MFA enrollment party for Humanities employees

Humanities Bldg. Rm 193

Need help enrolling in Multi-factor authentication (MFA)? Come to Humanities 193 for in-person help from HumTech Department Technology Analysts. And treats! For more information about MFA at UCLA: https://www.it.ucla.edu/security/resources/mfa-at-ucla-enroll

Computing Environment on Linux – II

IDRE Portal - 5628 Math Sciences Building

The second session is regarding the use of Linux system for computation. It will describe the compilation and execution procedures for a given source program. A sample software code will be used to demonstrate the computing tools such as makefile, debugger, and profiler which are available under most Linux environments. To RSVP: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/computing-environment-linux-ii-oct2017

Free

National Leadership Class Computing Resources and Opportunities for UCLA Researchers

IDRE Portal - 5628 Math Sciences Building

The Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautical Space Agency support an ecosystem of “leadership class” computing facilities housing some of the world’s most advanced supercomputers and high-end visualization and data analysis resources. These facilities provide “free” computing cycles at scale and storage to researchers from academia. Access to these resources is...

Free

How to Make Technology Solve Big Problems

Young Research Library, Library Conference Center

The Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences at UCLA A talk by speaker: Jessica Trancik, associate professor in Energy Studies, Institute for Data, Systems and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RSVP is requested. Light refreshments will be served.  

Technologies Enhancing Student Learning

YRL Conference Room

A UCLA Campus Conversation sponsored by the Online Teaching & Learning Initiative UCLA faculty are rethinking courses based on the ways students learn best and environments that foster that learning. Divisional initiatives are exploring those issues; departments are looking at their curricula; faculty are working with campus support groups to modify their own classes. The...

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3D Modeling with Vectorworks Part I

Scholarly Innovation Lab, YRL 280 Charles E. Young Drive N, Los Angeles, CA

This hands-on session will explore some of the most important 3D modeling tools available in the latest release of Vectorworks. This workshop will cover everything from basic functionality to advanced techniques, including the following: User interface, 2D drawing, 3D modeling, Basic texturing, Simple rendering. Note: To get the most out of the workshop please bring...

Choreographing Interventions in Multi-User Online Environments

UCLA Game Lab

Event is from 12:00 - 2:00 pm and a repeat workshop will occur from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. In this workshop game developer, performance artist, and interventionist Angela Washko will lead participants in exercises that will ask them to reconsider virtual environments as distinctive contexts for performance and intervention. Participants will gain both art historical...

Digital Approaches to Nordic Literature

Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Digital approaches to Scandinavian literature UCLA – November 12-14 2017 Organized by Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Kristoffer L. Nielbo, and Timothy R. Tangherlini Program Sunday 12 7pm Dinner, tbd Monday 13 – Exploration Room, Luskin Conference Center 9.00-9.15 Welcome and opening remarks, the format – Tim and Mads 9.15-9.30   The Clear Repository – Kristoffer 9.30-9.50  ...

Structuring Data to Decolonize History

The Learning Lab at Rolfe 2118 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA

In 1827, a scandal involving a fly swatter provided a pretext for the cessation of diplomacy between France and Algiers and, in 1830, the French conquest. The historiography of French Algeria’s violent formation remains focused, almost exclusively, on the actions of French officials. In contrast, this talk presents two case studies – one from an...

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Nonny de la Peña, “Immersive Journalism, Breaking the Frame, and the Gender Struggle in Virtual Reality”

Sequoia Room, Faculty Center 480 CHARLES YOUNG DR. EAST, Los Angeles

CSW is thrilled to feature Nonny de la Peña as part of Feminism and the Senses. Nonny de la Peña, named “The Godmother of Virtual Reality” by The Guardian and Engadget and one of the 20 most influential Latina/os in tech by CNET, is a pioneer of virtual reality and immersive journalism. She will be speaking on “Immersive...