Past Events

  • Wed, 03/06/2024 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications

More details can be found at http://ecodatascience.github.io/events

  • Tue, 02/27/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509

This one day carpentry workshop introduces tools for turning web pages into analyzable data. We will explore common web scraping scenarios and learn how to use XPath and a web browser to extract data from websites without needing to write code.  We will also discuss the ethics of web scraping.

Registration will open February 5, 2024 at 8:00 am at: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2258697

  • Wed, 02/14/2024 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications

More details can be found at http://ecodatascience.github.io/events

  • Tue, 01/30/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm
  • Thu, 02/01/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on Jan 30 and Feb,1 2024 for an introduction on utilizing the terminal to use version control with Git. We will get you started on how to use the command shell/bash to use git. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and powerful tasks, often with just a few keystrokes or lines of code. It helps automate repetitive tasks and easily combine smaller tasks into larger, more efficient workflows. We then go over how to...

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  • Tue, 01/30/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm
  • Thu, 02/01/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on Jan 30 and Feb,1 2024 for an introduction on utilizing the terminal to use version control with Git. We will get you started on how to use the command shell/bash to use git. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and powerful tasks, often with just a few keystrokes or lines of code. It helps automate repetitive tasks and easily combine smaller tasks into larger, more efficient workflows. We then go over how to...

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  • Wed, 01/17/2024 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications

More details can be found at http://ecodatascience.github.io/events

  • Mon, 12/11/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 12/12/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This is a two day workshop on Monday - Tuesday, Dec 11-12, 2023 on a hands-on on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio
Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create quarto documents that combine code, analysis, and narrative. RStudio makes it possible to work on a complete research project in a more efficient, integrated and organized manner: from data upload, cleaning, and analysis, to writing and...

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  • Mon, 12/11/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 12/12/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This is a two day workshop on Monday - Tuesday, Dec 11-12, 2023 on a hands-on on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio
Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create quarto documents that combine code, analysis, and narrative. RStudio makes it possible to work on a complete research project in a more efficient, integrated and organized manner: from data upload, cleaning, and analysis, to writing and...

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  • Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications

GitHub is mainly known as a version control platform that facilitates collaborative coding. Effective collaboration (with yourself or...

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  • Tue, 11/14/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/15/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/16/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This three-day, example-driven workshop on Nov 14-16, 2023 is an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. The workshop will start on how to use the Jupyter notebook interface through JupyterLabs. The workshop will then go over with the basics of...

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  • Tue, 11/14/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
  • Wed, 11/15/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
  • Thu, 11/16/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/14/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/15/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/16/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This three-day, example-driven workshop on Nov 14-16, 2023 is an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. The workshop will start on how to use the Jupyter notebook interface through JupyterLabs. The workshop will then go over with the basics of...

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  • Tue, 11/14/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
  • Wed, 11/15/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
  • Thu, 11/16/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/14/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/15/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/16/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This three-day, example-driven workshop on Nov 14-16, 2023 is an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. The workshop will start on how to use the Jupyter notebook interface through JupyterLabs. The workshop will then go over with the basics of...

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  • Tue, 11/14/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
  • Wed, 11/15/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
  • Thu, 11/16/2023 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Location: Online
  • Thu, 11/09/2023 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

 

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  • Tue, 11/07/2023 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

After a long hiatus, EcoDataScience's workshop series is returning! 

EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny...

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  • Mon, 10/23/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 10/24/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on October 23 and 24, 2023 ...

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  • Mon, 10/23/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 10/24/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on October 23 and 24, 2023 ...

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  • Thu, 10/12/2023 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: DREAM Lab

This is our first Fall community meeting of the academic year. We will discuss the Carpentries Program, and instructor training for the upcoming year. If you are interested in becoming a certified Carpentries Instructor, or are interested in being a helper, please join us at the DREAM Lab, Rm 2322. 

  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/14/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Mon, 09/18/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/14/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Mon, 09/18/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/14/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Mon, 09/18/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
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  • Thu, 09/14/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Mon, 09/18/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
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  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
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  • Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/14/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Mon, 09/18/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/14/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Mon, 09/18/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Mon, 09/11/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/14/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Mon, 09/18/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 09/21/2023 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This is an 8-Day Carpentries workshop that aims to teach participants basic concepts, skills, and tools...

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  • Fri, 07/28/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 08/04/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Learning R promises to make your scientific work more reprodicible. But how does it do that? Join us for a 2-part hands-on workshop that will introduce you to using RStudio and GitHub version control to take control of your scientific computing workflows.
 
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  • Fri, 07/28/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 08/04/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Learning R promises to make your scientific work more reprodicible. But how does it do that? Join us for a 2-part hands-on workshop that will introduce you to using RStudio and GitHub version control to take control of your scientific computing workflows.
 
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  • Fri, 05/12/2023 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This is a one-day workshop to learn about UCSB's new three-year licenses for accessing Planet Labs imagery, web applications, and visualization tools. Planet provides daily satellite imagery of the Earth’s land surfaces and coastal areas. UCSB’s access includes the RapidEye Archive, SkySat Archive, and daily PlanetScope imagery.  In the morning we will introduce Planet and the available products, some use...

