January 2026 Jan 14 Introduction to Siteimprove Accessibility Software 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm Zoom This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues... Jan 15 Quakeworx: An Extensible Earthquake Science Gateway Built on… 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm Zoom Quakeworx is an extensible science gateway designed to lower barriers to large-scale earthquake simulation, data analysis, and collaborative research. Its goal is to enable broad community access to advanced... Jan 22 Introduction to Version Control with Git, Part 1 09:00 am to 11:00 am Zoom As a computational researcher, it can be essential to know how to use version control in order to run other people’s code or to develop code as part of a multi-person development team. Git is one software... Jan 22 Top 10 Accessibility Tips with Accessibility Specialist Chris… 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Are you struggling to bring your website into compliance with laws, policies and guidelines on accessibility? Do you need to know more about the ADA, WCAG, and Section 508? Do you want to know more about how... Jan 23 Learn Prompt Engineering and Retrieval Augmented Generation… 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Zoom In this workshop you will learn both the art and the science of crafting LLM prompts for generative AI models to elicit accurate and relevant results. You will also learn how to improve your model's reasoning... Jan 28 Mobilizing Behavioral Research: Smarter Engagement, Better… 09:30 am to 10:30 am Zoom This workshop will share how OARC is supporting researchers with mobile engagement strategies and helping them collect analytics for their behavioral studies. From Psychology to Oncology to Dentistry projects... Jan 29 Introduction to Version Control with Git, Part 2 09:00 am to 11:00 am Zoom GitHub is a web-based platform for software projects using Git. This workshop will continue the Git introduction by focusing on how to use the features of GitHub for accessing, managing, and collaborating on... Jan 29 Introduction to Document Accessibility (Google docs, Word, PDF) 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm Zoom This session provides an introduction to creating accessible documents in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and PDFs. Participants will learn the fundamentals of digital accessibility, including how to use proper... February 2026 Feb 02 Time Series Foundation Models (TSFMs) for Carbon-Aware Research… 10:00 am to 12:00 pm In-Person, OARC Portal: Math Sciences 5628 This workshop will introduce the UCLA research community to the emerging class of Time Series Foundation Models (TSFMs) and their application to sustainability challenges such as electricity grid carbon... Feb 02 Creating Spatial Networks with Open Source Software 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Networks are everywhere, moving through digital and physical environments. Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to create spatial networks using QGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, pgRouting, and... Feb 05 Introduction to Digital Accessibility Testing 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managers Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants... Feb 05 Introduction to Volumetric Video Capture 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm Zoom There has been a rising interest in volumetric video capture, a method for recording real-world people, objects, performances, or spaces in full 3D, creating data that allows viewers to experience the... Feb 06 Meet Your Participants in the Wild: Mobile Research Made Easy 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Are you doing research and collecting survey data? Do you use RedCap for behavioral intervention research? Do you think its complicated to position yourself to collect data in the field? Want to reach your... Feb 09 Machine Learning for Atomic-Scale Materials Modeling and… 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom This workshop will introduce researchers to cutting-edge machine learning (ML) methods that are transforming computational chemistry and materials science. Participants will learn how ML models can accelerate... Feb 11 Introduction to Siteimprove Accessibility Software 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm Zoom This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues... Feb 19 Digital Accessibility Basics 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom This interactive session introduces the fundamentals of digital accessibility and why it matters at UCLA. Participants will learn what accessibility means in a digital context, gain insight into disability... Feb 20 High Performance Python Interpreter for Data Analytics 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom While Python has been the most popular programming language since 2019, data scientists often critique its slow speed and limited capabilities in handling big data scenarios. In this workshop series, we'll... Feb 20 Using Messaging for Custom Research Mobile Apps 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom This 1-hour, non-technical workshop will introduce researchers to UCLA Messaging, a campus service that can send study-related notifications directly to participants through custom mobile apps. Using the NIH... Feb 24 Introduction to Document Accessibility (Google docs, Word, PDF) 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm Zoom This session provides an introduction to creating accessible documents in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and PDFs. Participants will learn the fundamentals of digital accessibility, including how to use proper... Feb 27 Image Processing Pipelines Using AWS Microservices - A… 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Zoom In this workshop you will learn how to build image processing pipelines using AWS Generative AI Services and Serverless Infrastructure. Using a real-world example from the LA Wildfires of 2025, you will learn... March 2026 Mar 02 Analysis and Visualization of Interactions in R 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm Zoom n regression, we are often interested in an interaction, which is the modification or moderation of the effect of an independent variable by another. Understanding interactions involves interpreting the... Mar 05 Introduction to Digital Accessibility Testing 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managers Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing By the end of this training, participants... Mar 06 UX Design for Research Apps: Turning Ideas into Effective… 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom This workshop explores how human-centered UX design can drive the creation of effective mobile apps and web platforms for research studies. Lauren will provide insight into the complete UX design process... Mar 09 Introduction to Survival Analysis in R 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm Zoom Survival analysis models time-to-event outcomes. This workshop introduces usage of the survival package in R for some of the most commonly used survival methods. Topics include data setup, Kaplan-Meier... Mar 09 AI for Biomedical Microscopy Data Reconstruction 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm In-Person, OARC Portal: Math Sciences 5628 This workshop will explore how artificial intelligence is used to reconstruct biomedical microscopy data, emphasizing both the opportunities and the risks of these approaches. While AI has enabled remarkable... Mar 11 Docker: Building Isolated Computing Environments for Scientific… 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom Installing scientific software packages often introduces complex and time-consuming dependency conflicts in both local and high-performance computing (HPC) environments. Container technologies, such as those... Mar 18 From Docker to Apptainer: Deploying Containers on the HPC… 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom This session builds on the Docker fundamentals introduced in the previous workshop and focuses on deploying containerized applications on an HPC cluster. Participants will explore advanced techniques for... Mar 20 Learn Spec-Driven Development using AWS Kiro 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Zoom In this workshop you will learn how to use AWS Kiro, a VS-code AI Powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to build software applications, turning generative Ai prompts into structured software... Mar 26 Physic-informed diffusion models for medical imaging 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm Zoom This workshop will introduce the UCLA research community to the application of diffusion probabilistic models for medical imaging problems, with a focus on MRI. Participants will learn both the fundamentals... April 2026 Apr 23 High-Performance Mesh Generation for Scientific Computing and… 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm Zoom This workshop introduces core methods for generating high-quality meshes used in large-scale simulation, scientific computing, and computer graphics. We will explore how Voronoi tessellation and Delaunay... TrainingsCan't attend live? 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