Events
Scholars' Lab Events
Upcoming Events
The Research Computing Lab is proud to offer the following speaking and/or professional development events this semester. Stay tuned for events in future semesters:
Ed Hall
Tuesday, September 1, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 216
This is a hands-on introduction to using the Matlab technical computing software package. It will provide an overview of the Matlab interactive development environment, Matlab programming, and Matlab graphics.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Katherine Holcomb
Wednesday, September 2, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 215
This course will provide a very basic introduction to the Python programming language. No previous programming experience is required.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Ed Hall
Wednesday, September 2, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 216
This is a hands-on introduction to using the Matlab technical computing software package. It will provide an overview of the Matlab interactive development environment, Matlab programming, and Matlab graphics.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Mark Morgan
Thursday, September 3, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 341
This course will give a 2 hour introduction to the Unix command line environment including common usage patterns like directory management, file management, and user environment set up. It will also cover a hand full of useful Unix tools such as sed, grep, and cut.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
James Ramsey
National Instruments
Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom (Room 133)
Introduction to LabVIEW and Computer-Based Measurements Hands-On Seminar
This FREE, three-hour seminar discusses how to build powerful, custom test, measurement, and control applications from scratch using intuitive, measurement-specific graphical programming. National Instruments LabVIEW 8.6 software delivers distributed intelligence, a powerful suite of capabilities for engineers and scientists to design, distribute, and synchronize intelligent devices and systems. In this seminar, gain hands-on experience with LabVIEW and learn how you can use LabVIEW graphical development to reduce development time and create flexible applications that easily integrate with thousands of I/O devices from hundreds of vendors. Additionally, the Express technology in LabVIEW 8.6 ensures that you have the fastest route to measurements with instrumentation and data acquisition applications.
During this seminar, you will learn:
• Introduce you to the NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment
• Show you how to measure in minutes using the latest USB data acquisition devices
• Teach you how to design LabVIEW control applications
• Use NI CompactDAQ to take temperature measurements, control analog output, and drive digital I/O lines Communicate with benchtop instruments using LabVIEW instrument drivers
• Choose the best LabVIEW structures for adding decision making into your applications
• Design a great user interface
• Build a control application with analog output voltages while making measurements
• Add analysis to your LabVIEW application
Who would benefit from attending?
This seminar is designed for engineers, scientists, and technicians who build test, measurement, process monitoring and control, or research and analysis applications.
This event is provided by National Instruments.
Katherine Holcomb
Tuesday, September 8, 2009, and Wednesday, September 9, 2009, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In Monroe Hall, Room 134
This four-hour course will provide an introduction to programming in Fortran 95.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Ed Hall
Tuesday, September 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 216
This is a hands-on introduction to using the Parallel Computing Toolbox in Matlab 7.8 (2009a) to solve computationally and data-intensive problems on multicore and multiprocessor computers. The class will culminate with examples of how to submit parallel Matlab programs to the ITC Linux clusters.
Prerequisite: Unix Basics (M. Morgan, Sept. 3) or equivalent. You *must* have the ability to move around in a Unix filesystem, to copy files, and so forth. You should also decide on a Unix editor beforehand (nano, vi, or emacs) and learn some basics of editing with it. You do not need to be fluent with the editor, just know how to move around in a file and make minor changes.
Please be sure that you have a research-enabled account *before* you attend the class. If you do not have one, please visit www.itc.virginia.edu/research/hpc-account (find the “submit a request” link) at least a day before the class. This also requires you to either be a graduate student, or have a faculty research sponsor if you are an undergraduate.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
James Ramsey
National Instruments
Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom (Room 133)
Embedded Design Using LabVIEW Real-Time & FPGA Hands-On Seminar
Learn how to take advantage of the latest technologies in embedded design, including graphical programming and NI FPGA-based hardware, to lower the cost and accelerate design cycles of embedded devices.This free three-hour hands-on seminar explores National Instruments LabVIEW graphical embedded development tools and National Instruments off-the-shelf prototyping and deployment-ready systems. Discover first-hand how to design, prototype, and deploy real-time applications using NI LabVIEW Real-Time and LabVIEW FPGA programming tools and NI CompactRIO hardware. Explore leading-edge control design tools and techniques to improve your design efficiency for custom systems and machines. Learn about closed loop control design, simulation, implementation, and monitoring including PID control and FPGA based machine analysis.