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  • Fri, 05/05/2023 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509

ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online are a powerful software duo that support geospatial data processing, analysis, visualization, and the cloud-based sharing of geospatial products. In this one-day, example-driven workshop, we’ll review how to most effectively use...

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  • Tue, 04/25/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 04/26/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on April 25-26, 2023 for an introduction on utilizing the terminal to use version control with Git. We will get you started on how to use the command shell/bash to use git. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and powerful tasks, often with just...

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  • Tue, 04/25/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 04/26/2023 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on April 25-26, 2023 for an introduction on utilizing the terminal to use version control with Git. We will get you started on how to use the command shell/bash to use git. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and powerful tasks, often with just...

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  • Mon, 02/27/2023 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Students will learn and become familiar with using web-based mapping software while supporting a humanitarian effort that will ultimately impact communities...

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  • Tue, 02/21/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 02/22/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 02/23/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Data Carpentry: Introduction to Data...

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  • Tue, 02/21/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 02/22/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 02/23/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Data Carpentry: Introduction to Data...

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  • Tue, 02/21/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 02/22/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 02/23/2023 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Data Carpentry: Introduction to Data...

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  • Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 01/30/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Data Carpentry: Introduction to R for...

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  • Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 01/30/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Data Carpentry: Introduction to R for...

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  • Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 01/30/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Data Carpentry: Introduction to R for...

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  • Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
  • Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
  • Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
  • Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Tue, 10/25/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on October 25 and 27, 2022 for an introduction to data processing and visualization with R. Learners will start with basic information about R syntax and the Rstudio interface. By the end, learners will be able to manipulate data and produce simple...

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  • Tue, 10/25/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on October 25 and 27, 2022 for an introduction to data processing and visualization with R. Learners will start with basic information about R syntax and the Rstudio interface. By the end, learners will be able to manipulate data and produce simple...

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  • Tue, 10/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 10/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/20/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on October 18, 19, and 20, 2022 for an introduction on using the bash terminal, and utilizing the terminal to practice version control with Git. We get you started on how to use the command shell. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and...

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  • Tue, 10/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 10/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/20/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on October 18, 19, and 20, 2022 for an introduction on using the bash terminal, and utilizing the terminal to practice version control with Git. We get you started on how to use the command shell. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and...

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  • Tue, 10/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 10/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/20/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on October 18, 19, and 20, 2022 for an introduction on using the bash terminal, and utilizing the terminal to practice version control with Git. We get you started on how to use the command shell. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and...

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  • Fri, 09/23/2022 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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Come to the Library for a virtual reality and pop-up makerspace experience! 

Pop-Up Makerspace (Room 1575): Learn to sew, watch a 3D printer in action, make a zine, and give us feedback on what you want in the makerspace that will open in the Library later this year. Sponsored by the Library and...

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  • Mon, 09/19/2022 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
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Come to the Library for a virtual reality and pop-up makerspace experience! 

Pop-Up Makerspace (Room 1575): Learn to sew, watch a 3D printer in action, make a zine, and give us feedback on what you want in the makerspace that will open in the Library later this year. Sponsored by the Library and...

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  • Tue, 08/16/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 08/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 16 and 18, 2022 for supervised learning for tabular data in R with RStudio. This workshop will require some knowledge of R/RStudio. If you have no prior experience in R/RStudio, we recommend attending the ...

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  • Tue, 08/16/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 08/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 16 and 18, 2022 for supervised learning for tabular data in R with RStudio. This workshop will require some knowledge of R/RStudio. If you have no prior experience in R/RStudio, we recommend attending the ...

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  • Tue, 08/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 08/11/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 9 and 11, 2022 for using geospatial raster and vector data in R. This workshop will include working with spatial metadata (extent and coordinate reference systems), reprojecting spatial data, and working with raster time series data. This workshop...

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  • Tue, 08/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 08/11/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 9 and 11, 2022 for using geospatial raster and vector data in R. This workshop will include working with spatial metadata (extent and coordinate reference systems), reprojecting spatial data, and working with raster time series data. This workshop...

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  • Tue, 07/26/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 07/28/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on July 26 and 28, 2022 for an introduction to working with data in R/RStudio. Both synchronous remote and in-person attendance will be supported, and there will be two types of tickets (in-person, remote) for you to choose from. Learners will start with...

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  • Tue, 07/26/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 07/28/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on July 26 and 28, 2022 for an introduction to working with data in R/RStudio. Both synchronous remote and in-person attendance will be supported, and there will be two types of tickets (in-person, remote) for you to choose from. Learners will start with...

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  • Thu, 05/26/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
  • Fri, 05/27/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509, Online

 

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  • Thu, 05/26/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
  • Fri, 05/27/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509, Online

 

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  • Thu, 05/12/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
  • Fri, 05/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509, Online

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  • Thu, 05/12/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
  • Fri, 05/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509, Online

Library Carpentry: Introduction to...

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  • Tue, 04/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 04/21/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

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  • Tue, 04/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 04/21/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

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  • Thu, 04/14/2022 - 2:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Online

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  • Mon, 04/11/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 04/13/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

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  • Mon, 04/11/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 04/13/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
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  • Thu, 04/07/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
  • Fri, 04/08/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Online

This event is an online, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 7 and 8, 2022 for an introduction to using geospatial data in R.  R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines.  This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON.  This workshop will move at a quicker pace...

