Mobile Apps like websites need to be built with accessibility in mind to comply with the WCAG 2.1 standard. Fortunately, Mobile devices themselves have alot of accessibility features already built...
Speaker: Mo Zhou, Ph.D. IDRE Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Mathematics (UCLA) University of California Los Angeles Place: Virtual (Link to the video recording) Abstract: Generative models, a cornerstone...
LaTeX is a powerful typesetting system that is widely used for academic and professional documents, but it has a steep learning curve. Overleaf simplifies the process of working with LaTeX...
Do you use GitHub for version control? In this 90 minute hands-on workshop you will advance your GitHub prowess by learning how to use Github Actions to automatically and securely...
Jupyter Notebook, JupyterLab and Voilà are a powerful tool for interactive computing, for proof of concept implementations and for creating interactive web applications or dashboards. Come and learn how to...
The most widely used way to interact with computers is through a graphical user interface, for example, the desktop interface of Microsoft Windows or Mac OS. However, you can also...
Shell scripts enable users to link together multiple Linux commands into a single executable program. They can save users from a lot of wasted time, effort, and headache. For example,...
In this workshop the DCP will lead a training on how the design accessible data visualization for publication both into PDF and html in alignment with WCAG 2.1 AA guidance....
As artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and Large Language Models (LLM) technologies continue to evolve, they offer new possibilities for humanities research, from large-scale text and image analysis to...
This workshop will cover running Large Language Models (LLMs) on the Hoffman2 HPC cluster using Ollama for inference and Open WebUI for an easy-to-use interface. Participants will learn how to...
Are you doing research with surveys ( in RedCap or another survey tool) and paying an outside vendor to SMS links to your participants? Did you know that UCLA has...
Speaker: Barbara Lopez-Doriga, Ph.D. IDRE Postdoctoral Fellow Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California Los Angeles Place: Virtual (Register here for the zoom link) Abstract: There is significant practical...
In this workshop, participants will gain hands-on experience with the job scheduling system on the Hoffman2 cluster, the UCLA’s high-performance computing resource. Additionally, participants will learn how to write effective...
Machine learning has become a key element in science and technology today. Mastering libraries like scikit-learn–a vital tool for machine learning–is essential. In this workshop, you'll receive a fundamental introduction...
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...
Venue: OARC Portal, 5628 Math Science Building, UCLA Registration: https://www.psc.edu/resources/training/hpc-workshop-big-data-may-13-14-2025/ UCLA-IDRE and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center are pleased to announce a two day Machine Learning and Big Data workshop (May...
Machine learning is playing an increasingly important role in science and technology. In this advanced session, we focus on leveraging scikit-learn for high-performance machine learning. We will explore how to...
What is digital accessibility? How can the research enterprise be more prepared to be inclusive of people with disabilities. What should an IRB be evaluating in terms of digital accessibility?...
Are you interested in using LLMs for research? In this 90 minute hands-on workshop, you will learn how to install and deploy an open-source LLM on your local environment, create...
The purpose of this workshop is to show the use of the mixed command in SPSS. Although it has many uses, the mixed command is most commonly used for running...
Learn how to rapidly build a low cost AI prototype for research and education with custom GPTs, prompt engineering, and turn-key solutions from leading LLM providers. Register Now
This workshop provides an introduction to using multiple GPUs for high-performance computing. Participants will explore essential techniques and tools, including CUDA with C++ and Python, PyTorch, and MPI, to optimize...
This workshop introduces power analysis and simulations to assess power and estimate sample sizes needed for sufficient power. We will begin with simple analyses such as the t-test and will...
This workshop explores designing AI interfaces for research mobile apps, focusing on enhancing user experience. Participants will learn how to leverage Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures to achieve accurate performance...
Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) have emerged as an important tool in causal modeling to understand the relationships among variables. DAGs can inform what variables should be included or excluded in...
This follow-up to the previous “Introduction to AI/ML/LLM for Humanities and Social Science” workshop builds upon the skills and techniques of using and implementing AI to discuss the technology’s social, ethical, and...
Does your research group leverage social media to promote your findings or published works? Do you mine social media data and then do analysis on this data in your research?...
This workshop introduces the functionality of Stata with a focus on data analysis. We will discuss the basic interface and do-files as well as explore commands to import data, create...
While machine learning methods have traditionally been used for prediction in fields like industry and technology, they are increasingly being adopted in scientific research for exploration and inference. This two-part workshop...
While machine learning methods have traditionally been used for prediction in fields like industry and technology, they are increasingly being adopted in scientific research for exploration and inference. This two-part...
This workshop will show how descriptive analyses, both numerical and graphical, can be done with continuous and categorical variables. Subpopulation analysis will be discussed and then examples of OLS regression...
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,...
This introductory workshop is designed for UCLA researchers who are new to the Hoffman2 Cluster. Participants will learn how to request an account, connect to the cluster via SSH/remote desktop,...
Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managersTools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants will: Understand the...
ESRI is a leading industry provider of geospatial tools and research, featuring a wide variety of products from AI enhanced analysis to web-publishing solutions for classroom projects. The sheer number...
Academic researchers across disciplines—from archaeology and medicine to data science and the digital humanities—increasingly need to create, manipulate, and display three-dimensional models. Whether reconstructing historical sites, visualizing complex protein structures,...
Part of the series: From Scripts to Software: Practical Python for Reproducible Research This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the principles of modern software development and show you 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...
This hands-on session introduces participants to the layout and usage of the Hoffman2 Cluster environment. Attendees will learn how to navigate the file system, load software modules, and run interactive...
This session is part of the greater UCLA Disability Pride Week running from Oct 14-17. This session introduces participants to disability culture and the role of allyship in creating more...
Part of the series: From Scripts to Software: Practical Python for Reproducible Research Now that you have a solid foundation in writing sustainable and object-oriented Python code, we will explore...
Do you use LLMs but wish you could improve the results? In this workshop you will learn how to get the most out of LLMs using a step-by-step approach to...
Join us for a session on disability in sports with guest lecturer Sam McIntosh, Paralympic track athlete. This presentation will explore the history and significance of the Paralympics, the classification...
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...
Overleaf is an online LaTeX editor for writing, editing, and publishing documents in a collaborative cloud-based environment. This one-hour workshop is designed for participants with a basic Overleaf familiarity who...
This workshop guides researchers through running Jupyter Notebooks on the Hoffman2 Cluster for interactive data analysis and computing. Participants will learn how to launch Jupyter via the job scheduler, connect...
Learn practical strategies for building more inclusive websites in this session with Chris Patterson, a web accessibility specialist with over 20 years of experience in digital accessibility and web development....
Part of the series: From Scripts to Software: Practical Python for Reproducible Research Having learned how to write sustainable, object-oriented code and how to scale it across multiple processors, we...
Python is a general-purpose programming language that is easy to learn and widely used. It is one of the primary programming languages for data science, and when combined with its...
This workshop explores how human-centered UX design can support the integration of AI into research-focused mobile applications. We’ll examine how AI features, such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic assistants,...