IAP 2019 Activities by Category - Research Skills

Donald Galler, Research Engineer

	Jan/29	Tue	09:00AM-05:00PM	4-141, 1 hr lunch break
	Jan/30	Wed	09:00AM-05:00PM	4-141, 1 hr lunch break
	Jan/31	Thu	09:00AM-05:00PM	4-141, 1 hr lunch break

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None

This class is an introduction to the basic operation of a scanning electron microscope. The basic operating principles will be covered. Attendees will be trained on the use of the microscope.

The microscope is a JEOL 6610 LV scanning electron microscope (SEM) with several advanced features:

• low pressure operation for examining non-conductive samples
• computer controlled positioning stage
• energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) system for elemental analysis
• deformation stage for mechanical testing of samples while in the SEM

This is a training class but anyone interested in these modern research tools is welcome to attend. Attendees are encouraged to bring samples for exploration and will operate the microscope as part of the class.

Enrollment limited: Advance sign up required (contact leader by email). 8 people per session.  First come, first serve basis.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Donald Galler, 4-131BA, 617-253-4554, dgaller@mit.edu

Jan/10

Thu

03:00PM-04:00PM

5-233

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Come learn about all aspects of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at MIT, including how to participate, what type of research is available, and more. 

Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program -UROP
Contact: J Alex Hoyt, 7-104, 617 324-6700, JAHOYT@MIT.EDU

Jack Turner, Associate Director, Jonathan Hromi, Intellectual Property Officer

Jan/14

Mon

10:00AM-11:30AM

E25-111

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 150 participants

The issuance of a patent is often seen as an inventor's most notable achievement, but do you know what it takes to apply for and be issued a patent? This session will review the criteria required and the process by which inventions are assessed by the USPTO to determine if creative works are patentable. 

Jack Turner, Associate Director, and Jonathan Hromi, Intellectual Property Officer, both of the MIT Technology Licensing Office (TLO), will discuss the basics of the patent application process, the history and context surrounding patents as a means of protecting commercialization rights, as well as share about the policy and practice of MIT's patenting activities. They'll share insights into how the TLO engages in this process in  support of entrepreneurial engagement at MIT.

This session is part of the "Intellectual Property Speaker Series" co-sponsored by the Technology Licensing Office and MIT Libraries. Lunch will be provided to attendees of the Intellectual Property Speaker Series events. 

Please register  for the seminar and lunch here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/basics-of-obtaining-a-patent-iap-2019-intellectual-property-series-tickets-53673048533?aff=1141901

FREE SWAG!

We will also be giving away some branded MIT Libraries and Technology Licensing Office swag to participants who attend any 6 sessions from this series, so please check out our other sessions! http://mit_tlo.eventbrite.com

 

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Karen Baird, NE18-501, 617 324-2386, KSHANER@MIT.EDU

Howard Silver

Jan/23

Wed

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

A couple hours with the Libraries' protocols and methods resources can save you a couple of weeks in the lab. Need to know how to do Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans? Improve your efficiency by learning strategies for finding published research protocols and methods. This session is a hands-on practicum that introduces attendees to resources that support bioscience bench research.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4849562

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, hsilver@mit.edu

Georgiana McReynolds

Jan/24

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This session will introduce you to the major components of business research. Join this interactive time of learning and fun where you will engage with the world of industries, markets, and companies. Realistic examples and hands-on exercises will demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4826236

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Georgiana McReynolds, gmac@mit.edu

Fatima Husain, Professional science journalist and writer

	Jan/29	Tue	01:00PM-02:00PM	4-253, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/30	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	4-253, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/31	Thu	01:00PM-02:00PM	4-253, Bring your laptop.

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This workshop, hosted by the Graduate Program in Science Writing, will help scientists understand how to communicate complicated research to the general public. Topics to be covered include journalism and mass communication, interviewing, social media, personal websites, science outreach, and science writing -- as well as specific topics of interest highlighted by workshop participants.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Seth Mnookin, 14E-303, 617-253-3599, fhusain@mit.edu

Ian Sullivan

Jan/16

Wed

01:00PM-04:00PM

4-145, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop demonstrates how to manage multiple projects and complex collaborations using the Open Science Framework as a tool. As part of working through these more advanced features we introduce concepts of data and material durability and issues that affect their reusability over time. NB: Despite its name, OSF is for more than science.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4861040

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Amy Nurnberger, nurnberg@mit.edu

Phil Chodrow, Brad Sturt, Arthur Delarue, Dimitris Bertsimas, Professor

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Instructor permission. Familiarity with programming language

The "big data revolution" has placed added emphasis on computational techniques for
decision-making with data. Large-scale optimization, data analysis and visualization are now
commonplace among researchers and practitioners alike.

