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SUMMARY:Intro to SQL
DESCRIPTION:Ever want to know how to communicate with a database? You need to know SQL\, a standard programming language for working with relational database management systems in data warehouses or just Microsoft Access. This workshop will cover the basic syntax of SQL. Material will focus mainly on how to query databases. A web-based tool will be used for the tutorial.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/intro-to-sql-4-2/
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building (MLB)\, Room 2001A
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191112T100000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Deep Neural Networks with Keras/TensorFlow
DESCRIPTION:Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are used as a machine learning method for both regression and classification problems. Keras is a high-level\, Python interface running on top of multiple neural network libraries\, including the popular library TensorFlow. In this workshop\, participants will learn how to quickly use the Keras interface to perform nonlinear regression and classification with standard fully-connected DNNs\, as well as image classification using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). We will also look at regularization techniques and how to deal with under- and over-fitting. All examples will use Python; some familiarity with Python is recommended. Computers will be available to complete exercises. We will run the models using Google Colab\, which requires a Google account.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/introduction-to-deep-neural-networks-with-keras-tensorflow-5/
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building (MLB)\, Room 2001A
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191112T150000
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SUMMARY:Android Application Development: An Overview
DESCRIPTION:Mobile app development is one of the biggest new industries of the last decade. As of 2017\, Google and Apple (the creators of Android and iOS\, respectively) confirmed a combined total of over 3 billion devices around the globe using their mobile operating systems. The capabilities and built-in sensors on modern smartphones also provide a new avenue to collect data or engage with participants in a non-invasive manner. It might seem intimidating to write a mobile app for the first time\, but the process is similar to writing software for a desktop computer\, which in itself isn’t as hard as you might think! \nWe will present a brief overview on developing Android apps\, the differences between Android and iOS development\, and provide quick demonstrations on how you can use a variety of available programming environments and languages to create an app. A basic familiarity with computer programming is recommended to get the most out of the seminar. This is not an in-depth workshop with the intention to have its participants program code alongside the presentation\, but meant to introduce available options for them to consider and to answer questions on the topic. Separate “hands-on” workshops will be provided later in the academic year based on audience feedback.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/android-application-development-an-overview-3/
LOCATION:Rackham Building\, Earl Lewis Room\, 3rd Floor East\, 915 E. Washington St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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SUMMARY:Improving the Performance of Scientific Software
DESCRIPTION:This is a continuation of the workshop “Introduction to performance analysis of scientific software”.  Now\, we know how to measure overall performance of our software and can make a good guess of the main performance bottleneck.  How can we improve the performance? Do we really need to rewrite the whole program in a different language? In this workshop\, we will observe and discuss various methods of performance improvement\, such as using optimized libraries\, multi-language development\, and choosing appropriate algorithms.  In the end\, you will know how to leverage the power of better algorithms and closer-to-metal languages to improve the performance of your software without a total rewrite or hardware upgrades. \n  \nRequirements:  It is recommended to attend “Introduction to performance analysis of scientific software” workshop prior to this one.  If you wish to follow hands-on demonstrations\, you will need to bring your own laptop and have a UMich account.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/improving-the-performance-of-scientific-software/
LOCATION:Rackham Building\, Earl Lewis Room\, 3rd Floor East\, 915 E. Washington St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stata 16 New Data Management Features
DESCRIPTION:Audience: Stata users familiar with data management who want an overview of the new data management features introduced in Stata 16.\n\nWe’ll cover the two main data management features introduced in Stata 16.\n\n1) Frames – holding multiple data sets in memory simultaneously.\n2) Variable lists – formalizing creation and storage of lists of variables.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/stata-16-new-data-management-features-2/
LOCATION:Rackham Building\, Earl Lewis Room\, 3rd Floor East\, 915 E. Washington St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20191120T150000
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SUMMARY:SC2 Workshop Series: QGIS - Visualizing Geospatial Data
DESCRIPTION:QGIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS). You can visualize\, manage\, edit\, analyze data\, and compose printable maps. The workshop will use R. This workshop is part of the Scientific Computing Student Club’s (SC2) 2020 Visualization Challenge. It is the second workshop in the series. Learn more about the workshop series and the Visualization Challenge here. \nInstructor: Dr. Manish Verma\, Consultant\, Consulting for Statistics\, Computing and Analytic Research (CSCAR) \nSpace is limited. Register here.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/sc2-workshop-series-qgis-visualizing-geospatial-data/
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building (MLB)\, Room 2001A