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  • Thu, 04/07/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
  • Fri, 04/08/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Online

This event is an online, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 7 and 8, 2022 for an introduction to using geospatial data in R.  R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines.  This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON.  This workshop will move at a quicker pace...

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  • Thu, 03/03/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 03/04/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is a hands-on example-driven 2-day workshop on March 3 & 4, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Thu, 03/03/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 03/04/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is a hands-on example-driven 2-day workshop on March 3 & 4, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Thu, 02/24/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Fri, 02/25/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

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  • Thu, 02/24/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Fri, 02/25/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

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  • Tue, 02/15/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Thu, 02/17/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Fri, 02/18/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven three-day workshop on ...

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  • Tue, 02/15/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Thu, 02/17/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Fri, 02/18/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Tue, 02/15/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Thu, 02/17/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Fri, 02/18/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Mon, 02/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Wed, 02/09/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Fri, 02/11/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Mon, 02/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Wed, 02/09/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Fri, 02/11/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Mon, 02/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Wed, 02/09/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Fri, 02/11/2022 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Fri, 02/04/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven one-day workshop on Friday, February 4th, 2022 at NCEAS Downtown Campus for introduction to relational databases and SQL. Participants will need to install sqlite3 or DB Browser onto their devices; if you have Anaconda, it comes with sqlite3. Concepts covered include data organization, querying large amounts of data, and quality...

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  • Mon, 01/31/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Online

This event is a one day, example-driven workshop for introduction to using Git Pages for online self-publication....

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  • Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Wed, 01/12/2022 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
  • Fri, 01/14/2022 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Wed, 01/12/2022 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
  • Fri, 01/14/2022 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Tue, 01/04/2022 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 01/07/2022 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop on January 4 and 7th, 2022 at NCEAS Downtown Campus for introduction to data visualization and pandas libraries with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the Jupyter notebook interface in JupyterLabs. Participants will need to install ...

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  • Tue, 01/04/2022 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 01/07/2022 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop on January 4 and 7th, 2022 at NCEAS Downtown Campus for introduction to data visualization and pandas libraries with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the Jupyter notebook interface in JupyterLabs. Participants will need to install ...

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  • Tue, 11/16/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/18/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Online

Register now for the UC GIS Week conference from Nov. 16th - 18th!

 

The University of California GIS Week is an opportunity for you to learn and engage with experts and...

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  • Tue, 11/16/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/18/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Online

Register now for the UC GIS Week conference from Nov. 16th - 18th!

 

The University of California GIS Week is an opportunity for you to learn and engage with experts and...

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  • Tue, 11/16/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/18/2021 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Online

Register now for the UC GIS Week conference from Nov. 16th - 18th!

 

The University of California GIS Week is an opportunity for you to learn and engage with experts and...

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  • Tue, 11/09/2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Online

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Through a partnership with Esri, UCSB faculty, staff, and students have access to a wide range of software and solutions for mapping and analysis of geographic data.

Join this webinar to learn about UCSB’s software license with Esri, what tools you have access to, and how you can use those tools for your geographic work. The presentation includes demonstrations from Esri...

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  • Wed, 05/12/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 05/13/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 05/14/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This is a 3 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to using geospatial data in R. R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON. This workshop will...

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  • Wed, 05/12/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 05/13/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 05/14/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This is a 3 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to using geospatial data in R. R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON. This workshop will...

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  • Wed, 05/12/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 05/13/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 05/14/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This is a 3 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to using geospatial data in R. R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON. This workshop will...

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  • Thu, 05/06/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 05/07/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This is a 2 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to R programming. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. This workshop will focus on the basics of R...

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  • Thu, 05/06/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 05/07/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This is a 2 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to R programming. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. This workshop will focus on the basics of R...

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  • Fri, 04/16/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 04/23/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 04/30/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This three-week workshop series co-taught between UC Merced and UC Santa Barbara teaches the fundamentals of working with messy data. If you're in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences and you have messy data, this workshop will help you:

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  • Fri, 04/16/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 04/23/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 04/30/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This three-week workshop series co-taught between UC Merced and UC Santa Barbara teaches the fundamentals of working with messy data. If you're in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences and you have messy data, this workshop will help you:

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  • Fri, 04/16/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 04/23/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 04/30/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This three-week workshop series co-taught between UC Merced and UC Santa Barbara teaches the fundamentals of working with messy data. If you're in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences and you have messy data, this workshop will help you:

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  • Thu, 02/18/2021 - 8:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 02/19/2021 - 8:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on February 18 and 19, 2021 for introduction to data visualization with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the Jupyter notebook interface. We will work with the Pandas and Plotnine packages going over data frames and plotting. 

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  • Thu, 02/18/2021 - 8:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 02/19/2021 - 8:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven two day workshop on February 18 and 19, 2021 for introduction to data visualization with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the Jupyter notebook interface. We will work with the Pandas and Plotnine packages going over data frames and plotting. 

