Research Writing with Overleaf: Templates, Bibliographies, and Collaboration
Overleaf is an online LaTeX editor for writing, editing, and publishing documents in a collaborative cloud-based environment. This one-hour workshop is designed for participants with a basic Overleaf familiarity who ...
Find out more »Interactive Computing with Jupyter on the Hoffman2 Cluster – HPC@UCLA Workshop 3 of 5
This workshop guides researchers through running Jupyter Notebooks on the Hoffman2 Cluster for interactive data analysis and computing. Participants will learn how to launch Jupyter via the job scheduler, connect ...
Find out more »Food Studies Resources at the UCLA Library and beyond
Food studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that examines the cultural, economic, political and environmental dimensions of food. Research resources in food studies are equally broad, and can present a ...
Find out more »Top 10 Accessibility Tips with Accessibility Specialist Chris Patterson
Learn practical strategies for building more inclusive websites in this session with Chris Patterson, a web accessibility specialist with over 20 years of experience in digital accessibility and web development. ...
Find out more »Workshop participants will receive an introduction to artists’ books. In this hands-on workshop, participants will have the opportunity to engage with artists’ books from the collection of UCLA Library’s Arts Library. The workshop will provide an overview of the history of artists’ books and also introduce participants to various structures, forms and bindings. Resources for creating artists’ books will also be discussed.
Introduction to Artists' Books
Find out more »Accelerating Your Code with GPUs
Part of the series: From Scripts to Software: Practical Python for Reproducible Research Having learned how to write sustainable, object-oriented code and how to scale it across multiple processors, we ...
Find out more »Numerical Programming with Python, Part I: Crash Course in Fundamentals
Python is a general-purpose programming language that is easy to learn and widely used. It is one of the primary programming languages for data science, and when combined with its ...
Find out more »Designing AI interfaces for Research Mobile Apps
This workshop explores how human-centered UX design can support the integration of AI into research-focused mobile applications. We’ll examine how AI features, such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic assistants, ...
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Frontiers in Computational Biosciences Seminar Series: Hooman Allayee, PhD, Professor-in-residence, Medicine, UCLA
TITLE: “System Genetics Studies of Coronary Artery Disease”
Find out more »Introduction to Digital Accessibility Testing
Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managersTools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants will: Understand the ...
Find out more »Introduction to Nursing Resources
Introduction to commonly used Nursing resources such as CINAHL, Joanna Briggs Suite, ebooks, etc.
Find out more »Google Cloud Platform: Compute Engine
Cloud computing services enable users to access a wide range of computing resources via the internet. This workshop series is designed to provide academic researchers with practical guidance on leveraging ...
Find out more »Rclone in 60 Minutes: Safe and Fast File Transfer
Move and sync files between your computer and cloud storage with confidence. Learn to create connections, list and transfer files, and use safety flags to protect your data.
Find out more »Learn about the world-class map collection at the UCLA Library and how to incorporate maps in your research. We will discuss how to find and access maps, and then move towards how to read maps critically and discuss the many ways they can be incorporated in research across all disciplines and majors. Researching primary sources like maps can be intimidating, but after this workshop you’ll leave with the skills you need for success. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop.
Mapping Your Way to Success: Finding and Using Maps at the UCLA Library
Find out more »Numerical Programming with Python, Part II: NumPy, SciPy, and Pandas
The second part of this hands-on series will introduce you to a few libraries that enable Python to function as a powerful numerical programming language, including NumPy, SciPy, and Pandas. ...
Find out more »Learning Neural Network
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 concepts of ...
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W27: Systems biology of metabolism – workflows and resources for multi-omics data integration
The application of omics (i.e., metabolomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, genomics) has become greatly popular in the life sciences. These technologies unlock the investigation of metabolism across thousands of genes, proteins, and ...
