VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Nov. 24th, 2016 from 2pm-3pm Location: Neville Scarfe Building 310, 2125 Main Mall
You are invited to a Research Data Management Session presented by members of the UBC ARC team - Eugene Barsky (Research Data Librarian), Kaitlyn Gutteridge (Research Data Privacy and Security Officer) and Megan Meredith-Lobay (Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Analyst).
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Faculty of Science professor wins the most prestigious prize given by the Oceanographic Institute.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 Location: Online ( Please register here.)
Speaker:
Phillip Richmond
PhD Student, Wasserman Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Wednesday, November 16Location: online
Speaker Info:
Eugene Barsky
Research Data Librarian, Library Administration
University of British Columbia
In Canada, as in many developed countries, requirements for data management are being established across a wide range of scholarly disciplines. In this presentation, Eugene Barsky from the University of British Columbia's ARC Team will offer UBC Library expertise in managing thousands of data files with Dataverse software....
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
When: Friday, November 4, 12-1 pmWhere: The Lew Forum, Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC, 1822 East Mall
Speaker: Ted Underwood, Professor of English and Information Sciences, University of Illinois
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Thu. 3 November 2016 (9.00 AM - 4.30PM)Location: University of British Columbia, 2405 Wesbrook Mall, Room 3340, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, Vancouver, BC.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
When: Wednesday, November 2, 5-6:30 pm, reception to followWhere: Coach House, Green College, UBC, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Speaker: Ray Siemens, Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Victoria (BC)
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Workshop 1: Monday, October 24th, 12:00pm – 2:00pmWorkshop 2: Wednesday, October 26th, 2:00pm – 4:00pmWorkshop 3: Friday, October 28th, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Location for all workshops: Room LSC3 – Life Sciences Institute – 2350 Health Sciences Mall. Vancouver, BC
VPRI Unit: Research Ethics
Learn about the new policy on Good Clinical Practice Training for NIH Awardees Involved in NIH-funded Clinical Trials
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Thursday, September 21 (10.00am - 11.00am PST)Location: Online
REGISTER HERE
Speaker Info:
Megan Meredith-Lobay
Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Analyst
Compute Canada / WestGrid / University of British Columbia
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
In an effort to bring more clarity, to strengthen our international presence, and to achieve synergy amongst our various activities, the UBC Executive has decided to consolidate UBC’s diverse international activities under a newly-created position of Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President International.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Oct. 23-24Location: UBC Vancouver
Register by Sept. 16th!
The Genome Sciences Centre, the Vancouver Bioinformatics Users Group (VanBUG), and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) are pleased to offer a workshop on the Ensembl Genome Browseron October 23-24, 2016. The workshop will be hosted at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC's submission to the Fundamental Science Review Panel is now available online.
https://research.ubc.ca/federal_initiatives
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The 2016 competition cycle of the program is now open. Nomination deadline is December 5
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
This year, the PNWDC meet-up will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on Thursday, November 10th at Simon Fraser University's Vancouver campus. As has been the case in the past, we hope to organise a fantastic day of programming with invited guests, lighting talks, formal presentations and maybe a workshop if time permits. Plus socialising. Please see the preliminary agenda on our meeting website and check back for rolling updates in the coming weeks.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Participants will visualize an Earth Sciences dataset covering the world's oceans. The dataset will be available for download from October 1-31, with submissions due by midnight Eastern time on October 31.
Participants from all science fields are encouraged to enter. Submissions will be reviewed by the Compute Canada visualization team. Additional points will be given for:
* interactive visualizations
* animations
* visualizing the 3D nature of the data
* online presentation...
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Saturday, Oct. 15 - Monday, Oct. 17th, 2016
Location: Life Sciences Institute, UBC ( Register here: http://www.hackseq.com/)
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: Thursday, October 13th (12pm - 1pm)Location: Room 301, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (Lillooet Room)
Please note that this event has been cancelled.