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  • Fri, 02/12/2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Online

Have you ever wanted to harvest data off a website that was not already in an analysis-friendly format? If so, this web scraping workshop is for you! Web scraping can be done entirely manually but it is usually faster, more efficient and less error-prone if automated. UCSB Research Data Services will navigate you through some basic web scraping techniques including how to use XPath and the Chrome web...

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  • Thu, 02/11/2021 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: Online

This is a demo for using twarc. twarc is a command line tool and Python library for gathering and working with Twitter JSON data via the public Twitter API. Emerging from the Black Lives Matter and Document the Now movements, twarc comes along with a loose set of community standards that respect the autonomy of the user and aligns with the EU's GDPR and Twitter's terms of service.  As part of...

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  • Fri, 01/22/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

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  • Thu, 01/21/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
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  • Wed, 12/16/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 12/17/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
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Join us for a carpentry-style R Markdown workshop for scientific authoring developed by your own UCSB Carpentry Team. Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in R Studio by learning how to create R Markdown documents that combine analysis and narrative. R Markdown makes it possible to work on a whole research project from within R Studio in an easily reproducible manner: from data upload, cleaning, and analysis, to writing your paper, adding figures,...
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  • Wed, 12/16/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 12/17/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
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Join us for a carpentry-style R Markdown workshop for scientific authoring developed by your own UCSB Carpentry Team. Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in R Studio by learning how to create R Markdown documents that combine analysis and narrative. R Markdown makes it possible to work on a whole research project from within R Studio in an easily reproducible manner: from data upload, cleaning, and analysis, to writing your paper, adding figures,...
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  • Tue, 11/17/2020 - 11:00am to Thu, 11/19/2020 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
The UC GIS Week committee is proud to announce the first UC-Wide Gis Week. Join us for a 3-day virtual conference which celebrates the GIS work of the University of California faculty, staff, and students. The University of California System is holding an inaugural UC GIS Week on November 17th – 19th, 2020. We will celebrate all things mapping and geospatial. In light of the challenging times, we are coming together virtually to share our work with our community. If you are...
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  • Mon, 11/09/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Tue, 11/10/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This event is a two day, example-driven workshop introducing data scrubbing with OpenRefine. OpenRefine is a free, Open Source tool for working with messy tabular data. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged to help one another and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  The workshop runs from 9AM - 11:30AM. 

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  • Mon, 11/09/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Tue, 11/10/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This event is a two day, example-driven workshop introducing data scrubbing with OpenRefine. OpenRefine is a free, Open Source tool for working with messy tabular data. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged to help one another and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  The workshop runs from 9AM - 11:30AM. 

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  • Fri, 10/30/2020 - 9:00am to 11:45am
Location: Online

This half-day workshop will be presented by ESRI Senior Researcher for Spatial Statistics Dr. Orhun Adyin. The workshop is intended for data scientists who want to gain understanding at the intersection of spatial analysis and machine learning. Attendees will gain understanding and working knowledge of spatial machine learning and...

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  • Fri, 10/09/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/16/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/23/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This is a 3 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to R programming. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. This workshop will focus on data...

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  • Fri, 10/09/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/16/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/23/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This is a 3 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to R programming. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. This workshop will focus on data...

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  • Fri, 10/09/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/16/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/23/2020 - 8:30am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This is a 3 day, example-driven workshop for introduction to R programming. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. This workshop will focus on data...

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  • Wed, 08/19/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/20/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 08/26/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/27/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 09/02/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example driven workshop series for basic python computing. non-programmers or novice programmers in this series will learn to write code and learn best practices for using Python for data analysis. Python is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for statistical analysis and computing.  We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Wednesday and Thursday on August 19, 20, 26, 27, and September 2.  Short tutorials alternate...

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  • Mon, 08/17/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 08/24/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/25/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 09/01/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop series for basic computing covering the R Studio Interface and data skills and analysis for R. We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Monday and Tuesday on August 17, 18, 24, 25, and September 1.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help...

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  • Wed, 08/19/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/20/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 08/26/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/27/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 09/02/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example driven workshop series for basic python computing. non-programmers or novice programmers in this series will learn to write code and learn best practices for using Python for data analysis. Python is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for statistical analysis and computing.  We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Wednesday and Thursday on August 19, 20, 26, 27, and September 2.  Short tutorials alternate...

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  • Wed, 08/19/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/20/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 08/26/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/27/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 09/02/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example driven workshop series for basic python computing. non-programmers or novice programmers in this series will learn to write code and learn best practices for using Python for data analysis. Python is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for statistical analysis and computing.  We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Wednesday and Thursday on August 19, 20, 26, 27, and September 2.  Short tutorials alternate...

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  • Mon, 08/17/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 08/24/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/25/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 09/01/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop series for basic computing covering the R Studio Interface and data skills and analysis for R. We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Monday and Tuesday on August 17, 18, 24, 25, and September 1.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help...

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  • Mon, 08/17/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 08/24/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/25/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 09/01/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop series for basic computing covering the R Studio Interface and data skills and analysis for R. We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Monday and Tuesday on August 17, 18, 24, 25, and September 1.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help...

