Virtual Presentation Workshop
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
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Building programs from source code
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomIn 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...
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Cornerstone 6: Developing a Research Plan
Hybrid: Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room (room 11360 ) and ZoomStreamline 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
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Data Visualization with Python I: Plotting Fundamentals
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomPython 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...
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R Graphics: Introduction to ggplot2
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis 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...
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URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session
ZoomLearn 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...
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Virtual Presentation Workshop
ZoomLearn 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
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Research and Creative Proposal Workshop
ZoomLearn 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
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Data Visualization with Python II: Making Interactive Plots and Dashboards
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomPython 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...
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URC-HASS Scholarship Info Session
ZoomLearn 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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When will Quantum Computing be ready for Scientific Computing?
Institute for Digital Research and EducationIDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSpeaker: 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...
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URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session
ZoomLearn 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...
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Research and Creative Proposal Workshop
ZoomLearn 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
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NetworkX: The Python package for network science
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...
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URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session
ZoomLearn 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...
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Research and Creative Proposal Workshop
ZoomLearn 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
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Getting Started with Registered Reports
Institute for Digital Research and EducationIDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesClick 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...
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The Research Data Lifecycle For Health Sciences Researchers
DGIT and the UCLA LibraryZoomResearch 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...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Introduction to the Hoffman2 Cluster
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomAccount 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
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Introduction to Data Storytelling
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomAre 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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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Finding your way around the Unix Shell Prompt
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomBasics of Unix shell scripting. 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/tJwodempqTotHdTfUnXazCoykoFa32tq6vHM
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Big Data on HPC
This workshop will go over using Big Data techniques on HPC resources. Big Data methods are used when data size because so large, it becomes challenging to compute. Also, when machine learning models become so complex, it can also be challenging to train. In this workshop, we will go over examples of solving Big Data...
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Leveraging big data in ecology and atmospheric science to study impacts of wildfire smoke on birds
Speaker: Olivia Sanderfoot, Ph.D. IDRE Fellow Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles Location: Link to the recording Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (PST) Registration Link: https://youtu.be/Xked2hZBq44 Abstract: Global wildfire activity is increasing globally, and people and wildlife are increasingly exposed to hazardous smoke. Despite the well-established risks wildfire...
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Visualization applications on HPC
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis is a HPC workshop focused on optimizing visualization applications on the powerful Hoffman2 cluster. In this session, we will go over opening GUI interfaces, enabling usage of a range of applications. Using popular IDEs such as RStudio and Jupyter, while also exploring the capabilities of tools like ParaView, VisIt, and VTK on Hoffman2. Moreover,...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Running Jupyter notebooks on the Hoffman2 Cluster
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomRunning Jupyter notebooks on the Hoffman2 Cluster. 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/tJAkdu6sqjgsGN10ggpiPVmfRbX8TSN7g8tN
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Building and Compiling Software on HPC
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomIn this hands-on session, you will gain the skills and knowledge required to successfully build and compile software in an HPC environment, regardless of your programming expertise. By utilizing the powerful compiling tools available on Hoffman2, you will learn to construct customized applications essential for your research. Moreover, we will delve into best practices for...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Submitting jobs to the Scheduler
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomRunning batch jobs on the Hoffman2 Cluster. 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/tJAode-hrjIiG9A6Sqp3y3syR0ejUjfR_dv7
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Learning Scikit-Learn
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomMachine learning has undeniably emerged as a crucial element in the field of science and technology in recent years. Consequently, mastering libraries like scikit-learn, pivotal in the arsenal of machine learning tools, is of paramount importance. This lecture is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the scikit-learn Python library. To get the most out...
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Molecular and Optical Tools for Mapping Mammalian Genome and Brain
Speaker: Rongxin Fang, Ph.D. Postdoc Fellow Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (PST) Date: July 28, 2023 Location: Zoom - Register here for the zoom link Abstract: The human brain is enormously complex, containing hundreds of billions of cells and perhaps thousands of distinct types. A fundamental question is how...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Running Array Jobs
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomRunning Array jobs on the Hoffman2 Cluster. 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/tJYsdeqtpj0jGNTtNQtHaZunG2LVN1_texfD
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High Performance Machine Learning Using Scikit-Learn
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomMachine learning has undeniably emerged as a crucial element in the field of science and technology in recent years. Consequently, mastering libraries like scikit-learn, pivotal in the arsenal of machine learning tools, is of paramount importance.In this session, we delve into advanced aspects of leveraging the scikit-learn Python library for high-performance machine learning. We will...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: R and Python
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis Hoffman2 Happy Hour is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to harness the power of High-Performance Computing (HPC) for data analysis. The workshop focuses on two popular programming languages, R and Python, and provides step-by-step guidance on installing essential packages for HPC environments. Participants will learn how to navigate the intricacies...
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Applied Survey Data Analysis using SAS 9.4
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis workshop covers descriptive analyses, both numerical and graphical, with both continuous and categorical variables. Subpopulation analysis will be discussed, and then examples of OLS regression and logistic regression will be considered. Any questions about this workshop can be emailed to Christine Wells at crwells@ucla.edu. Presented by the Office of Advanced Research Computing. Register here:...
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R Data Management
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis workshop explores tools in R for data management, with a focus on the several of the packages in the “tidyverse” collection. Topics covered include summarizing variables, subsetting rows and columns, generating group-level variables, combining data sets, reshaping data, and working with string and datetime data. This workshop is designed to be interactive, so some...
