Competency: Research

February 3, 2023

Python Data Wrangling and Manipulation with Pandas

Pandas is a Python package that provides fast, flexible, and expressive data structures designed to make working with ‘relational’ or ‘labeled’ data both easy and intuitive. It enables doing practical, real world data analysis in Python. In this workshop, we’ll work with example data and go through the various…

February 3, 2023

R Data Wrangling and Manipulation: Part 1 of 2

It is said that 80% of data analysis is spent on the process of cleaning and preparing the data for exploration, visualization, and analysis. This R workshop will introduce the dplyr and tidyr packages to make data wrangling and manipulation easier. Participants will learn how to use these packages…

February 3, 2023

Bash + Git: Introduction

This workshop will start by introducing you to navigating your computer’s file system and basic Bash commands to remove the fear of working with the command line and to give you the confidence to use it to increase your productivity. And then working with Git, a powerful tool for keeping track…

February 3, 2023

Python Machine Learning Fundamentals: Part 1 of 2

This workshop introduces students to scikit-learn, the popular machine learning library in Python, as well as the auto-ML library built on top of scikit-learn, TPOT. The focus will be on scikit-learn syntax and available tools to apply machine learning algorithms to datasets. No theory instruction will be provided.

February 3, 2023

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Fundamentals

Are you starting a research project at UC Berkeley that involves human subjects? If so, one of the first steps you will need to take is getting IRB approval. Numerous questions can come to mind when first negotiating getting a project approved. When should you apply? Does your project require…

February 3, 2023

UC Love Data Week

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Graduate Students, Instructors, Post-Doctoral Students, Researchers, Staff, Students Once again, UC Libraries are collaborating on a UC-wide “Love Data Week” series of talks, presentations, and workshops during February 13-17, 2023. All events are free to attend and open to any member of the UC…

January 30, 2022

Acing the Virtual Interview

Acing the Virtual Interview Wednesday, February 2, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Register via Handshake Presented by: Career Center

January 30, 2022

Introduction to LaTeX with Overleaf

Introduction to LaTeX with Overleaf Thursday, February 10, 4 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Registration required Remote Workshop Presented by: The Library

January 30, 2022

UC Love Data Week

UC Love Data Week February 14-18, 2022 Registration required Remote Workshop Presented by: UC Campuses

January 30, 2022

Python Fundamentals: Part 1 of 4

Python Fundamentals: Part 1 of 4 Tuesday, February 1, 2-5 p.m. Registration required Remote Workshop Presented by: D-Lab

January 30, 2022

R Fundamentals: Part 1 of 4

R Fundamentals: Part 1 of 4 Monday, January 31, 9 a.m.-noon Registration required Remote Workshop Presented by: D-Lab

July 30, 2021

R Bootcamp

The workshop will be an intensive two-day introduction to R using RStudio. After the first morning session, the workshop will (staffing permitting) be split into two separate tracks. Topics will include R basics – reading and manipulating data, working with R data objects, doing calculations, making plots programming in R doing statistics/data…

June 30, 2021

Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference (PASC21)

The 2021 Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference, co-sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), will be held on July 5-8, 2021, as a virtual event. The PASC Conference series is an international and interdisciplinary…

May 13, 2021

Academic Job Search Overview Workshop

Gain insights into the mechanisms of academic hiring, and use the perspective to strengthen your chances for success while you are on the job market.  This broad overview will focus on helping you prepare for your faculty job search, and provide practical suggestions and resources to support your efforts. Learn…