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  • Wed, 08/19/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/20/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 08/26/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/27/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 09/02/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example driven workshop series for basic python computing. non-programmers or novice programmers in this series will learn to write code and learn best practices for using Python for data analysis. Python is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for statistical analysis and computing.  We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Wednesday and Thursday on August 19, 20, 26, 27, and September 2.  Short tutorials alternate...

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  • Wed, 08/19/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/20/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 08/26/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 08/27/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 09/02/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example driven workshop series for basic python computing. non-programmers or novice programmers in this series will learn to write code and learn best practices for using Python for data analysis. Python is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for statistical analysis and computing.  We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Wednesday and Thursday on August 19, 20, 26, 27, and September 2.  Short tutorials alternate...

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  • Mon, 08/17/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 08/24/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/25/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 09/01/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop series for basic computing covering the R Studio Interface and data skills and analysis for R. We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Monday and Tuesday on August 17, 18, 24, 25, and September 1.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help...

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  • Mon, 08/17/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/18/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 08/24/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 08/25/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Tue, 09/01/2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop series for basic computing covering the R Studio Interface and data skills and analysis for R. We will meet for 3 hours from 9AM - 12PM every Monday and Tuesday on August 17, 18, 24, 25, and September 1.  R is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for data analysis and creating data visualizations. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help...

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  • Wed, 08/12/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Thu, 08/13/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop for version control using Git. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work. Learners should create a github account if they do not have one already.
The workshop runs from 9AM - 11:30AM.  

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  • Wed, 08/12/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Thu, 08/13/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop for version control using Git. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work. Learners should create a github account if they do not have one already.
The workshop runs from 9AM - 11:30AM.  

Registration is at:...

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  • Mon, 08/10/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Tue, 08/11/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop for introduction to the bash-shell. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged to help one another and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  Learners should confirm if they have a terminal shell or git-bash. If not, please refer to the setup for instructions on installing git-bash. The workshop runs from 9AM - 11:30AM.

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  • Mon, 08/10/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Tue, 08/11/2020 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven workshop for introduction to the bash-shell. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged to help one another and to try applying what they have learned to their own work.  Learners should confirm if they have a terminal shell or git-bash. If not, please refer to the setup for instructions on installing git-bash. The workshop runs from 9AM - 11:30AM.

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Library Carpentry
  • Wed, 06/03/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 06/10/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 06/17/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Online
This event is an example-driven weekly half-day workshop on June 3, 10, and 17 for introduction to the Bash-shell and introductory techniques for web scraping. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work. We will be applying our own Library Desktracker data for automating workflows in the workshop.
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Library Carpentry
  • Wed, 06/03/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 06/10/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 06/17/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Online
This event is an example-driven weekly half-day workshop on June 3, 10, and 17 for introduction to the Bash-shell and introductory techniques for web scraping. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work. We will be applying our own Library Desktracker data for automating workflows in the workshop.
Registration is...
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Library Carpentry
  • Wed, 06/03/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 06/10/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Wed, 06/17/2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Online
This event is an example-driven weekly half-day workshop on June 3, 10, and 17 for introduction to the Bash-shell and introductory techniques for web scraping. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own work. We will be applying our own Library Desktracker data for automating workflows in the workshop.
Registration is...
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R Data Carpentry
  • Fri, 05/22/2020 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Fri, 05/29/2020 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven two-day half-day workshop on May 22 and 29 for basic computing covering the R Studio Interface and data skills for R. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during, and between sessions. Registration is at: ...

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R Data Carpentry
  • Fri, 05/22/2020 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
  • Fri, 05/29/2020 - 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online

This event is an example-driven two-day half-day workshop on May 22 and 29 for basic computing covering the R Studio Interface and data skills for R. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during, and between sessions. Registration is at: ...

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  • Tue, 05/19/2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Online

The Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory will host Stacy Penna from QSR, the makers of NVIVO. Stacy will present on the best practices for NVIVO collaboration with colleagues and research teams. With a shared goal of creating a community of practice around qualitative research, Stacy is hoping to do this community building across California.

Stacy’s presentation will be followed by a discussion lead by Jon Jablonski, Director Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory...

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  • Tue, 03/10/2020 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications. All sessions take place at the UCSB Library Collaboratory and anyone is welcome to sign up to attend using the link:

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  • Tue, 02/25/2020 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications. All sessions take place at the UCSB Library Collaboratory and anyone is welcome to sign up to attend using the link:

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  • Tue, 02/04/2020 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications. All sessions take place at the UCSB Library Collaboratory and anyone is welcome to sign up to attend using the link:

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  • Tue, 01/14/2020 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
EcoDataScience is an environmental data science study group at UCSB. This volunteer-driven group provides hands-on, lunch-time workshops on various data science tools relevant to environmental science. Lessons in the past have included Spatial Analysis in R, an introduction to Python, advanced GitHub and building R Shiny applications. All sessions take place at the UCSB Library Collaboratory and anyone is welcome to sign up to attend using the link:

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  • Tue, 12/03/2019 - 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

This workshop will be taught by An Bui, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology who broadly focuses on community composition and function in the context of global climate change. She will introduce the basics of community analysis in the R package vegan and work through some of the most useful functions within the package with data in a format that is typically used in community ecology. The workshop is designed for anyone who...