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Introduction to Programming in R
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis workshop is an introduction to R as a programming language. The aim of this workshop is to improve programming skills of R users who have some familiarity with R as a statistical package and would like to extend their R skills. We will talk about how R users can write functions to replace repetitive...
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Running Ansys Fluids products on Hoffman2 and on Local Devices
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomAnsys is an engineering software that is used particularly in multiphysics modeling. This is an introductory workshop that will explore various approaches for (1) accessing Ansys products through the Hoffman2 cluster and through tunnelling on local devices, (2) allocating resources to appropriate simulations for optimal efficiency, and (3) troubleshooting common errors frequently encountered for simulations....
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A Tutorial for Ansys Fluids Products with Application to Cross-Platform Programming
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomAnsys is an engineering software that is employed for a plethora of multiphysics simulations. This is an introductory tutorial workshop for building, configuring, executing, and postprocessing simulation projects and data using Ansys products including CAD software (DesignModeler and SpaceClaim), meshing software (Workbench Meshing, Fluent Meshing) and multiphysics software (Fluent). Additionally, various programming languages (Scheme Lisp,...
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On Functional Brain Network and Dynamic Multivariate task fMRI Analysis
Institute for Digital Research and EducationIDRE Portal 5628 Math Sciences Building, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Prof. Nathan Spreng James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University Director, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, Montreal Neurological Institute. RSVP: Link to the recording of the second session. The impact of loneliness on functional brain network organization across the lifespan (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM): Loneliness emerges when one’s need for interpersonal...
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Intro to Julia: A fast dynamic language for statistical computing and data science
Institute for Digital Research and EducationSpeaker: Seyoon Ko, Ph.D. IDRE Fellow and Assistant Adjunct Professor, Mathematics Department, University of California Los Angeles Location: Virtual Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/lmtHtuyl-Q0 Abstract: Julia (http://julialang.org) is a modern open-source programming language for technical computing. Its design offers much greater speed and productivity compared to R or Python, as...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hours: Introduction to the Hoffman2 Cluster
ZoomThis workshop will cover what the Hoffman2 cluster is and what it can do to you. It will address several topics to get you started with the cluster, including:- Accounts - Policies - Connecting to the Hoffman2 Cluster - Connecting via terminal and SSH - Interacting with the Unix CLI - Locating installed software on...
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AWS Research Session: Enabling and Accelerating Research
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoom & OARC Portal MS 5628Register now to attend the AWS Q4 Research Session: Enabling and Accelerating Research. Use Cases Facilitator: Scott Friedman- Higher Education Research Leader, Amazon Web Services In this session, we will hear from UC Researchers using cloud resources to enable and accelerate projects. Outlining the various resources, tools, and different approaches. Research use cases will be...
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Cloud Computing Workshops: AWS Elastic Compute Cloud
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomCloud computing service allows users to access various computing resources such as applications, servers, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and artificial intelligence through the internet. This workshop series aims to offer practical guidance for academic researchers who want to use cloud computing resources. I will cover compute instances, network, interactive computing, storage, and high-performance computing (HPC)...
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Cloud Computing Workshops: AWS Cloud Storage
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomCloud computing service allows users to access various computing resources such as applications, servers, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and artificial intelligence through the internet. This workshop series aims to offer practical guidance for academic researchers who want to use cloud computing resources. I will cover compute instances, network, interactive computing, storage, and high-performance computing (HPC)...
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Introduction to Immersive Annotated 360 Virtual Tours with Adobe Captivate
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomMost would agree that in terms of creating virtual experiences as part of research, more context is better. Contextual information allows for a bigger picture to be seen and can provide in situ understanding, despite being remote. With the proliferation of 360 cameras, creating immersive virtual tours has become more commonplace. Whether it is to...
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Hoffman2 Happy Hours: Connecting To the Hoffman2 Cluster via remote desktop / Data Transfer to and from the Hoffman2 Cluster
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomOpening a remote desktop on the Hoffman2 Cluster / Data transfer hands on Questions about this workshop can be directed to Raffaella D'Auria (dauria@oarc.ucla.edu). Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lde2qpzIuGNJpOwJKHy04Z8ivrbFCWuEe
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Containers for HPC workshop
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis 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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Building Containers for HPC
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThis 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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Hoffman2 Happy Hour: Rstudio for HPC
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomThe Hoffman2 Happy Hours Series: Using Rstudio on Hoffman2 is best with a Rstudio Server app. This Happy Hour shows an example of using a Rstudio Server with Apptainer. Questions about this workshop can be directed to Charles Peterson (cpeterson@oarc.ucla.edu). Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocuupqzIuGNcIdgj9o1CSE9lEcn6WgOIk
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Learning ChatGPT — Its Past, Present, and Future
Office of Advanced Research ComputingZoomEver since its debut in November 2022, ChatGPT has become one of the most intriguing technological advancements of our time. Particularly within scientific communities, there's a genuine interest in its capabilities, its evolution, and the potential transformative impacts it may have on scientific research. This 2-hour lecture offers an insightful dive into ChatGPT and similar...
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Introduction to Stata
ZoomThis workshop introduces the statistical software Stata, with a focus on basic commands for importing data, data management, data visualization and simple statistical analysis. This workshop is aimed at new and infrequent Stata users. Questions about this workshop can be sent to Andy Lin (alin@oarc.ucla.edu). Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrdeitrzIuEtCZs8DNZ6Nax_PGpA29gSRV