Events

  • Web Scraping with Python

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    This workshop will provide an overview of how to scrape data from html pages and website APIs using Python. This will mostly be accomplished using the requests, beautifulsoup, and retry […]

    Introduction to NumPy (Python)

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    This workshop will introduce you to the NumPy library in Python, which is useful in scientific computing. We will cover NumPy’s n-dimensional array object and associated functions in depth, along […]

    Geometric Network Analysis

    Rackham Building, Earl Lewis Room, 3rd Floor East 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    This workshop will cover GIS concepts and techniques for analyzing geometric networks embedded in geographical space. We will mainly focus on road network, but the ideas and techniques apply to […]

    Back to a Future: Asynchronous Computing with futures in R

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    Asynchronous computing is an umbrella term encompassing parallel and concurrent computational programs in which some tasks can be executed without a strict sequential order.  A future is a programming abstraction for a value […]

    Mediation Models: A demonstration using multiple packages

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    Mediation models are commonly applied in a variety of modeling settings, and people will typically flock to tools specific to structural equation modeling like Mplus or Amos for analysis.  However, […]

    Introduction to Performance Analysis of Scientific Software

    Rackham Building, Earl Lewis Room, 3rd Floor East 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    We all had this: "My program is too slow". We all have heard: "Use Fortran and C++, they are fast."  But will it really help? We all have heard also: […]

    SC2 Workshop Series: Intro to Jugular: Virtual Reality and 3D Rendering

    U-M 3D Lab, Digital Media Commons, Duderstadt Center 2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Learn how to format, load and visualize your data in 3D. Jugular works in U-M M.I.D.E.N., the Occulus Rift and any desktop window. The U-M 3D Lab will teach this […]