The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. These rounds are typically scheduled on the second Wednesday every month during the academic year (September to June), from 7 am to 8 am, and are […]
Get a hands-on crash course on how to use UBC’s high-performance computing platform to support research that uses large datasets and computation, including tips and tricks for using the new Slurm job scheduler.
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 […]
Aimed at grad students and faculty researchers, this Data Bites workshop reviews the key components of a data management plan (DMP) and offers guidance on using the DMP Assistant, a bilingual tool for preparing data management plans.
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 […]
Get a hands-on crash course on how to use UBC’s high-performance computing platform to support research that uses large datasets and computation, including tips and tricks for using the new Slurm job scheduler.
A panel of trans theatre artists and UBC graduate students explore arts-based research to consider the affordances of theatre to centre trans voices, drawing on strategies from theatre-as-research approaches.
Everyone who is using Zotero or thinks they might like to use Zotero is welcome at this workshop. During this session, participants will: Learn the best ways to use Zotero to keep all of your citations in order throughout your research; Gain tips and tricks to get the most out of Zotero and your citation management tracking […]
This workshop offers an exploration of machine learning models for clustering and classification. With the increasing availability of large datasets, these models play a crucial role in extracting valuable insights and making informed decisions. In this workshop, participants will gain insight into clustering algorithms such as K-means, explore popular classification algorithms like decision trees, and […]
Join us for the first Faculty of Arts and Public Humanities Hub Noted Scholar Lecture. This event is held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam peoples and is sponsored by the Faculty of Arts, Public Humanities Hub, and St. John’s College. Seven Cautionary Tales for Publicly Engaged Humanities in 2023 This […]
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 […]
Join us for the first-ever Thrive research roundtable! We are bringing together some of the leading minds on mental health to deliver Creating Caring Communities: Exploring the Future of Social Wellbeing and Mental Health at UBC and Beyond. Register here This year’s event will discuss the intersections between mental health, social wellbeing, loneliness, and connection. […]
