Introduction to SAS

CLICC Classroom B, 3rd Floor Powell Library

SAS is a powerful statistical package that runs on many platforms, including Windows and Unix. This class is designed for people who are just getting started using SAS. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using SAS for statistics, graphics, and data management.  The class notes can be found at https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/seminars/notes/. RSVP Here: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/introduction-to-spss-3...

Running Applications on Hoffman2 Cluster: An Introduction

IDRE Portal - 5628 Math Sciences Building

The Hoffman2 cluster is a powerful computational resource for the UCLA research community. This class is designed to clarify the process of porting your own applications on the cluster or using applications already available on the cluster. It also addresses how to port your workflow to the Hoffman2 and how to submit batch and run...

Running Applications on Hoffman2 Cluster: Case Studies

IDRE Portal - 5628 Math Sciences Building

This class will address the process of creating Matlab standalone executables and running Matlab in batch, as well as running Abaqus python scripts. Example of how to submit array jobs using Abaqus, R and other applications. Can my simulations be submitted as array jobs? Bring your own problem. Also, Jupyter Notebooks: another way to run...

Software Carpentry Workshop (R version)

West Electronic Classroom (Room 23167), YRL

Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they...

Introduction to SPSS

CLICC Classroom B, 3rd Floor Powell Library

SPSS is a very easy-to-use statistical package that runs on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms. This class is designed for people who are just starting to use SPSS. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using SPSS for doing statistics, graphics, and data management. The class notes are the scripts for the...

Take a New Look at Teaching and Research with Artstor and Shared Shelf

Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA

Artstor and Shared Shelf are now a complete solution for managing image collections for teaching and/or research. Newly licensed by the UCLA Library to allow for increased image storage, Shared Shelf lets UCLA faculty create online collections of their own image sets, annotate them with rich metadata, and share them with fellow scholars. Researchers can...

Open Science Framework for Research Workflows

CLICC Classroom C, Powell Library

There are many actions researchers can take to increase the openness and reproducibility of their work. Please join us for a workshop, hosted by the Center for Open Science, to learn easy, practical steps researchers can take to increase the reproducibility of their work. The workshop will be hands-on. Using example studies, attendees will actively participate...

Finding Sources at the UCLA Library

CLICC Classroom C, Powell Library

Want to learn the most effective search strategies? There’s much more to search than Google! Become a savvy searcher and learn more about the best places to search for the information you need. RSVP recommended, but not mandatory. All are welcome! 

Python for Scientific Computing

IDRE Portal - 5628 Math Sciences Building

Python, originally developed as a general purpose programming language, has gained its popularity in the scientific community in recently years owning to its elegant and easy- to-understand syntax and powerful libraries. Python fully supports both functional and object-oriented programming styles. This class will present a number useful features of Python in the context of scientific...

Free

Computing Environment on Linux – I

IDRE Portal - 5628 Math Sciences Building

Part-I session of Computing Environment on Linux class is aimed to help researchers who are new to the Linux system. This two hour session will introduce basic Unix/Linux commands, shells, as well as a few editors available on most of the flavors of Linux operating system. The user should be able to log in to...

Free