15.S60 is a multi-session workshop on software tools for informing decision-making using data,
with a focus on contemporary methods in optimization and statistics. We concentrate on
teaching elementary principles of computational practice using common software and practical
methods. By the end of the course, students will possess a baseline technical knowledge for
modern research practice. Class participation and individual hands-on coding are stressed in
each session.

Days: Tue Thu (9am-12pm)
1/8/2019 – 1/31/2019
Place: E51-325
Credits: 3 Units (Pass/Fail or Listener Only)

The course is divided into 8 self-contained modules. Each module consists of a 3-hour,
interactive workshop where participants learn a specific software tool. Class participation, group
code-reviews and individual hands-on coding are stressed in each session. At the end of the
module, participants will be able to use the software and techniques learned in their own
research. Participants will also leave each workshop with code they, themselves, have authored
to use for future reference.

Required: Instructor permission. Email adelarue@mit.edu to request permission.

Required: Familiarity with a modern programming language

Helpful: Familiarity with optimization

Sponsor(s): Operations Research Center
Contact: Arthur Delarue, adelarue@mit.edu

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Module 1

Jan/08

Tue

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Terminal, Github, and a Gentle Introduction to R

Galit Lukin, Arthur Delarue

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Module 2

Jan/10

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Data Wrangling

Phil Chodrow, Xiaoyue Gong

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Module 3

Jan/15

Tue

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Statistical Modeling and Machine Learning in R

Zachary Blanks

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Module 4

Jan/17

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Advanced Techniques for Data Science in R

Phil Chodrow

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Module 5

Jan/22

Tue

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Mini Project Presentations and Deep Learning in R

Zachary Blanks, Andreea Georgescu

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Module 6

Jan/24

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Introduction to Julia and JuMP, Linear Optimization

Jean Pauphilet

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Module 7

Jan/29

Tue

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Nonlinear and Integer Optimization in JuMP

Ryan Cory-Wright

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Module 8

Jan/31

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

E51-325

Large-scale Computations and Research Output

Arthur Delarue

Pranam Chatterjee

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Designer babies? Superhumans? Cyborgs?  While these futuristic visions may not be currently realizable (nor ethical), genome editing holds the keys to transforming humanity as we know it. CRISPR-Cas9 has enabled the rapid development and refinement of genome-editing tools to further basic research, develop potential therapies for human diseases, and promise numerous breakthroughs in agriculture, bioenergy, food security, nanotechnology, and a host of other applications. Come to this class to learn more about how CRISPR works and what improvements we are making to the system to enable its broad applicability, all from a CRISPR researcher

Please sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oouk9Jqf9idJzHNV-JAPR3K8g-3q_h6RouByt-1RJio/edit?usp=sharing

 

Contact: Pranam Chatterjee, E15-401, 706-442-2715, PRANAM@MIT.EDU

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An Introduction to CRISPR-Cas9

Jan/09

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

E14-633

In this class, you will get a broad introduction to CRISPR-Cas9, how it works, the challenging problems in the field, as well as innovative CRISPR-based technologies to solve these problems.

Pranam Chatterjee

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Advancements in Genome Editing

Jan/16

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

E14-633

Once everybody has a good basis on how CRISPR-Cas9 works, we will dive into the seminal achievements made in the field and take a sneak preview on where the next advancements will be made.

Pranam Chatterjee

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CRISPR-Cas9 in the Lab

Jan/23

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

E15-015

It's time to get our hands wet! We will examine the details of CRISPR-Cas9 experiments and tool development in an actual wet lab.

Pranam Chatterjee

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Debriefing and Future Directions

Jan/30

Wed

01:00PM-02:30PM

E14-633, Bring your laptop!

Finally, we will debrief on everything taught in the class. Students will brainstorm potential CRISPR-based solutions and technologies, and find methods to incorporate their knowledge into future research goals.

Pranam Chatterjee

Ece Turnator

Jan/31

Thu

04:30PM-06:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Are you creating or managing research data? This hands-on workshop will provide an overview of data management topics, including file organization and naming, data security and backups, tools for collaborating with others in the lab, and data publishing, storage and sharing. We'll also cover journal publisher requirements and writing the data management plans that are required by most funders, as well as data management issues related to closing out projects and moving between institutions. Geared towards those in postdoc or research scientist roles, but all are welcome.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4842960

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ece Turnator, turnator@mit.edu

Christine Malinowski

Jan/24

Thu

03:00PM-04:30PM

3-333

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Do you struggle with organizing your research data?  Wonder if there’s a better way to arrange and name your data files to optimize your work? This workshop will teach you practical techniques for organizing your data files. Topics include: file and folder organizational structures, file naming, and versioning. Hands-on exercises will help you to apply the covered concepts to your particular data projects and challenges.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4828006

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu

Courtney Crummett

Jan/23

Wed

04:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) family of databases are filled with information for molecular level bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization and interconnectedness of NCBI databases while focusing on several NCBI specific databases. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to or curious about bioinformatics research tools.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4838795

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, crummett@mit.edu

Tim McClure

Jan/31

Thu

01:00PM-03:00PM

Room 13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25

The MIT MRSEC's Analysis Shared Experimental Facility has an Extended range FT-IR & Microscope with a variety of sampling accessories that are available for the use of researchers. Come find out about the many sampling options now available for FT-IR.