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  • Tue, 11/19/2019 - 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
This workshop will be taught by Gavin McDonald, a project researcher with the Environmental Market Solutions Lab (emLab) at UCSB. He will provide an introduction to the 'tidymodels' universe of R packages. This suite of packages provides tools for predictive model training and testing that leverage modern 'tidyverse' design philosophy. Some of the packages that will be discussed include rsample, recipes, parsnip, and yardstic. 
 

EcoDataScience is an...

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  • Tue, 10/29/2019 - 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

This workshop will be taught by Dan Ovando, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Science. He will give an introduction to Bayesian statistical inference using R and Stan (https://mc-stan.org/). Been interested in using...

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Open Access
  • Mon, 10/21/2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Monday, October 21, 10am-12pm
Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory,2nd Floor, Mountain Side
Presenters: Des Alaniz & Trang Le. RSVP to dalaniz@ucsb.edu

Wikidata, like its sister organization Wikipedia, is a linked data repository that’s free and open to the community at large to edit, copy, use and re-use. Unlike traditional...

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Software Carpentry
  • Tue, 06/25/2019 - 9:30am to 11:00am
Location: DREAM Lab
UCSB Library is offering a 12 week series of lessons for non-programmers or novice programmers in our Software Carpentry series to write code and learn best practices for using Python for data analysis.  Python is commonly used in many scientific disciplines for statistical analysis and computing. Lessons are sequential and build on top of each other, but attendance for all twelve lessons is not required.  
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Eco.Data.Science
  • Tue, 06/11/2019 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

This tutorial will focus on Python packages, Xarray and Dask provides a powerful interface for working with and running computations on larger N-D datasets (multidimensional) utilizing encoded labels such as space and time information to make computation easier. In short, Xarray is very useful in keeping your...

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CITS: Center for Information Technology and Society
  • Fri, 05/31/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Sat, 06/01/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This two-day workshop taught by Dr. Ziad Matni uses the Python programming language, a versatile and very popular data analysis technology. Little or no prior experience with programming is assumed. The workshop will aim at teaching basic use of Python language features to obtain data from social media, what initial steps can be taken to curate it for analytical use, and how to analyze them in a variety of ways fo interest to the social sciences and humanities (e.g.,...

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CITS: Center for Information Technology and Society
  • Fri, 05/31/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Sat, 06/01/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This two-day workshop taught by Dr. Ziad Matni uses the Python programming language, a versatile and very popular data analysis technology. Little or no prior experience with programming is assumed. The workshop will aim at teaching basic use of Python language features to obtain data from social media, what initial steps can be taken to curate it for analytical use, and how to analyze them in a variety of ways fo interest to the social sciences and humanities (e.g.,...

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Eco.Data.Science
  • Tue, 05/21/2019 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Join us for our first #TidyTuesday event! A raw dataset will be posted along with a chart to that dataset, and you are tasked with exploring the data. While the dataset will be "tamed", it will not always be tidy! As such, you might need to apply various R for Data Science techniques to wrangle the data into a truly tidy format. The goal of TidyTuesday is to apply your R skills, get feedback,...

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  • Thu, 05/16/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This one-day workshop taught by Devin Cornell, will cover the practical and theoretical foundations of Social Network Analysis methodologies. The workshop will begin with some fundamental concepts and a basic history of the methodology up to current active areas of research. Next, we will review both traditional network data collection through surveys and modern tools for collecting digital...

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NVIVO
  • Wed, 04/17/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
  • Wed, 05/15/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
UCSB Library is offering two two-hour, hands-on workshops aimed to familiarize participants with NVivo, a qualitative data analysis software tool, designed for researchers working with text-based and multimedia information. NVivo allows for researchers to complete deep analysis on large and small groups of data. 
 
Due to the size of the Collaboratory, we will need to cap the first workshop at 60 people, so if you're interested sign up soon!
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Software Carpentry
  • Thu, 05/09/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 05/10/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop on basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. Participants should bring their own laptop to work on which should be a Windows, Mac, or Linux...

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Software Carpentry
  • Thu, 05/09/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 05/10/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop on basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. Participants should bring their own laptop to work on which should be a Windows, Mac, or Linux...

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  • Sat, 04/20/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This is a one day (6-8 hr) workshop taught by Dr. Ziad Matni explores uses of Big Data (and more generally, Data Science) methods for use with extracting, analyzing, and visualizing social media data in the context of social science and humanities research questions. The workshop covers basic concepts of Big Data and Data Science, including hands-on exercises of data analysis and data visualization utilizing a "Big" data set extracted from one or several social media sources....

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NVIVO
  • Wed, 04/17/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
  • Wed, 05/15/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
UCSB Library is offering two two-hour, hands-on workshops aimed to familiarize participants with NVivo, a qualitative data analysis software tool, designed for researchers working with text-based and multimedia information. NVivo allows for researchers to complete deep analysis on large and small groups of data. 
 