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SUMMARY:Programming with R
DESCRIPTION:People using R for applied research are often not taught basic programming practices such as writing functions\, efficient iterative processing\, vectorization\, and other practices that would make their research far more efficient and reproducible.  Understandably\, focus is on basic data manipulation and getting model results.  Unfortunately\, this can mean the data isn’t as explored as it should be\, or other opportunities are lost (e.g. feature engineering)\, because of the presumed effort that would be required to deal with the data more fully. \nThis workshop will help you get more out of R so that you can take your efforts to the next level.\n\nPrereq: Some basic experience using R is required.  You should know how to create and manipulate objects\, run basic analyses\, etc.  This could also be useful to anyone with programming experience in another language like Python.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/programming-with-r/
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building (MLB)\, Room 2001A
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20191122T163000
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SUMMARY:Rcpp: Integrating C++ into R
DESCRIPTION:The Rcpp package for R provides “seamless R and C++ integration”.  In this workshop\, we will discuss the use of Rcpp to speed up existing R code by rewriting slow functions in C++.   \nThe workshop will be centered around a couple of case studies with an opportunity provided for participants to implement a few of their own C++ functions\, compile\, and call them from R.  Participants should be comfortable programming in R\, but need not have any prior exposure to C++.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/rcpp-integrating-c-into-r/
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building (MLB)\, Room 2001A
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster
DESCRIPTION:OVERVIEW\nThis workshop will provide a brief overview of the components of the Great Lakes Cluster. The main body of the workshop will cover the resource manager and scheduler\, creating submissions scripts to run jobs and the options available in them\, and hands-on experience. By the end of the workshop\, every participant should have created a submission script\, submitted a job\, tracked its progress\, and collected its output. Participants will have several working examples from which to build their own submissions scripts in their own home directories. \nPRE-REQUISITES\nThis course assumes familiarity with the Linux command line as might be got from the CSCAR/ARC-TS workshop Introduction to the Linux Command Line. In particular\, participants should understand how files and folders work\, be able to create text files using the nano editor\, be able to create and remove files and folders\, and understand what input and output redirection are and how to use them. \nINSTRUCTORS\nDr. Charles J Antonelli\nResearch Computing Services\nLSA Technology Services \nCharles is a High Performance Computing Consultant in the Research Computing Services group of LSA TS at the University of Michigan\, where he is responsible for high performance computing support and education\, and was an Advocate to the Departments of History and Communications. Prior to this\, he built a parallel data ingestion component of a novel earth science data assimilation system\, a secure packet vault\, and worked on the No. 5 ESS Switch at Bell Labs in the 80s. He has taught courses in operating systems\, distributed file systems\, C++ programming\, security\, and database application design. \nJohn Thiels\nResearch Computing Services\nLSA Technology Services \nMark Champe\nResearch Computing Services\nLSA Technology Services \nMATERIALS\nLecture notes\nGreat Lakes HPC cluster \nCOURSE PREPARATION\nIn order to participate successfully in the workshop exercises\, you must have a user login\, a Slurm account\, and be enrolled in Duo. The user login allows you to log in to the cluster\, create\, compile\, and test applications\, and prepare jobs for submission. The Slurm account allows you to submit those jobs\, executing the applications in parallel on the cluster and charging their resource use to the account. Duo is required to help authenticate you to the cluster. \nUSER LOGIN\nIf you don’t already have a Great Lakes user login\, please visit the application page. \nPlease note that obtaining a user account requires human processing\, so be sure to do this at least two business days before class begins. \nSLURM ACCOUNT\nWe create a Slurm account for the workshop so you can run jobs on the cluster during the workshop and for one day after for those who would like additional practice. The workshop job account is quite limited and is intended only to run examples to help you cement the details of job submission and management. If you already have an existing Slurm account\, you can use that\, though if there are any issues with that account\, we will ask you to use the workshop account. \nDUO AUTHENTICATION\nDuo two-factor authentication is required to log in to the cluster. When logging in\, you will need to type your UMICH (AKA Level 1) password as well as authenticate through Duo in order to access Great Lakes. \nIf you need to enroll in Duo\, follow the instructions at Enroll a Smartphone or Tablet in Duo. \nPlease enroll in Duo before you come to class. \nLAPTOP PREPARATION\nYou do not need to bring your own laptop to class. The classroom will provide Windows or Mac computers\, which require your uniqname and UMICH (AKA Level 1) password to login\, and that have all necessary software pre-loaded. \nIf you want to use a laptop for the course\, you are welcome to do so: please see our web page on Preparing your laptop to use Flux (those instructions apply to Great Lakes as well). However\, if there are problems connecting your laptop\, you will be asked to switch to the provided computer for the class. We cannot stop to debug connection issues with personal or departmental laptops during the class.
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/research-computing-on-the-great-lakes-cluster-6/
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building (MLB)\, Room 2001A
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