October 2024 Oct 18 Intro to Digital Accessibility in Research 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom What is digital accessibility? How can the research enterprise be more prepared to be inclusive of people with disabilities. What should an IRB be evaluating in terms of digital accessibility? Oct 23 HPC@UCLA: Working at the UNIX shell & Environmental Modules… 11:00 am to 12:00 pm OARC Portal- 5628 Math Science Building Knowledge of Linux is key to successfully using most HPC resources, including the Hoffman2 Cluster. This workshop introduces users to basic usage of the command line interface (CLI), basic file manipulation... Oct 24 Massively Parallel Computing with GPU 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm OARC Portal- 5628 Math Science Building This workshop series offers an in-depth exploration of massively parallel programming with Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of parallel computing concepts... Oct 25 Learning Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) at Hoffman2 10:00 am to 12:00 pm OARC Portal- 5628 Math Science Building As the excitement around ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) continues to grow, many are exploring how to leverage these technologies in their own domains to achieve more targeted and advanced... November 2024 Nov 01 Using GitHub for Collaboration and Project Management 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Do you build software applications and use GitHub for your code versioning? In this workshop you will learn about GitHub Projects and how to create and resolve issues. You will also learn how to create and... Nov 04 Introduction to Mediation Models with the PROCESS macro in SPSS 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm Zoom This workshop will introduce the PROCESS Macro in SPSS (written by Andrew Hayes). Basic models will be demonstrated. Explanations of the syntax and output will be given, as well as some tips about reporting... Nov 06 HPC@UCLA: Jupyter Notebooks/JupyterLan on H2C (the Hoffman2… 11:00 am to 12:00 pm OARC Portal- 5628 Math Science Building Jupyter Notebook and JupyterLab are a powerful tool for interactive computing and for proof of concept implementations. Come and learn how to open jupyter sessions on your local browser while harnessing the... Nov 08 Research Study Design Considerations for Mobile Technology 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Study designs that includes mobile apps requires planning, forethought, and awareness of the data needed to achieve your grant’s “specific aims”. Mobile devices are near ubiquitous but if you are building one... Nov 13 Introduction to Version Control with Git, Part 1 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm Zoom As a computational researcher, it can be essential to know how to use version control in order to run other people’s code or to develop code as part of a multi-person development team. Git is one software... Nov 14 Learning Neural Network 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Neural networks are the "beating heart" of modern LLM-based AI systems, driving everything from image recognition to natural language processing. In this 2-hour lecture, we'll explore the foundational... Nov 14 Planning for Accessibility in your Research Proposals 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom As you plan and budget for your research studies, keep in mind that making your research findings accessible should be a forethought and not an afterthought. If you are going to create a website, you need to... Nov 18 Introduction to SPSS 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm Zoom 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... Nov 20 HPC@UCLA: Interactive Computing on H2C (the Hoffman2 Cluster) 11:00 am to 12:00 pm OARC Portal- 5628 Math Science Building Learn how to perform interactive computing on the Hoffman2 Cluster. From requesting the computational resources needed for your interactive session to loading and starting TUI and GUI applications. Nov 20 Introduction to Version Control with Git, Part 2 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm Zoom GitHub is a web-based platform for software projects using Git. This workshop will continue the Git introduction by focusing on how to use the features of GitHub for accessing, managing, and collaborating on... December 2024 Dec 02 Effect size measures for linear multilevel models in R 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm Zoom In 2019, Rights and Sterba introduced a set of effect size measures for linear multilevel models in the article Quantifying Explained Variance in Multilevel Models: An Integrative Framework for Defining R... Dec 04 HPC@UCLA: Batch Job Submission on H2C (the Hoffman2 Cluster) 11:00 am to 12:00 pm OARC Portal- 5628 Math Science Building Batch computing enables you to execute concurrently or independently a large number of simulations, practically scaling up your ability to conduct research. Come and learn the basics of how to submit jobs... Dec 05 Overcoming Common Issues on Hoffman2 Cluster 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm Zoom In this workshop, we will explore several frequent challenges encountered when using the Hoffman2 cluster. Attendees will gain practical knowledge on how to address these issues independently, enhancing their... Dec 06 Collecting Research Data on the Go 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Mobile App Research allows for flexible collection of data. Being “in the field” can now happen anytime and anywhere. This is true across a broad spectrum of disciplines today including public health, life... Dec 13 Using GitHub for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Do you write and version code in Github? In this workshop you will learn how to use Github Actions to automatically and securely deploy your source code across your infrastructure. Join this workshop to learn... TrainingsWatch an OARC workshop when it works for your scheduleView Videos on YouTube Past EventsSee past programs and view recordings (when available).View Past Events