Due to the size of the Collaboratory, we will need to cap the first workshop at 60 people, so if you're interested sign up soon!
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Software Carpentry
  • Thu, 04/11/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop fon basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. Participants should bring their own laptop to work on. This should be a Windows, Mac, or Linux machine, not a Chromebook or tablet. You should also be sure to have admin privileges...

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Software Carpentry
  • Thu, 04/11/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop fon basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. Participants should bring their own laptop to work on. This should be a Windows, Mac, or Linux machine, not a Chromebook or tablet. You should also be sure to have admin privileges...

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Eco.Data.Science
  • Tue, 04/09/2019 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

This workshop will introduce users to resources available at UCSB for high performance computing. 

Software Carpentry
  • Thu, 03/21/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 03/22/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop for FACULTY on basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. Participants should bring their own laptop to work on. This should be a Windows, Mac, or Linux machine, not a Chromebook or tablet. You should also be sure to have admin...

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Software Carpentry
  • Thu, 03/21/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 03/22/2019 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is an example-driven two-day workshop for FACULTY on basic computing skills. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. Participants should bring their own laptop to work on. This should be a Windows, Mac, or Linux machine, not a Chromebook or tablet. You should also be sure to have admin...

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Open Access
  • Thu, 10/25/2018 - 4:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

University Librarian, Kristin Antelman, will discuss strategies for the large scale transition to Open Access (OA) in University of California and at UCSB. Antelman's talk will include an update on negotiations with a major publisher and the potential impact on publishing and access, an update on UCSB's signing the OA2020 Expression of...

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Open Access
  • Wed, 10/24/2018 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Location: DREAM Lab

GIS use on a university campus is multi-faceted. Faculty, staff, and students use GIS for research, administrative, and instructional purposes. This roundtable discussion, convened by the Center for Spatial Studies and Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory, will discuss barriers to spatial data discovery and sharing encountered by campus stakeholders. The roundtable will also explore opportunities for broadening access to spatial research data. The roundtable will discuss...

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Johanna Drucker
  • Thu, 05/24/2018 - 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

The UCSB Library presents a public talk by scholar and artist Johanna Drucker.  Drucker's talk is co-sponsored by Transcriptions (UCSB English).

What are the specific ways in which visualizations could be modified to engage interpretative methods for digital humanities? Drucker's talk assesses the challenges of appropriating visualization methods from...

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  • Wed, 05/23/2018 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Dan Ovando will lead a session on the purrr package for R, another member of the tidyverse.

Please RSVP here.
As always, arrive anytime between 11 and 11:30 to grab lunch!

eco.data.science, an environmental data science study group at UCSB, hosts...

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software carpentry
  • Fri, 05/04/2018 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Sat, 05/05/2018 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. This two-day, 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 have learned to their own research problems.

The course is aimed at...

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software carpentry
  • Fri, 05/04/2018 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Sat, 05/05/2018 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. This two-day, 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 have learned to their own research problems.

The course is aimed at...

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  • Wed, 04/18/2018 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructor: Casey O'Hara

These monthly gatherings for environmental data science skill sharing, co-working, and community building are co-sponsored by eco.data.science, an environmental data science study group at UCSB, and UCSB Library. Learn more about eco.data.science...

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  • Wed, 04/04/2018 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructor: Ben Best

Monthly gatherings for environmental data science skill sharing, co-working, and community building. Learn more about eco.data.science!

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  • Wed, 03/14/2018 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructor: Jamie Afflerbach

Monthly gatherings for environmental data science skill sharing, co-working, and community building. Learn more about eco.data.science!...

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  • Wed, 02/28/2018 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Monthly gatherings for environmental data science skill sharing, co-working, and community building. Learn more about eco.data.science!

  • Thu, 02/22/2018 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Molly Morin, Assistant Professor of Art, Weber State University, is an artist and educator working at the intersection of digital and analog practices. She makes material representations of information through generative drawing, soft sculpture, and digital fabrication. Through her creative practice, she develops critical and poetic approaches to making art with digital tools. Her projects set out to challenge assumed hierarchies, question our faith in...

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  • Wed, 02/07/2018 - 4:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

The Library's Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory is hosting a book launch party! Come help us to celebrate the release of the first three titles in the UCSB English Department's Literature and the Mind imprint Brainstorm Books, published by punctum books.  The books were produced by a team of undergraduate interns led by UCSB...

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  • Tue, 01/30/2018 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: DREAM Lab

The Library's Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory is happy to announce that DiscoverText is now available to UCSB Library users.  Join us for an orientation to this new resource by Stu Shulman, owner and creator of DiscoverText software and former professor of Political Science at UMass Amherst. Designed specifically for collecting and cleaning up messy Twitter and other text data streams, Discovertext allows users to capture large...

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Twitter data
  • Sat, 11/18/2017 - 9:00am
Location: DREAM Lab

9:00AM to noon

Looking for a hands-on start to collecting, exploring, and understanding Twitter data? The Collaboratory is here to help!

Shari Laster, Data Services Librarian, will lead a three-hour, hands-on workshop introducing attendees to twarc, an open source Python tool for collecting Twitter data in JSON format, and...

