Name: Introduction to Data Storytelling
Start: 2023-06-28T10:30:00-07:00
End: 2023-06-28T12:30:00-07:00
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March 2023
Urban biodiversity: the importance of scale

Institute for Digital Research and Education

March 24, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

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...
Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Using Rstudio on Hoffman2

Office of Advanced Research Computing

March 29, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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...
April 2023
Containers for HPC

Office of Advanced Research Computing

April 5, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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...
Undergraduate Research Week Info Session

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 5, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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...
Cornerstone 1: Getting Started With Research Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 6, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

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...
Abstract and Artist Statement Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 6, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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...
Data-centric AI Brown Bag: AI Reproducibility, AI Readiness, and FAIR

DGIT and the UCLA Library

April 11, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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...
Cornerstone 1: Getting Started With Research Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 11, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

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...
Abstract and Artist Statement Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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...
Building Containers for HPC

Office of Advanced Research Computing

April 12, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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...
Navigating Faculty Mentorships Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 12, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 13, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

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...
Introduction to Network Analysis Methodologies and Tools

Office of Advanced Research Computing

April 14, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Zoom & OARC Portal MS 5628

Are you interested in the connections between people? Places? Concepts? Things? Do you want to visualize data in a way that is comprehensible to a human? Do you want to see how information flows through systems? Then network analysis is for you! This introductory workshop will introduce participants to network analysis, with an emphasis on...
AWS Q2 April Research Session – Enabling and Accelerating Research

Office of Advanced Research Computing

April 17, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Zoom & OARC Portal MS 5628

This is an overview of how our Research team is working with researchers from different domains to enable research and to help accelerate projects. Outlining the various resources, tools, and different approaches to empower institutions and researchers to do more, faster. In this session we can discuss specifics on how these approaches might apply to...

Free
Research and Time Management Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 18, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

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

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 19, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn quantitative methods for conducting research in the humanities, arts, social sciences, and behavioral sciences! Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Interviewing Methods Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 19, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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. Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Cornerstone 3: Finding Sources Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 20, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

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...
Virtual Presentation Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 25, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn how to craft a standout presentation for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase and other Undergraduate Research Week events and conferences! Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
URC-HASS Scholarship Info Session

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 26, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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),...
Docker software platform: Fundamentals

Office of Advanced Research Computing

April 27, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

Built on a hypersivor of host operation system, virtual machine (VM) offers an isolated virtual environment providing functionality needed to execute guest operation systems (OS) and applications. However, VMs usually require heavy computer resources to execute OS and programs. Alternatively, an advanced technique so-called containerization has been developed in the recent years for many applications....
Cornerstone 4: Collecting and Citing Sources

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 27, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

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,...
Python for High Performance Data Analytics (1) Computation

Office of Advanced Research Computing

April 28, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

While Python becomes the most popular programming language since 2019, data scientists often have a few common complaints about its slow speed and the limited capabilities of handling the big data scenarios. In this workshop series, we will present an extensive discussion on how to improve the performance of Python in data science by looking...
Stability and Resolvent Analysis of Fluid Flows – Methods and Challenges

Institute for Digital Research and Education

April 28, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Speaker: Victoria Rolandi, Ph.D. IDRE Fellow Mechanical and Aerospace Department University of California Los Angeles Location: Virtual via Zoom Recording available at: https://youtu.be/m9MTRk0ggrk Abstract: 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...
May 2023
Virtual Presentation Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 2, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn how to craft a standout presentation for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase and other Undergraduate Research Week events and conferences! Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Docker software platform: Practice

Office of Advanced Research Computing

May 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

Built on a hypersivor of host operation system, virtual machine (VM) offers an isolated virtual environment providing functionality needed to execute guest operation systems (OS) and applications. However, VMs usually require heavy computer resources to execute OS and programs. Alternatively, an advanced technique so-called containerization has been developed in the recent years for many applications....
Cornerstone 5: Writing a Literature Review Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 4, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

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 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 the Undergraduate Writing Center. Register here:...
Python for High Performance Data Analytics (2) Arrays

Office of Advanced Research Computing

May 5, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

While Python becomes the most popular programming language since 2019, data scientists often have a few common complaints about its slow speed and the limited capabilities of handling the big data scenarios. In this workshop series, we will present an extensive discussion on how to improve the performance of Python in data science by looking...
Introduction to Meta-analysis in Stata

Office of Advanced Research Computing

May 8, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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...
Data Loofah – Help Identify Errors in Your Data

DGIT and the UCLA Library

May 9, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Zoom

Data cleaning can be a time consuming aspect of research. Join us with guest speaker, Matthew Ponzini for look at Data Loofah, a tool to help researchers clean their data. Data Loofah was developed within the UC Davis Clinical & Translational Science Center (CTSC) – Biostatistics program. This interactive demonstration will provide an overview of...
Virtual Presentation Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 9, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn how to craft a standout presentation for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase and other Undergraduate Research Week events and conferences! Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Building programs from source code

Office of Advanced Research Computing

May 11, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

In the era of open source software, there are a wide range of useful and free programs for researchers to take advantage of, including novel utility programs and innovative research codes. However, it may be necessary to build (compile/link) these programs before using them. During this process, one can run into errors like "command not...
Cornerstone 6: Developing a Research Plan