Sponsor(s): Materials Research Laboratory
Contact: Tim McClure, 13-4149, x8-6470, mtim@mit.edu

Karen Pepper, Neil Calabro

Jan/23

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

56-162

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 24 participants

We will provide an introduction to strategies for developing, writing, and submitting grant proposals. We will give a broad overview of grants and discuss common elements of proposal writing for government agencies and foundations. The session is geared to the needs of first-time grant proposal writers, but all levels of experience are welcome. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their concerns, and are welcome to send us ahead of time questions they would like us to address.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
Contact: Karen Pepper, kpepper@mit.edu

Howard Silver

Jan/24

Thu

01:00PM-05:00PM

7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

The new GIS & Data Lab is now open on the 1st floor of Rotch Library! The new lab has been expanded to include Data Management Services in addition to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Come and meet the staff who support the lab and community members who use the space. There will be refreshments and demonstrations of software and equipment. Resources include virtual reality equipment, drones, GIS, statistical and visualization software packages.

Stop by anytime between 1pm and 5pm.

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, hsilver@mit.edu

Jennie Murack, Madeline Wrable

	Jan/17	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch
	Jan/25	Fri	01:00PM-04:00PM	7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: A basic knowledge of GIS using either ArcMap or QGIS

Expand your experience with desktop GIS software and learn how to use analysis tools to query data, conduct spatial statistics, and perform network analysis. We will ArcGIS. Future workshops will include instruction in open source tools such as QGIS and Geoda. 

Prerequisite: Previous experience with GIS software is required, such as taking the Intro to GIS workshop.

For January 17th, register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4813474

For January  25th, register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4813476

Note: This is the same workshop offered twice. Only register for one workshop.

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Michael Noga

Feb/01

Fri

10:00AM-12:00PM

Hayden Library, meet in the basement of Hayden

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Spatial information is hidden in the map cases and file cabinets of the Hayden Map Collection. Come on the last day of IAP. You can view and borrow a lot of physical maps from around the world. Use them to identify where and when spatial research was done.. Have some pastries to celebrate Chinese New Year. There might be some surplus maps to take away as well.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Michael Noga, mnoga@mit.edu

Karl Berggren, Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Mark Mondol, Assistant Director NanoStructures Laboratory

Jan/15

Tue

10:00AM-04:00PM

26-142

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14
Limited to 12 participants

Learn to use the most recent innovation in charged particle imaging. Participant's samples will be used to demonstrate the Zeiss Orion He Ion Microscope (HIM) with sub-nanometer beam diameter and very localized interaction volume. Surface imaging of conductive and non-conductive samples up to 3" in diameter and 5 mm thick (note that wet, non-vacuum suitable samples are not allowed).

Fundamentals of He Ion source and imaging will be presented by a Zeiss scientist closely involved with the design and innovation of the HIM followed by instruction and use of the HIM to image samples provided by the attendee or interesting samples on hand.

To sign up for this activity, please fill in your information here.

Sponsor(s): Research Laboratory of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Rinske Wijtmans, 36-213, 617-253-0926, wijtmans@mit.edu

Fabiola Hernandez, Assistant IHP Officer

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants should attend all sessions.

Have you ever been asked to write an SOP and have you gone “an-S-O-what?”?

Well, we are going to get together and sort it out:

• What exactly is an SOP?
• How is this useful to me and my work (or how can I make it work to my advantage)?
• How do I crank one out quickly?
• And for the more thoughtful ones out there… how do we standardize a process that is experimental and constantly evolving to begin with?

 There will be two segments to this experiment, and it would be best if you can attend both.

Target Audience:This IAP is tailored to student work, but all community members are welcome to join!

Requirements: It is best if you have a project in mind: a personal or school project you do in shop, a fun event you are planning, a hack, or work we do in lab. Please take the less than 5 minute assessment to help the facilitator understand your needs around SOPs.

 NOTE: An SOP and a safety plan are different, but the thought process and skills acquired in SOP writing are transferrable. If you have ever been asked to submit a safety plan and you did not know where to start this IAP can help!