In this seminar:
• See how you can use LabVIEW to design embedded systems with field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), real-time operating systems, and analog & digital I/O
• Learn how to develop LabVIEW Real-Time and LabVIEW FPGA applications for better code reuse and easier debugging
• Use high-level graphical programming to design your own custom reconfigurable FPGA hardware
• Explore best practices for transferring data between FPGA hardware and a real-time controller for control or data-logging applications
• Conduct hands-on exercises with NI CompactRIO, including data flow and parallelism, and network communication
• See how you can use LabVIEW FPGA for motion control, custom digital communication, and system timing and synchronization applications
Who Should Attend
This seminar is designed for engineers, and technicians who build, design, or implement embedded systems and have some previous LabVIEW programming experience. Engineers using programmable logic controllers or single-board computers, or those designing custom control systems, can benefit from this seminar. Designers of industrial machinery, medical equipment, vehicles, or other electromechanical devices with moving parts and electronically controlled actuators may also find this event useful.
This event is provided by National Instruments.
Ed Hall
Wednesday, September 9, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 216
This is a hands-on introduction to using the Parallel Computing Toolbox in Matlab 7.8 (2009a) to solve computationally and data-intensive problems on multicore and multiprocessor computers. The class will culminate with examples of how to submit parallel Matlab programs to the ITC Linux clusters.
Prerequisite: Unix Basics (M. Morgan, Sept. 3) or equivalent. You *must* have the ability to move around in a Unix filesystem, to copy files, and so forth. You should also decide on a Unix editor beforehand (nano, vi, or emacs) and learn some basics of editing with it. You do not need to be fluent with the editor, just know how to move around in a file and make minor changes.
Please be sure that you have a research-enabled account *before* you attend the class. If you do not have one, please visit www.itc.virginia.edu/research/hpc-account (find the “submit a request” link) at least a day before the class. This also requires you to either be a graduate student, or have a faculty research sponsor if you are an undergraduate.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Mark Morgan
Thursday, September 10, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 341
This course will give a 2 hour introduction to the BASH shell scripting environment. Attendees will learn how to produce simple shell scripts and will learn how to write functions in those shell scripts. In order to take this course, users must have a familiarity with basic Unix commands like sed and grep. The Unix Basics short course on 3 September 2009 will cover all back ground material required.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Dr. John Elder, Elder Research
Monday, September 14, 2009 and Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Charlottesville, Virginia
In this 2-day course, “Tools for Discovering Patterns in Data,” , Dr. John Elder will draw upon his 20 years of experience as he explains the inner workings of techniques employed by experts to solve challenging problems.
The course description is: http://www.datamininglab.com/COURSES/Annual2DayCourse/tabid/66/Default.aspx
Attendees will receive a copy of the new book, co-authored by the instructor, Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications. This ~900-page hardback is designed to help practitioners achieve success with data mining and includes valuable fully-working 90-day versions of powerful data mining software from three leading vendors.
The course is practical, and experience-based, and demystifies data mining with clarity and humor. Learn to isolate the essential aspects of a problem and select and combine appropriate software tools to find useful patterns in noisy, incomplete data. Practical examples are drawn from successful consulting engagements in a wide range of fields — including investment modeling, fraud detection, biometrics, credit scoring, CRM, national security, drug efficacy, process optimization, and image recognition. The course contains the popular segment, “Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them,” vendor-neutral discussions of the strengths of leading software tools, and clear explanations of the essential technologies of text mining, resampling statistics, ensembles of models, and scientific visualization.
Cost: $1,195. Space is limited. To register, call 434-973-7673, or download a registration form from Elder Research’s website.
This event is provided by Elder Research.
Aubry Verret
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, September 17, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This is the first part of a two part intro to LaTeX course for people who have no prior LaTeX experience but would like to be able to use LaTeX for writing academic/scientific papers. Over the course of both sessions we will cover the basic structure of a LaTeX document and important LaTeX features, how to typeset mathematical equations, how to format tables and include graphics,how to manage a bibliography, and a short introduction on how to create presentations.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Kathy Gerber
Research Computing Support Specialist
Tuesday, September 22, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session will offer an introduction to the package STATA. No previous experience is expected.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Aubry Verret
Research Computing Support Specialist
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
Due to overwhelming demand, two additional sessions of this short course have been added. This is the first of the two additional sessions. Both additional sessions are identical to the original session being held on September 17, 2009.
