Fall 2024

Fall 2024: U of A DataLab workshop sessions 

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Watch the U of A DataLab Fall 2024 semester workshop videos below and on the UArizona Data Lab YouTube channel.  

Advanced AI for Healthcare: A Transformative Force 

AI Makerspace 

Exploring Tools for Data Analysis and AI Applications in Biosciences and Genomics 

09/03  Exploring Analysis  Platforms and High-Performance Computing Resources for Bioinformatics- YouTube 

09/10  Intro to Essential Tools for Every Bioinformaticianv - YouTube 

09/17  An Introduction to Sequence Manipulation, Alignment, and Assessment for Bioscience Analyses - YouTube 

09/24  Using Nextflow for Streamlining Bioscience Analysis Pipelines - YouTube 

10/01  Using Snakemake for Streamlining Data Analysis Pipelines  YouTube  

10/08  A Beginners Guide to Gene Expression: Diving into DESeq Analysis  - YouTube 

10/15  Fundamentals of Data Visualization- YouTube 

10/22  Explore Current AI/ML Trends and Tools in Bioinformatics  

10/29  Using MLFlow to Track Machine Learning Projects in Bioinformatics - YouTube  

Exploring the LLM Frontier: From Hugging Face to RAG and Beyond 

09/05  Hugging Face Models (NLP) - YouTube  

09/12  Hugging Face Models (Computer Vision) - YouTube  

09/19  Hugging Face Models (Multimodal) - YouTube 

09/26  Running LLM locally: Ollama - YouTube 

10/03  Introduction to LangChain  - YouTube 

10/10  Getting Started with Phi-3  - YouTube 

10/17  Getting started with Gemini  

10/24  Introduction to Gradio 

10/31  Introduction to RAG - YouTube 

Natural Language Processing for All 

09/05  Introduction to NLP with SpaCy - YouTube  

09/12  Regular Expressions for NLP   

09/19  NLP with Transformers  YouTube 

09/26  Introduction to Semantic Search   

10/03  Introduction to Information Extraction  

10/10  Text pre-processing for NLP   

10/17  Introduction to Speech Technology 

10/24  Speech-to-Text with Whisper AI - YouTube 

NextGen Geospatial:  AI & Cloud Tools for Geographic Analysis 

09/03  Intro to CyVerse Geospatial: Tap into the cloud to enhance your geospatial research - YouTube   

09/10  Intro to Google Earth Engine for  Planetary-Scale Geospatial Analysis - YouTube 

09/17  Deep Learning for Aerial Imagery: DeepForest: Automate tree detection with Pytorch - YouTube 

09/24  Deep Learning for Aerial Imagery: Detecto-automate the detection of any object with Pytorch - YouTube   

10/01  Cloud Native Geospatial: Cloud Optimized Geotiffs (COGs): Geospatial Raster Analysis Designed for the Web - YouTube 

10/08  Cloud Native Geospatial: Cloud Optimized Point Clouds (COPC):  Geospatial Point Cloud Analysis designed for the Web - YouTube 

10/15  Reproducible geospatial analysis pipelines using containers:  Create a scripted analysis and share it with the world- YouTube 

10/22  Intro to APIs for Geospatial Data:  Scale and Automate your Data Retrieval and Analysis 

10/29  Learn about SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogs (STAC):Let's Build a Global Data Catalog!- YouTube 

Research Productivity Workshops 

09/18  Leadership through Project Management: Team Culture Tips for Successful Research Projects. - YouTube 

10/02  Planning for Your Next Research Project 

10/30  Pragmatic Project Management for Everyone