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All Topics (May 15 through June 8)
Monday, May 23
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What will I do—and who will I be—if I'm not an academic?!For academics, work is often more than a way to pay the bills: it is a vocation. Even thinking about a career change therefore causes many of us to experience an acute identity crisis—something Chris Caterine experienced first-hand when he left the professoriate to work for a global consulting firm. During this practicum, Chris draws…
Wednesday, May 25
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AAU PhD Education Initiative: Symposium and Closing ReceptionJoin us as we celebrate the work your departments have achieved through participating in the inaugural cohort of the Association of American Universities (AAU) PhD Initiative. Dr. Cynthia Fuhrmann from UMass Amherst will give an invited talk on her research related to career pathways for graduate students and the tools she has created to support…
Tuesday, May 31
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IS&T RCS Boot Camp - Gentle Introduction to Programming in C, Part OneThe goal of this immersive, hands-on Boot Camp is to build the foundation of programming in C. The many hands-on exercises will teach you key programming skills and make you feel confident about writing and compiling your C programs. During the Boot Camp we will use the Shared Computing Cluster, so you do not need…
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IS&T RCS Boot Camp - MATLAB Image Processing using the SVDIn this Boot Camp we will explore the power of the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and its usefulness as a tool in Image Processing and Analysis. We will first explore the ideas underpinning the SVD and how it decomposes data into singular values and eigenvectors. We will then apply this knowledge to examine how it…
Wednesday, June 1
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IS&T RCS Boot Camp - Gentle Introduction to Programming in C, Part TwoThis tutorial is a continuation of Gentle Introduction to Programming in C, Part One. Please register for both parts.
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Meet Burroughs Wellcome Fund-Virtual EventJoin us to learn about the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, a funder dedicated to supporting undervalued areas in the biomedical sciences. All BU faculty, postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences are invited for this virtual event. Funding for diverse biomedical scientists to improve human health in frontiers of greatest need. Current research interests of the Fund…
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Meet the Burroughs Wellcome FundFunding for diverse biomedical scientists to improve human health in frontiers of greatest need
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Concrete Steps for Writing AbstractsLearn more about different types of abstracts and how to account for discipline-specific considerations. Explore ways t structure your abstract to present your work both comprehensively and concisely. Lastly, learn how to maximize the impact of your work and choose relevant keywords for proper indexing of your work. This doctoral workshop is co-sponsored by the…
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Concrete Steps for Writing AbstractsAfter the title, the abstract is the first thing people read to determine whether or not to read an article, review, dissertation, book chapter,... further. You probably do this quite often too! However, writing a compelling abstract that accurately describes a study in a few lines while being accessible to as broad of an audience…
Thursday, June 2
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to LinuxThis tutorial will give attendees a hands-on introduction to Linux. Topics covered will include a short history of Linux, logging in with ssh, the Bash shell and shell scripts, I/O redirection (pipes), file system navigation, and job control. Time permitting, attendees will edit, compile, and run a simple C program.
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to BU's Shared Computing ClusterThis tutorial will introduce Boston University’s Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) in Holyoke, MA. This Linux cluster has more than 21000 processors and over 9 petabytes of storage available for Research Computing by students and faculty on the Charles River and BUMC campuses. A very large number of software packages for programming, mathematics, data analysis, plotting,…
Friday, June 3
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to LinuxThis tutorial will give attendees a hands-on introduction to Linux. Topics covered will include a short history of Linux, logging in with ssh, the Bash shell and shell scripts, I/O redirection (pipes), file system navigation, and job control. Time permitting, attendees will edit, compile, and run a simple C program.
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Understanding AI’s Potential for Sustainability: Smart Homes and Energy JusticeEnergy of the Future series explores artificial intelligence’s potential for sustainability.
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to BU's Shared Computing ClusterThis tutorial will introduce Boston University’s Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) in Holyoke, MA. This Linux cluster has more than 21000 processors and over 9 petabytes of storage available for Research Computing by students and faculty on the Charles River and BUMC campuses. A very large number of software packages for programming, mathematics, data analysis, plotting,…
Saturday, June 4
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship BootcampWhether you're brand new to innovation and entrepreneurship or you're ready to take your idea to the next level, our virtual Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp is for you! You'll learn how to: • Identify problems (aka opportunities for innovation!) in your industry or community • Use the design thinking process to create meaningful solutions to…
Monday, June 6
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IS&T RCS Boot Camp - Git and GitHub for Version Control & CollaborationIn this interactive, hands-on Git workshop, attendees will learn how to use Git for version control and collaboration with other code developers. We will go over the fundamentals of version control using Git and GitHub and practice the essential git commands. Participants will learn how to systematically store different versions of their code, recover previous…
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Advancing Public Health with Systems Science & Simulation ModelingCalls for the use of systems modeling and simulation methods to advance population health and address health disparities have been made with growing urgency, yet they remain largely underutilized. Barriers to the increased uptake of these methods (e.g., agent-based modeling, system dynamics modeling, and discrete event simulation) by population health researchers are non-trivial, though not…
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Advancing Public Health with Systems Science & Simulation ModelingA Simulation Modeling for Population Health Focused Research Program Symposium.
Tuesday, June 7
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IS&T RCS Boot Camp - Building R Packages, Part OneIn this two-day workshop, you will learn the process of creating an R package from scratch. In addition, we will go over the best practices in building R packages, including how to test that functions execute properly, create informative documentation and examples, and use unit tests to ensure that the various components of the package…
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IS&T RCS Boot Camp - MATLAB Natural Language ProcessingHuman communication/knowledge is encoded with “natural language”; working with the encoded info computationally is known as “Natural Language Processing”. We will first look at a way of encoding words and how this encoding carries with it semantic meaning, “word2vec”. We will explore how we can then use the encoded semantic meaning to turn mathematical operations…
Wednesday, June 8
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The Challenges Facing Colombia TodayJoin the Pardee School's Center for Latin American Studies for a meeting with Colombian Congresswoman-elect Karmen Ramírez Boscán, a Geneva-based indigenous Wayúu woman who was elected to represent Overseas Colombians in the Congress. Karmen Ramírez Boscán is founder of Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu and a member of the coalition Pacto Histórico.
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BU ADRC Lecture Series: Marica Jimenez, PhD (Virtual)Join the BU ADRC for our Monthly Lecture guest speaker Marcia Jimenez, PhD ”Protective Associations of Greenspace and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias”
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PHX Webinar: Building Your Brand as a Public Health LeaderThe concept of personal branding isn’t new, but we rarely talk about the benefits and process for curating a personal brand in the field of public health. Whether you’re looking for a job, want a promotion, or are just interested in determining how you come across to others, building and maintaining a strong personal brand…
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IS&T RCS Boot Camp - Research Computing Office Hourse - R, SAS, & StataDuring Research Computing Office Hours, our staff will be happy to answer any question you might have related to using R, SAS, and/or Stata on the Shared Computing Cluster. If you are new to the SCC, we highly recommend you first attend one or more of our introductory SCC tutorials (“Introduction to BU’s Shared Computing…
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ARC Research Retreat: Current and Future DirectionsHosted by the Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (ECIBR), Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), and Boston University Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office (IBRO) Goal: Brainstorm interdisciplinary research directions as well as newly envisioned research platforms to achieving goals set forth, such as a Basic-to-Technology Development forums, other mechanisms of ARC funding, and…