This is the first part of a two part intro to LaTeX course for people who have no prior LaTeX experience but would like to be able to use LaTeX for writing academic/scientific papers. Over the course of both sessions we will cover the basic structure of a LaTeX document and important LaTeX features, how to typeset mathematical equations, how to format tables and include graphics,how to manage a bibliography, and a short introduction on how to create presentations.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Kathy Gerber
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, September 24, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session is intended to be an introduction to quantiative statistical methods. It will cover regressions and other fundamental components used in general scientific research.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Aubry Verret
Research Computing Support Specialist
Monday, September 28, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
Due to overwhelming demand, two additional sessions of this short course have been added. This is the second of the two additional sessions. Both additional sessions are identical to the original session being held on September 17, 2009.
This is the first part of a two part intro to LaTeX course for people who have no prior LaTeX experience but would like to be able to use LaTeX for writing academic/scientific papers. Over the course of both sessions we will cover the basic structure of a LaTeX document and important LaTeX features, how to typeset mathematical equations, how to format tables and include graphics,how to manage a bibliography, and a short introduction on how to create presentations.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Aubry Verret
Research Computing Support Specialist
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This is the second part of a two part intro to LaTeX course for people who have no prior LaTeX experience but would like to be able to use LaTeX for writing academic/scientific papers. Over the course of both sessions we will cover the basic structure of a LaTeX document and important LaTeX features, how to typeset mathematical equations, how to format tables and include graphics,how to manage a bibliography, and a short introduction on how to create presentations.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
LabView Users Group Meeting
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom (Room 133)
James Ramsey, of National Instruments, will be talking about “What’s New in LabVIEW 2009″ and other new technologies from National Instruments.
This is meant to be an information-sharing and networking opportunity. All are welcome to attend.
This event is provided by the LabView Users Group.
Sherry Lake
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, October 1, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session will offer an overview of what to “think” about in regards to managing data throughout a scientific research project. It will cover collection, storage, metadata, analysis, rights, access, and other relevant phases.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Aubry Verret
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, October 8, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
Due to overwhelming demand, one additional session of this short course has been added. The additional session is identical to the original session being held on September 29, 2009.
This is the second part of a two part intro to LaTeX course for people who have no prior LaTeX experience but would like to be able to use LaTeX for writing academic/scientific papers. Over the course of both sessions we will cover the basic structure of a LaTeX document and important LaTeX features, how to typeset mathematical equations, how to format tables and include graphics,how to manage a bibliography, and a short introduction on how to create presentations.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Sherry Lake
Research Computing Support Specialist
Tuesday, October 13, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session will offer an introduction to databases, data file creation, data quality control and quality assurance. It will also discuss some of the important principles around metadata creation.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Kathy Gerber
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, October 15, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 29, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This session will provide an overview to logistic regression, as it pertains to quantitative statistics.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Sherry Lake
Research Computing Support Specialist
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session will provide an overview to relational databases.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Kathy Gerber
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, October 22, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session will provide an introduction to the statistical software package SAS. This session is appropriate for anyone wishing to learn more about doing quantitative statistical analysis with SAS.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Kathy Gerber
Research Computing Support Specialist
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session will offer an introduction to programming in the statistical environment R. No previous experience is expected.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Kirsten Miles
Research Computing Support Specialist
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session will offer an overview of the current issues in managing image data in the sciences. It will cover image collection, manipulation, processing, publishing, and management. The core objective of the course is to raise awareness around image integrity and responsibility in scientific publication.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Kathy Gerber
Research Computing Support Specialist
Thursday, October 29, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
This session was initially scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
This session will provide an overview to logistic regression, as it pertains to quantitative statistics.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Fall 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
Research 2.0 Symposium
Monday, February 15, 2010
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library
Be sure to add this date to your calendar, as you won’t want to miss the 2nd Annual “Research 2.0 Symposium” here at the Brown Science and Engineering Library. We will have numerous vendors from both the information resources and software package sides. Expect to see a full list of workshops, presentations, and table sessions, along with prizes. Check back throughout December and January for updates.
This event is provided by the Research Computing Lab and Charles L. Brown Science and Engineering Library