Sponsor(s): Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: Fabiola Hernandez, 617-452-3477, fabiolah@mit.edu

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How to write an SOP - Day 1

Jan/30

Wed

05:00PM-07:00PM

66-168

Day 1: Wednesday, 30th 5:00 to 7:00

• 5:00- 5:55 Deconstructing an SOP
• 6:05 7:00 Writing an SOP

Fabiola Hernandez - Assistant IHP Officer

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How to write an SOP - Day 2

Jan/31

Thu

05:00PM-07:00PM

66-168

Day 2: Thursday January 31st 5:00 to 7:00

• 5:00- 5:55 Reviewing our SOPs
• 6:05 7:00 IRL use discussing with a panel how SOPs are used by professionals in varied industries (R&D, academia, startups, corporations)

Fabiola Hernandez - Assistant IHP Officer

Nicholas Albaugh, Jonathan Hromi

Jan/25

Fri

12:30PM-02:00PM

E25-111

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Are you conducting research related to intellectual property? The MIT Libraries and the Technology Licensing Office will review the best tools for this type of research, especially in the areas of patents and market research. 

Nick Albaugh, Management and Social Sciences Librarian for Innovation & Entrepreneurship from MIT Libraries, and Jonathan Hromi, Intellectual Property Officer from MIT TLO, will discuss the following topics:

• The difference between prior art and market searching
• How patent searching can inform market analysis
• Tools to use to create a comprehensive commercialization plan

You'll also see a sample market analysis based on AI technology.

This session is part of the "Intellectual Property Speaker Series" co-sponsored by the Technology Licensing Office and MIT Libraries. Lunch will be provided to attendees of the Intellectual Property Speaker Series events. Please register for the seminar and lunch here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intellectual-property-research-tools-iap-2019-ip-speaker-series-tickets-53266832530

FREE SWAG!

We will also be giving away some branded MIT Libraries and Technology Licensing Office swag to participants who attend any 6 sessions from this series, so please check out our other sessions! http://mit_tlo.eventbrite.com

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Nicholas Albaugh, nalbaugh@mit.edu

Patrick Boisvert, Technical Associate

Jan/29

Tue

02:00PM-03:00PM

13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None

The lecture will provide an introduction to the basic principles of Scanning Electron Microscopy with an approach to EDX, EBSD, and BSE.

Sponsor(s): Materials Research Laboratory
Contact: Patrick Boisvert, 13-1018, 617-253-3317, pboisver@mit.edu

Christine Malinowski, Kimberly Barzola

Jan/30

Wed

10:00AM-12:00PM

7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants

OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) is a free, open source tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and extending it with web services and external data. In this workshop, we’ll go through how to use OpenRefine to explore your data, clean it, transform it, and prep it for further analysis or visualization work.

This is an introductory session; no prior experience with OpenRefine is required. A basic understanding of tabular data (spreadsheets) and familiarity with Microsoft Excel is helpful.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4839389

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu

Madeline Wrable, Jennie Murack

	Jan/16	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132
	Jan/22	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

Learn the basics of visualizing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary mapping and GIS software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn how to read and interpret maps and data and use basic cartography principles to create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.

For January 16th, register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4813465 

For January 22nd, register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4813466

Note, this is the same workshop offered twice. Only register for one workshop.

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Christine Malinowski

Jan/09

Wed

03:00PM-04:00PM

2-105, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: a basic working knowledge of LaTeX

Are you using LaTeX to create your documents? This workshop will introduce Overleaf Pro+, an online LaTeX and Rich Text collaborative writing and publishing tool that can help take some of the guesswork and clunkiness out of your LaTeX experience. Topics will include finding and using LaTeX templates, sharing and versioning documents, and managing citations by integrating your favorite citation management tools like Zotero, Mendeley, or JabRef into your Overleaf/LaTeX workflow.

Note, this is not an introduction to LaTeX – a basic working knowledge of LaTeX is assumed.

Sign up for a MIT Overleaf Pro+ account at https://www.overleaf.com/edu/mit Bring your laptop to follow along.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4828304

 

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu

Charles Settens, Research Specialist

Jan/31

Thu

01:00PM-04:00PM

13-4027, Bring single crystals (>0.5mm)

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Over a century ago, the initial X-ray scattering experiment by Walter Friedrich, Paul Knipping, and Max von Laue was performed. They emitted Bremstrahlung radiation into a copper sulfate hydrate crystal to collect what is now called a Laue diffraction pattern.

In this class, we will learn the fundamentals of Laue diffraction to orient single crystals and large grained polycrystals utilizing the Multiwire Laboratories MWL-120 Laue Diffractometer in the Materials Research Laboratory X-ray Shared Experimental Facility. 