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ArcGIS Pro
  • Thu, 11/09/2017 - 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Many GIS data management processes are built into ArcGIS Desktop and spatial researchers’ brains. We will present the basics of keeping track of your data in ArcGIS Pro, and highlight differences between Desktop and Pro.

 

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  • Fri, 10/27/2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Join fellow qualitative data researchers for a live NVivo webinar. NVivo streamlines video, audio, and text analysis. Bring your questions, and your ideas for a series of cross-disciplinary qualitative methods events. 

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  • Fri, 10/13/2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

This orientation to Twitter data will provide background for social media research, and include an overview of Collaboratory resources for exploring Twitter. 

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  • Fri, 09/29/2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Come meet immersive Virtual Reality. Bring your lunch and join us at the UCSB Library Collaboratory (2nd Floor, Mountain Side). We now have a pair Oculus Rift headsets, Blender, and the Unity Engine for 3D development work. Then take a spin...

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sql
  • Sat, 05/20/2017 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Data Science at UCSBFACTOR (Female Actuarial Organization), and inertia7.com will present a SQL...

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  • Wed, 04/26/2017 - 7:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab
A showcase of projects created by UCSB's Data Science Club Project Group during winter 2017. With the help of Inertia7 (a data science platform created by alumni and members of the Data Science Club), the Project Group fosters a community of peers that work on team-building and creation of data science projects. The projects will be presented within the Inertia7 platform, with a focus on data extraction, data visualization, and data mining. The projects are reproducible and...
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software carpentry
  • Thu, 04/20/2017 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 04/21/2017 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. 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...

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software carpentry
  • Thu, 04/20/2017 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Fri, 04/21/2017 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. 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...

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  • Mon, 03/13/2017 - 8:30am to Tue, 03/14/2017 - 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, DREAM Lab

California data librarians, data curators, and others interested in exploring and discussing data-related services for academic libraries are invited to a two-day unconference-style meeting hosted by UC Santa Barbara Library.

This event will be held in UCSB Library’s Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory, which houses a newly-launched program to support campus data discovery, research, analysis, and...

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It's Complicated
  • Wed, 01/25/2017 - 4:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Join us on January 25th at 4pm in the Collaboratory for a presentation by two of UCSB's data scholars, Ben Best and Laila Sakr, for a lively discussion about the complications of conducting research in today's environment. Using and re-using data created by others has become an essential part of contemporary scholarly work.   From climate data published by government agencies, to Tweets collected using Open Source software, scholars from a wide variety of disciplines base...

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json
  • Mon, 11/14/2016 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructor: Thomas Padilla

So you’ve engaged in a bit of social media study. How can you share that data and data you might generate in the course of studying it? In this workshop you will learn about approaches to sharing data and places where you can provide persistent access to it.  

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map
  • Thu, 10/20/2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 11/07/2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructors: Jon Jablonski and Tom Brittnacher

Want to learn the basics of GIS?  Need to make a map of your research results, but don't know where to start?  This hands-on workshop will give you experience working with common mapping and spatial analysis techniques.

This is a 3-hour introduction to digital...

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map
  • Thu, 11/03/2016 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructors: Tom Brittnacher and Jon Jablonski

A great deal of social media data is richer than it appears. For example, photos on Instagram and tweets on Twitter often include geospatial information. In this workshop you will learn how to create interactive web maps of social media data using CartoDB and ArcGIS Online. 

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map
  • Thu, 10/20/2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 11/07/2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructors: Jon Jablonski and Tom Brittnacher

Want to learn the basics of GIS?  Need to make a map of your research results, but don't know where to start?  This hands-on workshop will give you experience working with common mapping and spatial analysis techniques.

This is a 3-hour introduction to digital...

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json
  • Mon, 10/17/2016 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructor: Thomas Padilla

Increasingly both cultural heritage organizations and corporations like Twitter provide access to data in the JSON (javascript object notation) format. Many popular tools for analyzing this data ask for data in the CSV (comma separated values) format. In this workshop you will learn how to use a simple command line tool called jq to create subsets of Twitter data...

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json
  • Tue, 10/04/2016 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructor: Shari Laster

Are you interested in using social media data in your research? Often the first step entails figuring out how to collect social media data. In this workshop you will learn how to use a simple command line tool called twarc to collect Twitter data. 

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map
  • Tue, 04/19/2016 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Instructor: Jon Jablonski

Want to learn the basics of GIS?  Need to make a map of your research results, but don't know where to start?  

MIL and the Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory (IRC) will be hosting a...

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software carpentry
  • Fri, 04/15/2016 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Sat, 04/16/2016 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. 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...

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software carpentry
  • Fri, 04/15/2016 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • Sat, 04/16/2016 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. 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...

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data visualization
  • Wed, 04/13/2016 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Come to the Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory to find out about the new resources offered by the UCSB Library to facilitate data driven research- including new data sources, software, tools, and other support. Graduate student projects and data visualizations will be displayed, with select researchers available to discuss their projects....

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stata
  • Wed, 04/13/2016 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: DREAM Lab

Learn to navigate the Stata/SE interface, load and clean up data, and do basic regressions in Stata using sample ACS data. This class is capped at 10 users to ensure hands-on support.