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Events for March 13 – February 6 – Page 2 – Office of Advanced Research Computing Events for March 13 – February 6 – Page 2 – Office of Advanced Research Computing

Amarel monthly maintenance

Maintenance is usually scheduled for weekdays because it often involves coordination with university facilities teams or external vendors. There may also be times when Amarel must be unavailable due to externally-scheduled data center facilities, power, or telecommunications maintenance. When this happens, we will do our best to avoid adding to a month’s downtime with our … Read More

Introduction to GIS with ArcGIS Pro

A Geographic Information System (GIS) can be a very useful tool for your research by incorporating location when exploring questions. In this short, interactive workshop, we will focus on ArcGIS Pro basics, explore the interface, add and visualize data, create a map layout which we can either export as a PDF or share as a … Read More

R for reproducible scientific documents: knitr, rmarkdown, and beyond

The RStudio environment enables the easy creation of documents in various formats (HTML, DOC, PDF) using Rmarkdown, while knitr allows the incorporation of executable R code to produce the tables and figures in those documents. This session introduces these concepts and other packages and practices supporting reproducibility with the R environment.

R graphics with ggplot2

The ggplot2 package from the tidyverse provides extensive and flexible graphical capabilities within a consistent framework.  This session introduces the main features of ggplot2. Some prior familiarity with R is assumed (packages, structure, syntax), but the presentation can be followed without this background. Supplemental materials are available.

Introduction to GIS with QGIS

A Geographic Information System (GIS) can be a very useful tool for your research by incorporating location when exploring questions. In this short, interactive workshop, we will focus on the open source geographic information system: QGIS3. We will explore the interface, add and visualize data, create a map layout, explore plugins and support. Previous knowledge … Read More

Large language models: From theory to implementation

This workshop introduces the basics of Large Language Models (LLMs), covering their foundations, capabilities, and practical applications. Learn how to implement LLMs, explore best practices, and responsibly integrate them into real-world projects. Supplemental materials are available.

Data Publication 2 (publishing to data repositories and creating R packages)

Sharing your data and code is the essential step in maximizing the impact and usefulness of your research. Part of the Data Topics series of workshops, this workshop first reviews repositories for data publication such as Dataverse, ICPSR, OSF, Zenodo, and more. Then we turn to a detailed discussion of building R packages. R Packages … Read More

Generative AI applications with AI agents

This workshop explores the integration of generative AI with autonomous agents to create innovative applications that can solve problems, automate tasks, and enhance creativity. Participants will learn how generative AI agents combine language models, tools, and APIs to perform complex tasks independently. Supplemental materials are available.