Feel free to bring single crystals for the demonstration!

Contact: Charles Settens, 13-4027, SETTENS@MIT.EDU

Roger LeGrand

Jan/17

Thu

03:00PM-05:00PM

14N-132, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Calling all qualitative researchers! This workshop is a hands-on exploration of how to use NVivo to analyze a range of data types, including video files, journal articles, and external documents. The workshop will cover the mechanics of using NVivo to build nodes, auto coding text and video files, as well as coding files for literature reviews. Attendees will become familiar with NVivo’s structure and able to use NVivo to develop nodes and node matrices.

To participate in this workshop, you will need to download the free trial version of NVivo to your laptop (https://www.qsrinternational.com/nvivo/trial). The trial expires in 14 days so download this the week of the workshop. NVivo is available in the GIS & Data Lab (7-238) for use outside the workshop.

You should also save to your desktop *at least three* research articles that are relevant to your area of research interest.

Note: The instructor will use a Mac OS machine. Attendees using Windows operating systems will also be able to follow this workshop.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4828937

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ece Turnator, turnator@mit.edu

Daniel Sheehan

Jan/11

Fri

10:00AM-04:00PM

7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

You'll learn just enough Python scripting to work with the ArcPY module. You will learn to use commands for both vector and raster data processing. We will focus on using Python to automate map making. With the ArcPy mapping module you can easily create and update map layers and content to create customized maps that can be exported for presentations and reports. Whether you need to create 10 or 1000 maps, you'll learn how to save time by using Python. 

Prerequisite: a basic knowledge of ArcMap, including analysis tools including Clip and Buffer. Familiarity with Model Builder will be helpful.

There will be a 1 hr break for lunch on your own.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4872356

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, dsheehan@mit.edu

Ista Zahn

	Jan/11	Fri	01:30PM-04:00PM	1-190, Bring your laptop
	Jan/16	Wed	10:00AM-12:30PM	1-190, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: bring your laptop with Anaconda distribution of Python 3.6

This workshop introduces the basic elements of Python that are commonly used for data cleaning, analysis, visualization, and other applications. Participants will also learn how to set up a “development environment” for Python on their personal computer. No experience is required. 

Bring your own laptop and install the Anaconda distribution of Python 3.6 (https://www.anaconda.com/download/) prior to the workshop.

The same workshop will be offered twice. Register for one workshop.

Register here for 1/11: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4836671

Register here for 1/16: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4836674

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer

	Jan/10	Thu	01:30PM-04:00PM	4-231, Bring your laptop
	Jan/14	Mon	10:00AM-12:30PM	4-231, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

Get an introduction to R, the open-source system for statistical computation and graphics. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and manage datasets, create R objects, install and load R packages, conduct basic statistical analyses, and create common graphical displays. This workshop is appropriate for those with little or no prior experience with R.

You must bring a laptop. Install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) before the workshop.

This workshop will be offered at two times. Register for one time.

Register here for 1/10: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4835166

Register here for 1/14: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4835171

 

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn

Jan/15

Tue

01:30PM-04:00PM

4-163, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Familiar with saving/importing data, data types, data frames

This introduction to the popular ggplot2 R graphics package will show you how to create a wide variety of graphical displays in R.  Topics covered included aesthetic mapping and scales, faceting, and themes. This is an intermediate level workshop appropriate for those already familiar with R.

Prerequisite: Participants should be familiar with importing and saving data, data types (e.g., numeric, factor, character), and manipulating data.frames in R. 

Bring your own laptop and install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) before the workshop.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4835234

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Madeline Wrable

Jan/29

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come learn about satellite remote sensing, and an overview of the many ways to process satellite imagery. There will be demos in ENVI and ArcGIS software, both of which are available in the GIS & Data Lab.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4842817

 

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Madeline Wrable, mwrable@mit.edu

Shiahn Chen, Research Specialist

Jan/29

Tue

03:00PM-04:00PM

13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None

This lecture will cover the basic principles of ion source, optics and ion-material interaction in a focused ion beam machine with an emphasis on the differences from, and similarities to, the electron-beam instrument. In addition, the lecture will describe the configuration of the FEI Helios 600 Nanolab Dual Beam workstation in the MIT MRSEC's Electron Microscopy Facility, and conclude with application examples of the material characterization and nanofabrication uses of the dual-beam workstation.

Sponsor(s): Materials Research Laboratory
Contact: Shiahn Chen, 13-1027, 253-4622, schen3j@mit.edu

Ece Turnator, Madeline Wrable

Feb/01

Fri

04:30PM-06:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop will introduce Carto as a tool for creating customized online maps and performing basic data analysis. We will learn how to find and add a historic basemap to Carto, import present-day geographic data, and analyze the data using a few of the new Carto Builder tools. Participants will get a hands-on experience using the Carto platform and will learn how to geocode point data in OpenRefine using GREL string functions. We will provide sample data, but feel free to bring your own if you have it.

