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 […]
Explore award opportunities both at UBC and beyond! Learn more about what award programs are looking for, ways to harness your individual strengths to stand out from the crowd, and how to translate your information for multiple award opportunities. Open to all UBC Indigenous students of all year levels. For any questions, please contact our […]
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 […]
This event is online with simultaneous translation to Mandarin and Cantonese, and can be attended via Zoom. This webinar is part of Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Society “Be Well” lecture series The Guide to Buddhist Counseling (Routledge, 2023) is a go-to book in Buddhist counseling, this book is a valuable resource for Buddhist chaplains, […]
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for directory structure conventions and directory names that will help organize your files in a way that is meaningful to both you and others.
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 […]
UBC's Bike Kitchen presents "The Right to Repair", a sustainability forum targeting industry issues surrounding the sale of “built-to-fail” products and consumers’ right to repair their own products across various industries.
Date: Monday, July 31, 2023 Time: 2 – 3 pm PST Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. About this workshop: With an aging population, elder care responsibilities are now becoming a reality for an increasing number of Canadians. Caregiving is a multifaceted role, and quite different from any other; many individuals may find it very challenging to investigate […]
Do you struggle with depositing research data for publications? This 45-minute workshop covers practical techniques and steps for depositing and describing research data in Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository, a bilingual, multi-disciplinary, secure, Canadian research data repository, supported by academic libraries and research institutions across Canada,
R is popular for many applications including data visualization and statistical analysis. This beginner orientation is suitable for people with little or no R experience. It will help you decide whether R is the right tool for your data analysis needs and introduce R terminology using the RStudio interface. The workshop is one hour, followed […]
Nothing beats a plan. With solid financial understanding, you can concentrate on what’s important – which is not worrying about money! Being able to budget confidently and learning the ins and outs of the UBC SSC, you should feel more confident about the financial aspects of your time at UBC. Open to all UBC Indigenous […]
The Enterprise Video Platform (EVP) project is hosting an online feedback session for UBC students, to explore their needs and preferences for a UBC video platform. This session will let students share their desires for learning with educational videos and classroom recordings. The feedback session will focus on the features and functionalities that support learning […]
