This workshop will present data transfer solutions for various computational research workflows. Users will be given a refresher on common file transfer programs present on high-performance computing resources, and will be shown examples of their associated problems and pitfalls. The presenter will introduce the Globus file transfer program, which offers fast file transfers, resilience against network failure, and a powerful …
Office of ResearchThe "shell" in Unix is a generic term for the program that provides the basic user interface to the system. Typically, this would be a command line interface, but might also include a graphical interface (e.g., "gnome shell"). This workshop will cover commands common to most variations of Unix and Unix command line interface shells. The second hour of this …
Office of ResearchWorking with large, complex research datasets requires efficient data management and analysis capabilities. This hands-on AWS workshop will teach you how to build a scalable data lake using AWS Lake Formation, unlock insights from that data through SQL queries in Amazon Athena, and create compelling visualizations in Amazon QuickSight. By the end, you'll have the skills to leverage the power …
Office of ResearchThe first part of this workshop focuses on parallel computing with MATLAB on the desktop. The host introduces the concept of parallel computing and briefly covers optimizing code before diving into parallelism in MATLAB and common programming constructs such as parfor (including optimization and performance considerations), and parfeval. Next, scaling options are introduced with discussion about GPUs and clusters/clouds and …
Office of ResearchIntroduction to the Office of Research for New and Early Career Researchers Please join us for an Overview of the Office of Research, including the tools, resources, and support needed to assist the UCF research community throughout the life cycle of a sponsored award. Date: Monday, September 30, 2024Time: 10:00 am to 3:30 pm – AgendaLocation: Student Union, Room 316CD The workshop intended …
Office of ResearchThe UCF Research Computing Symposium will be held on October 1, 2024, at the UCF Digital Learning Center and is organized and sponsored by the Office of Research. The aim is to bring together researchers in UCF who leverage advanced computing resources to accelerate their research; resources such as UCF’s Stokes and Newton from ARCC, national super-computing facilities from agencies …
Office of ResearchIn this workshop, participants will leverage national compute resources within the NSF-funded ACCESS ecosystem to run simple machine learning experiments and familiarize themselves with Pytorch. Designed as a concise introduction to the use of Pytorch, the presenter will share their experience using Pytorch for research. Topics we will cover include environment setup, various machine learning pipelines, loading pretrained models, and …
Office of ResearchThis workshop will teach you how to leverage Amazon Bedrock, a platform for developing and deploying large language models, to create powerful GenAI applications tailored to specific domain knowledge. You will learn to build personalized assistants that can summarize complex topics, answer questions, provide recommendations, and more. By harnessing the power of large language models and Research Augmented Generation (RAG), …
Office of ResearchDr. Saiful Khondaker, Interim Assistant VP for Research Advancement for UCF Office of Research, and Professor of Nanotechnology, Physics, and Electrical Engineering, will facilitate this session. This session will include drafting a clear statement of work with precise objectives and goals, highlighting the significance of the work, planning the methodology and data management plan sections, and expanding on the intellectual …
Office of ResearchIn this hands-on workshop, participants will dive into the world of prompt engineering—a crucial skill for effectively interacting with AI models like ChatGPT. Tailored for beginners to intermediates, this session will explore the art and science of crafting prompts that yield accurate, creative, and useful outputs. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a solid understanding of prompt …
Office of ResearchThe goal of this lesson is to teach new programmers to write modular code to perform a data analysis. R is used to teach these skills because it is a commonly used programming language in many scientific disciplines. However, the emphasis is not on teaching every aspect of R, but instead on language agnostic principles like automation with loops and …
Office of ResearchData and statistics play an important role in conducting research, yet understanding how to find, analyze, and manage data can be complicated. If you are interested in developing data skills, this session on finding data sources will provide an overview of introductory information to aid you on your path to being a data expert.The workshop will introduce the basic concepts …
Office of ResearchDr. Peter Delfyett, Distinguished Pegasus Professor, UCF College of Optics & Photonics, will facilitate this session. This session will include drafting a competitive abstract and technical narrative with precise objectives and goals, describing the significance of the work, planning the methodology and data management plan sections, and expanding on impacts resulting from the proposed activities. Participation is only open for …
Office of ResearchThis event will take place at the UCF campus on October 17-18, 2024, and is co-organized by UCF and the USF. Faculty from all SUS universities will be in attendance. The aim is to bring together academic experts in Florida that are working in areas related to defense science and technology. The symposium is intended to benefit junior faculty or …
Office of ResearchThe first part of this workshop focuses on parallel computing with MATLAB on the desktop. The host introduces the concept of parallel computing and briefly covers optimizing code before diving into parallelism in MATLAB and common programming constructs such as parfor (including optimization and performance considerations), and parfeval. Next, scaling options are introduced with discussion about GPUs and clusters/clouds and …
Office of ResearchDebopam Chakrabarti, Professor of Medicine, UCF College of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology Division Head, will facilitate this session. This session will include drafting a convincing specific aims page and research plan, highlighting the significance of the work, planning the methodology and data management plan sections, and expanding on impacts resulting from the proposed activities. Participation is only open for faculty researchers …
Office of ResearchIn this workshop, we will discuss probabilistic programming in Python. We'll first go over the basics of and motivations behind probabilistic programming. After this brief review, we will learn how to use Python probabilistic programming libraries to build example statistical models and inference pipelines. Pre-requisites: Attendees should be familiar with Python and Bayesian data analysis. Presented by David Wright.
Office of ResearchThis workshop is targeted at a broad audience of researchers who want to learn how to be more efficient and effective in their data analysis and computing, whatever their career stage.The lesson is inspired by and based on the paper, Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing (Wilson et al., 2017): “a set of good computing practices that every researcher can …
Office of ResearchDr. Kristopher Davis, Associate Professor, UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will facilitate the DOE session. Dr. Mary Little, Professor, UCF School of Teacher Education, will facilitate the DoED session. This session will include drafting a strong statement of work with precise objectives and goals, describing the significance of the work, planning the methodology and other important sections, and …
Office of ResearchPublished computational research should be reproducible today, tomorrow, and ten years from now. In this workshop, we will go over tools and practices you can employ to ensure that this is the case. Topics will include containerization, bit-for-bit reproduction of software environments, and software design practices for reproducible pipelines. Presented by David Wright.
Office of ResearchDiscover How Google Generative AI Can: Accelerate Discovery: Uncover patterns and correlations in your data that would take years to find manually. Scale Innovation: Generate novel hypotheses, design innovative experiments, and explore new research avenues. Enhance Collaboration: Streamline literature reviews, co-author papers, and communicate findings more effectively. Secure Funding: Craft compelling grant proposals and showcase the impact of your research …
Office of ResearchThe Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is the world's largest modeling, simulation and training event. Held near the beginning of December in Orlando, Florida, USA, I/ITSEC consists of peer-reviewed paper presentations, tutorials, special events, professional workshops, a commercial exhibit hall, a serious games competition, and STEM events for teachers and secondary students. Stop by the University of Central …
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