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D-Lab Newsletter 12/08/2016
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We hope you had a productive RRR Week and got to enjoy a D-Lab workshop or two. Here's to a successful finals week!
Upcoming Workshops

Exploring Geospatial Data in Python with GeoPandas
Add more to your geopatial toolkit with this workshop demonstrating the capabilites of the GeoPandas library in python. Register here!

January Intensives
The D-Lab is already geared up for Spring Semester. Register for these helpful workshops before they're full!

Programming FUN!damentals
This workshop is a perfect introduction to programming and covers the basics that many instructors often assume you know. Register here!


Python for Everything
A four-part, interactive workshop series, Python for Everything is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. Register here!


R Fundamentals
This four-part introductory series will teach you R from scratch with clear introductions, concise examples, and support documents. Get more info and register here!


Creating Maps in R
Get busy making maps with this introduction to methods and libraries for mapping spatial data in R. Register here!

All Upcoming Workshops

Exploring Geospatial Data in Python with Geopandas
Fri, December 9, 2016 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

January Intensives

Python Workshops:

Programming FUN!damentals
Mon, January 9, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 1
Tues, January 10, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 2
Wed, January 11, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 3
Thurs, January 12, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 4
Fri, January 13, 2-17 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

R Workshops:
Creating Maps in R
Mon, January 9, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 1
Tues, January 10, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 2
Wed, January 11, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 3
Thurs, January 12, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 4
Fri, January 13, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

See our calendar for more workshops in Spring semester.
Special Events & Announcements
D-Lab is looking for Instructors and Consultants
In If you feel inspired to help fellow researchers and students learn about research tools, methods and techniques we are interested in hearing from you. We are especially looking for UCB students with a strong knowledge of R, Python, Qualtrics or Stata. See this blog post for more details.
How Does History Count? Exploring Japanese American Internment through Digital Sources
In this data science connector course, students will learn emerging digital methods for conducting historical research, which they will apply to the study of Japanese-American Internment. In-class exercises will be hands-on and involve working directly with primary sources, using and expanding upon skills learned in the Foundations of Data Science class.
GeoLunch: Methods for Mapping Global Croplands
In the last GeoLunch of the semester at the GIF Prof Russell Congnalton will present his work on innovative methods for mapping global croplands at 30m resolution. Methods to be discussed include multi-temporal analysis, spectral pattern analysis, cloud & super computing techniques and error assessment.
Online Access to OCR Software Now Available
Need to digitize text from images or PDFs? Sign up to be a test user in Research's IT's Analytics Environments on Demand (AEoD) Service and gain access to an OCR (optical character recognition) virtual desktop!  See this blog post to learn more.
Working Groups
Get Involved
Working groups are a great way to get involved in a community of like-minded researchers. You can always join at any time! See a listing of working groups on our website.
 
Registered for a workshop and can't make it? No problem! Login to our website and visit My Registrations to cancel your registration.

What is D-Lab?

We help faculty, staff, and graduate students move forward with world-class research in data-intensive social science. We strive to be inclusive, equitable, and to facilitate access to information and resources. We live by the phrase: It’s okay not to know! (IOKN2K)

Check out our free workshops, join our working groups or book an appointment with our consultants today.

Calendar
Keep up to date with the  
D-Lab Calendar for upcoming workshops, working groups, and special events!

Consulting

Need help with your project? We have consultants who can work with you on areas including:

  • Research/study design
  • Python, SQL
  • R, Stata, SPSS
  • Qualitative methods
  • Network analysis
  • Statistical literacy
  • Statistical modeling
  • Accessing datasets
  • GIS, spatial analysis
  • Web mapping

See our consultant page for more details.

Featured Consultant
Saika Belal is a PhD student in the department of Agricultural & Resource Economics (ARE) studying labor, behavioral and development economics. Her research focuses on whether preferences, beliefs and other behavioral parameters move over time and in response to scarcity, and whether these movements suggest a behavioral poverty trap. Her current project looks at movements in impatience due to time and monetary constraints, and involves conducting lab experiments, lab-in-the-field experiments, and behavioral sensing based on responses to mobile phone-based surveys and tasks.

Visit Us

356 Barrows Hall

Email us for questions or to suggest new offerings. Better, stop in if you would like to interview for a consulting slot, send us a CV / resume and cover note, and we'll be in touch.

Other Services


We have a variety of software installed in our computers for public use including R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, ArcGIS, Gephi, SPAD and more. Our collaboratory is also free for you to work on your projects or conduct discussions with your peers. See you there!
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