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All Topics (February 9 through April 30)

Monday, February 10

  • 10:00 AM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to Julia (Hands-on)
    Julia is a high-performance programming language, but with many features more common to lower performance interpreted languages. Many of its features are well suited for numerical analysis and computational science, with functions and syntax that are built around supporting this. This tutorial presents an introduction via solving hands-on example problems; this motivates the syntax/tools in…
  • 1:00 PM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - GIS Using R: arcgis (Hands-on)
    The R arcgis library is part of ESRI's R-ArcGIS Bridge toolbox that allows one to interact with ArcGIS Online services within an R environment. This enables one to load data hosted on ArcGIS Online into an sf object within your R environment. Create GIS data using sf in your R environment and then publishing that…

Tuesday, February 11

  • 10:00 AM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to GRASS GIS Processing Engine (Hands-on)
    This tutorial will introduce participants into the fundamentals of processing geospatial data using the GRASS GIS engine. We will cover the basics of GRASS GIS, ingesting data into a new project, and visualizing spatial data in a Jupyter Notebook. We will work through a focused example—a viewshed analysis case study—where we will compute and evaluate…
  • 1:00 PM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Deep Learning with PyTorch, Part One (Hands-on)
    This is the first part of a two-part tutorial on PyTorch. Be sure to also register for Part Two on Thursday, February 13, from 1 PM to 3 PM to continue building your knowledge. What to Expect: This session introduces PyTorch, a popular and versatile Python library for deep learning, optimized for acceleration processing using…

Wednesday, February 12

  • 9:00 AM
    BU Faculty and Staff Event: Federal Outlook for Research Under the New Administration and Congress
    BU faculty and staff are invited to participate in a webinar with federal policy experts to learn about the research priorities of the new White House administration and strategies for positioning your research in this new environment. The session will feature Vice President for Federal Relations Jennifer Grodsky and Naomi Webber and Eve Granatosky from…
  • 12:00 PM
    Meet the Donaghue Foundation
    Are you looking for funding to support health services research? The Donaghue Foundation supports research that organizations can use to improve the value of their health care services. Its focus is reducing (a) high and rising healthcare costs, (b) unwarranted variation and lack of transparency in quality, prices, and outcomes, and (c) racial and ethnic…
  • 1:00 PM
    Weekly AIR Seminar 02/12
    Speaker: Keanu Nichols, PhD Student at Boston University (CAS) Talk Title: Multi-domain Analysis and Generalization of Image manipulation loCalization Abstract: Advanced image editing software enables easy creation of highly convincing image manipulations, which has been made even more accessible in recent years due to advances in generative AI. Manipulated images, while often harmless, could spread…
  • 2:30 PM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Data Preparation for Neuroimagers: BIDS, mriqc, and fmriprep (Hands-on)
    This tutorial will introduce Boston University’s Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) for use with Magnetic Resonance (MR) neuroimaging methods focusing on data preparation. We will work hands-on with the SCC to highlight the neuroimaging tools available on the SCC for importing, organizing, assessing the quality of, and preprocessing neuroimaging data. Software covered will include dcm2bids, MRIQC,…

Thursday, February 13

  • 10:00 AM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Matlab Performance Optimization (Hands-on)
    For many programs speed is the main research productivity factor, meaning the difference between hours versus months in getting results. For many applications it is possible to write MATLAB programs that are as fast or only a factor of 2-3 times slower than a compiled C++ or Fortran version, while requiring dramatically fewer lines of…
  • 1:00 PM
    IS&T RCS Tutorial - Deep Learning with PyTorch, Part Two (Hands-on)
    This is the second part of a two-part tutorial on PyTorch. Be sure to also register for Part One on Tuesday, February 11, from 1 PM to 3 PM. What to Expect: This session introduces PyTorch, a popular and versatile Python library for deep learning, optimized for acceleration processing using GPUs. You’ll gain hands-on experience…

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