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Frontiers in Computational Biosciences Seminar Series: Jian Zeng, PhD, Group Leader – Centre for Population and Disease Genomics – Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland – Australia
TITLE: “Leveraging functional annotations to enhance trait prediction and biological discovery”
Find out more »Applied Survey Data Analysis Using SAS
This workshop will show how descriptive analyses, both numerical and graphical, can be done with continuous and categorical variables. Subpopulation analysis will be discussed, and then examples of OLS regression ...
Find out more »Batch Computing on the Hoffman2 Cluster – HPC@UCLA Workshop 4 of 5
This workshop introduces participants to running batch jobs on the Hoffman2 Cluster using the job scheduler. Attendees will learn how to write and submit batch scripts, request computing resources, monitor ...
Find out more »Introduction to Siteimprove Accessibility Software
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the ...
Find out more »Technical Resources at UCLA: Standards and Patents
Ever been curious about what technical standards and patents are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to technical standards and patents, as well ...
Find out more »Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Storages
Cloud computing services enable users to access a wide range of computing resources via the internet. This workshop series is designed to provide academic researchers with practical guidance on leveraging ...
Find out more »AIM AHEAD West Hub & Awardee Showcase: Algorithmic Opacity in Opioid Risk Scoring
The National Institutes of Health’s AIM-AHEAD program was established to create mutually beneficial and coordinated partnerships that empower researchers and communities across the United States in developing AI/ML models and ...
Find out more »The Changing Federal Data Landscape: What UCLA Researchers Need to Know – a conversation with data consortium ICPSR director, Dr. Margaret Levenstein
Federal agencies are going through major transitions, and researchers are dealing with changes in data access and documentation. Join Dr. Margaret Levenstein, Director of Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ...
Find out more »Whether you’re looking to enhance your paper, learn your community’s history, or trace your family tree, primary sources are a vital resource for any researcher looking to engage with the past and present. If you’ve ever been intimidated by archival spaces or had difficulty finding specific sources, UCLA Library is here to help. Join Kelsey Brown and Kate Ridgewell as they guide you through enriching your research by understanding, finding, accessing, and incorporating primary sources. This lecture-based workshop is designed for students and researchers with little to no experience with primary sources and will not be recorded. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you’re registered, you’ll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.
Introduction to Primary Source Research
Find out more »GitHub for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
Do you use GitHub as a code repository? In this workshop you will learn how to expand your GitHub use by integrating continuous integration and continuous deployment workflows. Together we ...
Find out more »Output Tables in R
R is a powerful programming language specifically designed for statistical analysis. In this workshop, we will explore some of the tools and packages available in R to craft visually appealing ...
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W25: Population Genetics Modeling
In order to make inferences based on genomic data, it is useful to understand the evolutionary forces that underlie observed genetic variation. The field of population genetics offers theoretical tools ...
Find out more »Introduction to Document Accessibility (Google docs, Word, PDF)
This session provides an introduction to creating accessible documents in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and PDFs. Participants will learn the fundamentals of digital accessibility, including how to use proper heading ...
Find out more »Choosing a Citation Manager – EndNote vs. Zotero
Using a citation manager adds ease and efficiency to conducting research and writing papers, but what citation manager is the best for you? We’ll describe the pros and cons of ...
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QCBio Special Seminar: Thomas Kammertöns, PhD, Institute for Cancer Immunology, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin
TITLE: ““The role of IFN-γ in Tumor Immunity – Mechanisms and TCR Gene Therapy”
Find out more »UCLA students, faculty, and staff are invited to register for this hands-on workshop exploring the ethical and practical uses of generative A.I. tools. Led by UCLA Library staff, this 90 minute workshop will focus on writing effective prompts, evaluating A.I.’s ability to understand and summarize academic writing and explore ways to use A.I. tools to improve research strategies, while keeping issues of plagiarism, intellectual property protection and other impacts of A.I. in mind. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own or borrow a CLICC laptop or chromebook to follow along with workshop activities.This workshop will be led by Michelle Brasseur and Helen Song.
