Knowledge Circles 知識界 in Colonial Hong Kong 1945-1997: From Offshore Publics to Civic Communities

C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Prof. Sebastian Veg, School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris Monday, 11 March 2024, 17:30-19:00 PDT Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, UBC 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada Map | Parking Join us for this in-person talk by Prof. Sebastian Veg, Professor of Intellectual History of 20th Century China at […]

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Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop focuses on Large Language Models (LLM) to provide participants with a foundational understanding of LLM, their working, and how to fine-tune a pre-trained LLM for your own data. In this workshop, we will use cloud-based platforms, so you don’t need to have Python installed. Please make sure that you have a Google Colaboratory […]

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Placebo and the ethics of deception in brain research and clinical care

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The placebo effect is powerful in many neurological and psychiatric disorders and clinical trials often use placebos when developing and testing new treatments. Some people question the ethics of including a placebo group in research, while others would argue that to not do so is ethically fraught. In some cases, estimating the placebo effect and […]

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Launch Your Career in Canada: The Art of Building Connections

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Explore essential networking strategies to create an effective online presence and build a robust professional network in Canada. Learn how to engage effectively with hiring managers and UBC alumni online and in preparation for our in-person event on Mar 14. Link will be sent to students closer to the day of the event.

Employer on Campus: Re-Defined

Neville Scarfe Building 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The workshop will center on the topic: Prominent Misconceptions amongst International Students and the Solutions to the Realities This would focus on empowering students on topics surrounding Personal Branding, LinkedIn, and networking while offering an outlook on the employer side of things and the reality of the job market overall. Thus, the hope is to […]

Loops and conditional statements in R

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop will focus on tools (mostly in base R) to perform customized operations in R including looping, nested looping, and conditional statements. This workshop is intended to expand the capabilities of R users with moderate experience of the language/software. The workshop is one hour, followed by an optional 30 minute practice period to reinforce […]

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Launch Your Career in Canada: Ask Hiring Managers and Alumni How to Get Recruited

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An in-person event featuring insightful discussions and networking opportunities with hiring managers and UBC alumni. At this event, you'll have the chance to hear from hiring managers about what they look for in candidates and connect with alumni who have successfully established their careers in Canada. This event will be held in person at the […]

Introduction to Machine Learning: Regression Models

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop focuses on regression models to provide participants with a foundational understanding of machine learning concepts, techniques, and tools used for linear and nonlinear regression. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises, participants will gain practical experience with regression algorithms, one of the most popular machine-learning techniques. The workshop begins with an overview […]

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Event Series Introduction to Git and GitHub

Introduction to Git and GitHub

Online/Virtual Event

Learn the basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration.  Git is widely used version control software that tracks changes to a group of files, referred to as a repository.  GitHub is a popular website for hosting and sharing Git repositories, making it easier to collaborate and share your work.  Together, Git and GitHub provide a […]

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Literature Reviews: Searching and Keeping Track

Online/Virtual Event

We will cover the purposes of literature reviews; the different types of reviews; developing effective search strategies; finding the right databases to search; locating scholarly articles, theses / dissertations, books, and more; and resources to help you keep track of your research. There will be time to engage with the presenters, so bring your questions. […]

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Event Series Introduction to Voyant Tools

Introduction to Voyant Tools

Online/Virtual Event

We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to a corpus. No prior experience with text analysis is required. This workshop is part of the Digital Toolkit workshop series presented by the UBC Library Research Commons. Location Details Location: *ONLINE* If […]

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