Before you attend the workshop be sure to register for MIT's Carto account here: https://libguides.mit.edu/gis/webmap

If you are going to be bringing you own computer please download Open Refine: http://openrefine.org/

Sign up for your OpenCage Geocoder API: https://opencagedata.com/api

Workshop outline and sample files are available on BC Coffee and Code github page

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4842818

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Ece Turnator, turnator@mit.edu

Ista Zahn

Jan/14

Mon

01:30PM-04:00PM

7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants

This hands-on introduction to Stata will teach you how to navigate Stata’s graphical user interface, import and manipulate data, and calculate descriptive statistics.

Location: GIS & Data Lab, 1st floor Rotch Library (7-238)

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4837135

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Libby Shaw, Research Specialist

Jan/23

Wed

02:00PM-05:00PM

Von Hippel 13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/18
Prereq: none

The MIT MRSEC's Shared Experimental Facilities include several useful tools for looking at the structure and chemical composition of solid surfaces, with a sampling depth of a few atomic layers.  This afternoon seminar is a general introduction to two of these techniques:  Auger Electron Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS).  We will summarize how each technique works, its strengths and limitations, and some of the research questions these methods help to answer.  See also Introduction to Surface Analysis:  Part 2 (Wednesday, January 30).

Sponsor(s): Materials Research Laboratory
Contact: Libby Shaw, 13-4149, 617 253-5045, elshaw@mit.edu

Libby Shaw, Research Specialist

Jan/30

Wed

02:00PM-05:00PM

Von Hippel 13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Prereq: none

The MIT MRSEC's Shared Experimental Facilities include several useful tools for looking at the structure and chemical composition of solid surfaces, with a sampling depth of a few atomic layers.  This afternoon seminar introduces a class of techniques which use a tiny mechanical probe to characterize the topography and material properties of surfaces.  With a primary focus on Atomic Force Microscopy, we will summarize the basic mechanism of operation, strengths and limitations of this class of techniques, and some of the research questions SPMs help to answer.  See also Introduction to Surface Analysis:  Part 1 (Wednesday, January 23).

Sponsor(s): Materials Research Laboratory
Contact: Libby Shaw, 13-4149, 617-253-5045, elshaw@mit.edu

Yong Zhang

Jan/25

Fri

10:00AM-12:00PM

13-2137 von Hippel

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

The lecture provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of transmission electron microscopy. Topics covered include the illumination system, electron lenses and their aberrations, image formation and resolution. A variety of imaging and analysis techniques and their roles specific to inorganic materials, such as crystallography, diffraction patterns and high resolution imaging are to be present with practical demonstration.  This presentation will also introduce TEM sample preparation techniques for a wide range of materials, including metals, semiconductors, powders and thin films. 

 

Contact: Yong Zhang, 13-1034, 617 253-5092, YZHANG05@MIT.EDU

Ista Zahn

Jan/18

Fri

10:00AM-12:30PM

1-190, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: some familiarity with Python

Web scraping is a method of extracting and restructuring information from web pages. This workshop will introduce basic techniques for web scraping using the popular Python libraries BeautifulSoup and Requests. Participants will practice accessing websites, parsing information, and storing data in a CSV file. This workshop is intended for social scientists who are new to web scraping, but have some familiarity with Python or have attended the Introduction to Python workshop.

Bring your own laptop and install the Anaconda distribution of Python 3.6 (https://www.anaconda.com/download/) prior to the workshop. 

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4836703

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Katie Zimmerman, Katharine Dunn, Mikki Macdonald

Jan/30

Wed

10:00AM-11:30AM

E25-111

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Explore the public domain in this hands-on workshop. When does copyright expire, and how do you know when something is free to use? We will discuss the public domain and put then our skills to use on historical materials from the MIT Libraries.

This session is presented in conjunction with MIT Libraries Public Domain Day celebration. It is part of the "Intellectual Property Speaker Series" co-sponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Lunch will be provided to attendees of the Intellectual Property Speaker Series events. Please email kshaner@mit.edu if you'd like to attend lunch and also register below.

FREE SWAG!