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

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 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 the Undergraduate Writing Center. Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Data Visualization with Python I: Plotting Fundamentals

Office of Advanced Research Computing

May 12, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom

Python is a very popular language for computational and data science, and it has many powerful capabilities for visualizing data in the pursuit of understanding and conveying underlying patterns. The first part of this series will showcase various ways that Python can be used for creating graphics, following which we’ll dive into some common Python...
R Graphics: Introduction to ggplot2

Office of Advanced Research Computing

May 15, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Zoom

This workshop 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 to make informative and...
URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 16, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn all about the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) and the UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows), as well as how to apply! URSP participants can receive $4,500-$6,000 in scholarships, and Keck Fellows can receive $8,000 in scholarships plus a $2,000 research or creative stipend. Applications for URSP and the Keck Fellows are due by June...
Virtual Presentation Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 17, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn how to craft a standout presentation for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase and other Undergraduate Research Week events and conferences! Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Research and Creative Proposal Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 18, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn how to write a research or creative proposal for scholarship program applications! Applications for the URSP and Keck scholarship programs are due by June 20. Find out how you can receive $4,500-$10,000 in funding for doing research or creative inquiry in URSP or Keck: https://hass.ugresearch.ucla.edu/. Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Data Visualization with Python II: Making Interactive Plots and Dashboards

Office of Advanced Research Computing

May 19, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Zoom

Python is a very popular language for computational and data science, and it has many powerful capabilities for visualizing data in the pursuit of understanding and conveying underlying patterns. The second part of this series will explore various ways that Python can be used to make interactive graphics that enhance one's ability to explore data...
URC-HASS Scholarship Info Session

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 24, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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),...
When will Quantum Computing be ready for Scientific Computing?

Institute for Digital Research and Education

May 25, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

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

Speaker: Jens Palsberg, Ph.D., MBA Professor of Computer Science Samueli School of Engineering University of California Los Angeles Recording link: https://youtu.be/NCcigLa_c7E Description: Quantum computing is rapidly getting better but still has some way to go before it can make a difference in science and business. I will introduce the field, give the status...

Free
URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

May 31, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn all about the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) and the UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows), as well as how to apply! URSP participants can receive $4,500-$6,000 in scholarships, and Keck Fellows can receive $8,000 in scholarships plus a $2,000 research or creative stipend. Applications for URSP and the Keck Fellows are due by June...
June 2023
Research and Creative Proposal Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

June 1, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn how to write a research or creative proposal for scholarship program applications! Applications for the URSP and Keck scholarship programs are due by June 20. Find out how you can receive $4,500-$10,000 in funding for doing research or creative inquiry in URSP or Keck: https://hass.ugresearch.ucla.edu/. Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
NetworkX: The Python package for network science

June 2, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Speaker: Harlin Lee, Ph.D. IDRE Fellow Mathematics Department University of California Los Angeles Location: Virtual via Zoom Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (PST) Link to the notebook used in the presentation: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1B5VXW1pCfoOaPSqjXHmpRlxPExaoCsxZ?usp=sharing Abstract: The network (or graph) structure in data is increasingly used to improve statistical signal processing and machine learning...
URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

June 6, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn all about the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) and the UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows), as well as how to apply! URSP participants can receive $4,500-$6,000 in scholarships, and Keck Fellows can receive $8,000 in scholarships plus a $2,000 research or creative stipend. Applications for URSP and the Keck Fellows are due by June...
Research and Creative Proposal Workshop

Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

June 7, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom

Learn how to write a research or creative proposal for scholarship program applications! Applications for the URSP and Keck scholarship programs are due by June 20. Find out how you can receive $4,500-$10,000 in funding for doing research or creative inquiry in URSP or Keck: https://hass.ugresearch.ucla.edu/. Register here: https://bit.ly/urcworkshop
Getting Started with Registered Reports

Institute for Digital Research and Education

June 8, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 2:30 pm

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

Click here to register (Snacks will be served) 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...

Free
The Research Data Lifecycle For Health Sciences Researchers

DGIT and the UCLA Library

June 13, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Zoom

Research data has grown to unprecedented sizes making local storage, efficient data analysis and long-term archiving a significant challenge. In this session we will introduce the stages of the research data lifecycle. We will discuss how data management plays a role at key stages of the data lifecycle. Finally, we will review tools and resources...
Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Introduction to the Hoffman2 Cluster

Office of Advanced Research Computing

June 21, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zoom

Account creation, connecting via terminal, requesting interactive sessions, loading software in a user environment. Any questions about this workshop can be emailed to Raffaella D'Auria at dauria@oarc.ucla.edu. Presented by the Office of Advanced Research Computing. Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIldemvqjotE93gkZrOw-jowhGR58Q_dtKB
Introduction to Data Storytelling

Office of Advanced Research Computing

June 28, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Zoom

Are you interested in displaying data? Do you want to make your charts and graphs understandable? Do you want to recognize when charts, graphs, and maps are manipulating the truth? If so, this is the workshop for you! We will look at using python pandas to create graphs and charts from tabular data, and how...

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