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Containers for HPC

Zoom

This workshop will go over how to use container on HPC resources. Containers are a great way to run scientific software on various HPC platforms. Users can create a ‘virtual’ OS to easily install any application and transfer it to any system with container software. This workshop will cover how to build and use containers...
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Undergraduate Research Week Info Session

Zoom

Learn all about Undergraduate Research Week (May 22-26, 2023), UCLA’s annual weeklong celebration of undergraduate research and creative inquiry, and how you can present your research or creative project at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase event on May 23. Plus, learn how to apply for the Dean’s Prize and nominate your mentor for a...
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Cornerstone 1: Getting Started With Research Workshop

Hybrid: Charles E. Young & Zoom

Learn how to get started with research and creative inquiry at UCLA including how to find opportunities, earn course credit for doing research or creative practice, and how to find a faculty mentor! This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshop series, a six part series of foundational research topics and skills...
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Abstract and Artist Statement Workshop

Zoom

Interested in applying to present at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase, Undergraduate Research Week‘s main event? First, you’ll need an abstract or artist statement! Find out how to write one at this workshop. Applications are due by April 17. All students are invited to present their research or creative projects at the Showcase! Each year, over...
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Data-centric AI Brown Bag: AI Reproducibility, AI Readiness, and FAIR

Zoom

Amidst the backdrop of powerful AI engines producing essays and pirate shanties, it’s easy to forget that machine learning (ML) is still an onerous process for many that begins with finding and cleaning data. AI/ML relies on machine actionable data and adds complexity to an already difficult task for data stewards, research computing facilitators, and...
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Cornerstone 1: Getting Started With Research Workshop

Zoom

Learn how to get started with research and creative inquiry at UCLA including how to find opportunities, earn course credit for doing research or creative practice, and how to find a faculty mentor! This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshop series, a six part series of foundational research topics and skills...
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Abstract and Artist Statement Workshop

Zoom

Interested in applying to present at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase, Undergraduate Research Week‘s main event? First, you’ll need an abstract or artist statement! Find out how to write one at this workshop. Applications are due by April 17. All students are invited to present their research or creative projects at the Showcase! Each year, over...
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Building Containers for HPC

Zoom

This workshop is a follow-up to a previous workshop on “Using Containers on HPC Resources”. This workshop will focus on creating containers to be ran on HPC resources. We will go over building containers using Docker/podman and Apptainer/Singularity. We will also use Hoffman2 to run our newly built containers. To follow along, users will need...
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Navigating Faculty Mentorships Workshop

Zoom

Learn how to navigate faculty mentorships while working on your research or creative project. Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop

Cornerstone 2: Developing a Research Question Workshop

Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and Zoom

Learn how to turn your interests into a research question! Turn your general ideas for a topic into a set of research questions, and then get started generating effective keywords for your search at this workshop! This workshop is offered as part of the Cornerstone Research Workshops, a six-part series covering foundational research topics and...
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