We will also be giving away some branded MIT Libraries and Technology Licensing Office swag to participants who attend any 6 sessions from this series, so please check out our other sessions! http://mit_tlo.eventbrite.com

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-it-in-the-public-domain-iap-2019-intellectual-property-speaker-series-tickets-53269145448?aff=1301901

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katie Zimmerman, kbzimmer@mit.edu

Stephanie Kohler, Chris Tanguay

Jan/18

Fri

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 30 participants

Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references or PDFs is common and important in today’s academic world. These tools will help you to save citations from your favorite databases and websites, store related PDFs or attachments, and quickly build a bibliography for your papers and publications. We’ll review Zotero and Mendeley and show how to use them together to help your manage your PDFs and citations.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4805051

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stephanie Kohler, skohler@mit.edu

Stacey Snyder, Jennie Murack

Jan/30

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

online

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references or PDFs is common and important in today’s academic world. These tools will help you to save citations from your favorite databases and websites, store related PDFs or attachments, and quickly build a bibliography for your papers and publications. We’ll review Zotero and Mendeley and show how to use them together to help your manage your PDFs and citations.

Register here: https://mit.webex.com/mit/k2/j.php?MTID=t44d1b45a7fe507ea6de824a1cbf2f859

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Stacey Snyder, 10-500, 617 324-6024, SSNYDER@MIT.EDU

Phoebe Ayers

Jan/28

Mon

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Do you write software? Have you been required by funders or publishers to share your code, or do you want to make it accessible to others to use? Documenting, sharing and archiving your research software can make your research more transparent and reproducible, and can help you get credit for your work. This workshop reviews reasons to share your software, best practices and considerations for documenting your software and making it citable, and options for archiving and publishing research software, including software papers and managing software with associated data sets, and some best practices for citing and documenting all of the software that you use.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4842989

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, psayers@mit.edu

Dr. Rozzeta DOLAH, Post Doctoral Fellow

Jan/31

Thu

01:00PM-05:00PM

7-238, Rotch Library, Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 16 participants
Prereq: None, Open to all MIT affiliates

MINITAB is a powerful statistical software for process optimization and research enhancement. It provides Zero-Defects and optimum yield for product and process in science and engineering field. MINITAB is a simple, effective way to input statistical data, identify trends and patterns, problem’s troubleshooting, and extrapolate answers to the problem at hand.

During this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Optimize process through response optimizer
• Assure process robustness
• Control variation and correlate process parameters

 

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4860660

The workshop is located in the GIS & Data Lab within Rotch Library. Computers required an MIT kerberos login.

Co-organizer: MIT Postdoctoral Association (MIT PDA), under Professional Development Chair: Qasim Bukhari (pda-professional@mit.edu)

Lunch will be provided.

About Instructor:  Dr. Rozzeta Dolah is a post doctoral fellow at Prof. Karnik Lab, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. She has extensive experience in industry as a process engineer, where she uses MINITAB in various Black Belt Six Sigma projects, problem solving for defects, and variation elimination. As a MINITAB trainer, she builds quality into product design through the implementation of robust Taguchi Method (Robust Quality Engineering), Design of Experiments (DOE), and Lean Six Sigma.  

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Courtney Crummett, Nicholas Albaugh

Jan/16

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Demystify the patent literature and learn resources for finding patents. Learn about and search for patents from all over the world. This hands-on session will help demystify the patent literature and show key resources for finding patents.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4829286

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, crummett@mit.edu

Alex Hoyt

	Jan/09	Wed	03:30PM-04:30PM	5-134
	Jan/23	Wed	03:30PM-04:30PM	5-134

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

The Peter J. Eloranta Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships are awarded each spring to MIT undergraduates who have submitted proposals to conduct novel research or further develop innovative ideas, devices, prototypes, etc. The Eloranta Summer Fellowship Committee makes the award based on its review of submitted proposals. In making awards, the selection committee looks for proposals with a WOW quality: Well-written, Original, and Workable. Each individual fellowship is $7,000 and may be used to cover project materials and services costs, travel, and/or living expenses.

Sponsor(s): Office of the First Year
Contact: J Alex Hoyt, 7-104, 617 324-6700, JAHOYT@MIT.EDU

Ravikishore Kommajosyula, Research Assistant, Baglietto CFDlab, Corbin Foucart, Research Assistant, MSEAS lab, Ricardo Baptista, Research Assistant, ACDL

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Open to all interested students

The interdisciplinary nature of computational research brings in members from a variety of backgrounds in math, science, & engineering. Practical knowledge of computer science is a major enabler in our everyday research. In this course, we present some tools, techniques, & unwritten guidelines in computational science. The following topics will be covered, with customized content to fit a computational research audience, combined with some hands-on examples.

1) Writing good code: Whether prototyping an algorithm or implementing production quality code, there are certain numerical & computer science considerations to produce fault tolerant code & save time in the process.

2) Debugging & maintaining: A survey of the best tools & practices that can be used with little effort to debug & maintain code, & ensure high reliability using the power of modern IDEs.

3) Collaborating & sharing: Version control systems such as GIT allow for tracking changes to code & integrate easily into most IDEs, thus providing powerful collaboration capabilities.