Using AI Tools Effectively and Ethically
Find out more »Optimizing and Managing Your Workflows – HPC@UCLA Workshop 5 of 5
This advanced session focuses on improving the efficiency, scalability, and reproducibility of your research workflows on the Hoffman2 Cluster. Topics include job arrays, resource monitoring, environment management (e.g., python, conda), ...
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Frontiers in Computational Biosciences Seminar Series: Yi Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University
TITLE: “Interpretable machine learning methods to understand tissue heterogeneity using large-scale single-cell genomics and high-definition spatial transcriptomics”
Find out more »Build your app in an hour (with AI powered coding)
This one hour workshop will guide researchers, students, and staff turn a pre-formed idea for an app into a working prototype they can test with potential users, subjects, or customers.
Find out more »Building Image Processing Pipelines using AWS Generative AI Services
In this workshop you will learn how to leverage AWS Generative AI Services to create an image processing pipeline that leverages AI models in AWS SageMaker. You will learn how ...
Find out more »Digital Accessibility Testing Made Simple
Duration: 1 hour Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managers Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, ...
Find out more »Covariate Selection in Regression: A Crash Course on Good and Bad Controls
Choosing which covariates to control for in regression models is a well-known challenge, and clear guidance on this issue is often lacking. Causal diagrams, specifically directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), offer ...
Find out more »Making Full Use of Secondary Data with IPUMS
Population-level data from censuses and long-standing surveys have enormous potential for health research. They provide large sample sizes, measures of social determinants of health over a relatively long timespan, and ...
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QCBio Faculty Research Forum
Join us for a series of talks featuring QCBio faculty as they share ideas that excite them Mehdi Bouhaddou Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics The Bouhaddou Lab dissects ...
Find out more »Digital Accessibility Basics
This interactive session introduces the fundamentals of digital accessibility and why it matters at UCLA. Participants will learn what accessibility means in a digital context, gain insight into disability culture, ...
Find out more »Introduction to Siteimprove
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the ...
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Frontiers in Computational Biosciences Seminar Series: Casey Overby Taylor, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology) and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
“Real-World Evidence for Guideline-Directed Genomic Medicine”
Find out more »Research Design and Analysis Support: DOMStat & CTSI BERD Services
Join us to learn about the valuable research support services provided by the DOMStat (Department of Medicine Statistics Core) and CTSI BERD (Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Program) teams. These expert groups offer a ...
Find out more »Introduction to Siteimprove Accessibility Software
This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the ...
Find out more »Organize your Research with Zotero
An introduction to citation managers and the tool Zotero. Learn how to set up and begin using Zotero to manage your sources! Please bring a laptop or equivalent device to ...
Find out more »Introduction to Version Control with Git, Part 1
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 ...
Find out more »Top 10 Accessibility Tips with Accessibility Specialist Chris Patterson
Are you struggling to bring your website into compliance with laws, policies and guidelines on accessibility? Do you need to know more about the ADA, WCAG, and Section 508? Do ...
Find out more »Web of Science 2.0: Tips and Tricks
Looking to beef up your Web of Science skills? This workshop will cover some more advanced features of Web of Science, a multidisciplinary database covering a wide array of scientific ...
Find out more »Learn Prompt Engineering and Retrieval Augmented Generation Using Open-Source LLMs
In this workshop you will learn both the art and the science of crafting LLM prompts for generative AI models to elicit accurate and relevant results. You will also learn ...
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Frontiers in Computational Biosciences Seminar Series: Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, PhD, Assistant Professor, Computational Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
“Building a framework to integrate genetics, environment, and society”
Find out more »Mobilizing Behavioral Research: Smarter Engagement, Better Insights
This workshop will share how OARC is supporting researchers with mobile engagement strategies and helping them collect analytics for their behavioral studies. From Psychology to Oncology to Dentistry projects, we ...
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