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    • Hands-on session with Python Statsmodels

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

    This semester, a series of seven workshops was offered by CSCAR illustrating various approaches to statistical analysis using the Python Statsmodels package.  In this session, we will provide an open forum for people to get hands-on assistance in this environment. Several data sets and suggested analysis goals will be provided, but participants are also welcome […]

    Sliding into Slurm: An early look at U-M’s new high-performance computing environment

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    This workshop will provide a brief overview of the the new HPC environment and is intended for current Flux and Armis users.  We will use the temporary Beta HPC cluster to demonstrate how jobs will be submitted and managed under the new Great Lakes, Armis2, and Lighthouse clusters available later this year. There are many […]

    • Introduction to the Linux Command Line

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell, also generically referred to as “the command line”. Topics include: a brief overview of Linux, the Bash shell, navigating the file system, basic commands, shell redirection, permissions, processes, and the command environment. […]

    Introduction to the Linux Command Line

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell, also generically referred to as “the command line”. Topics include: a brief overview of Linux, the Bash shell, navigating the file system, basic commands, shell redirection, permissions, processes, and the command environment. […]

    Introduction to the Flux cluster and batch computing

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    Overview This workshop will provide a brief overview of the components of the Flux 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 […]

    Advanced batch computing on the Flux cluster

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    This course will cover some more advanced topics in cluster computing on the U-M Flux Cluster. Topics to be covered include a review of common parallel programming models and basic use of Flux; dependent and array scheduling; advanced troubleshooting and analysis using checkjob, qstat, and other tools; and parallel debugging and profiling of C and […]

    Introduction to the Flux cluster and batch computing

    Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

    Overview This workshop will provide a brief overview of the components of the Flux 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 […]

    Dimension Reduction with Python

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

    This workshop will cover dimension reduction techniques for data analysis in Python, focusing on Principal Component Analysis (PCA), factor analysis, and canonical correlation analysis (CCA).  Depending on audience interest, dimension reduction regression (e.g. SIR), and kernel versions of the classical dimension reduction techniques can also be discussed. The presentation will begin by covering the conceptual […]

    Introduction to Survey Design: Data Collection, Questionnaire Design and Response Processes-Lecture

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

    This lecture-format workshop will present an overview of available modes and methods of survey data collection as well as an introduction to the survey response process and implications for questionnaire design.  Participants will gain an appreciation of the tradeoffs inherent in survey design decisions and how design can affect data quality and survey errors. Topics […]

    Introduction to the Twitter API

    Room 1450 - Institute for Social Research 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    This workshop is designed for those who are interested in getting started with their own research and analytics of Twitter data. The workshop introduces workflows for using the Twitter API for programmers and non-programmers alike. For non-programmers, we'll be using the Postman software. For programmers, we'll demonstrate the same process in Python. We will also […]