4) Data Science & (UQ): Statistical tools can reduce the computational cost, verify & validate models, and also help analyze & extract insights from data arising from computer simulations. (New in IAP 2019!)

5) Improving code efficiency: Performance on modern processors can be achieved by leveraging different levels of parallelism and this is discussed in a computer architecture perspective.

Please register at: http://signup.mit.edu/1184433085

Sponsor(s): Center for Computational Engineering
Contact: Nikhilesh Ghanta, nikhil17@mit.edu

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Practical CS forComputational Scientists

	Jan/22	Tue	01:00PM-03:00PM	3-133
	Jan/24	Thu	01:00PM-03:00PM	3-133
	Jan/29	Tue	01:00PM-03:00PM	3-133
	Jan/31	Thu	01:00PM-03:00PM	3-133

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Session Title TBD

Lauren Milechin, Sponsored Research Technical Staff

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Working knowledge of one programming/scripting language.

The focus of this workshop is to introduce the role of HPC in research. We will discuss the fields where HPC is used and provide concrete examples where we describe the strategies used to scale up the problem. Students will learn when to scale from their laptops to HPC, what challenges that introduces, and how to address those challenges with efficient HPC workflows. The MIT SuperCloud will be used for hands-on examples using Julia, Matlab, and/or Python. We encourage students to bring a problem/application that they would like to scale, but it is not required. 

To register, please fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/SxNNEOasGloOJeSp1

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Lauren Milechin, NE45-202, 617-324-7461, lauren.milechin@mit.edu

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	Jan/14	Mon	09:00AM-04:00PM	Bldg. 31-115, bring your laptop
	Jan/16	Wed	09:00AM-04:00PM	Bldg. 31-115, bring your laptop

Lauren Milechin - Sponsored Research Technical Staff

Ian Sullivan

Jan/16

Wed

09:00AM-12:00PM

4-145, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Interested in increasing the reproducibility of your research and making collaborartive research easier to manage? This workshop introduces the Open Science Framework (OSF) as a tool to address common issues in research reproducibility and data management. NB: Despite its name, OSF is for more than science.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4861035

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Amy Nurnberger, nurnberg@mit.edu

Marco Cusumano-Towner, Alexander Lew

	Jan/29	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	TBD
	Jan/30	Wed	04:00PM-06:00PM	TBD
	Jan/31	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	TBD
	Feb/01	Fri	04:00PM-06:00PM	TBD

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This course will introduce applied probabilistic programming using the Gen probabilistic programming system. It is designed for researchers familiar with generative probabilistic modeling who are interested in using probabilistic programming tools to accelerate their research. The course will involve a guided tutorial on Gen and possibly workshop time for students to prototype models from their own research areas. Students will be encouraged to experiment with Gen outside of class time.

To sign up for the class please send an email to marcoct@mit.edu briefly describing your research area and any previous experience with mathematical modeling, probabilistic inference, deep learning or probabilistic programming. Also please give a one or two sentence description of a modeling, learning, or inference problem that you would like to solve using probabilistic programming.

Contact: Marco Cusumano-Towner, MARCOCT@MIT.EDU

Michael Golay, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nathan Siu, Senior Technical Advisor, NRC

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None.

Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), a structured analysis approach for characterizing system risk, is being increasingly used by the nuclear industry to support risk-informed decision making (RIDM).  This 5-day intensive course, which is composed of lectures, classroom workshops, and open discussion sessions, will cover basic PRA and RIDM concepts and the use environment, simple PRA mechanics, recent developments and controversies, and future challenges.

The course is aimed at future nuclear engineering professionals who may not necessarily be considering careers in PRA but nevertheless are likely to be involved in some aspects of RIDM. There are no formal prerequisites. However, students with knowledge of basic probability and statistics, multivariate calculus, and reactor systems and safety will find some of the material easier to follow.

Sponsor(s): Nuclear Science and Engineering
Contact: Brandy Baker, 24-104, 617 253-3814, BRANDYB@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/16	Wed	09:00AM-06:00PM	34-302
	Jan/17	Thu	09:00AM-06:00PM	34-302
	Jan/18	Fri	09:00AM-06:00PM	34-302
	Jan/22	Tue	09:00AM-06:00PM	34-302
	Jan/23	Wed	09:00AM-06:00PM	34-302

Michael Golay - Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nathan Siu - Senior Technical Advisor, NRC

Christine Malinowski

Jan/10

Thu

03:00PM-04:00PM

3-333, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Do you have data? (Who doesn't?!?) Learn about the five basic things you can do now to manage your data for future happiness. These tools and techniques support practical data management and you can start using them immediately. Work with your personal data or research data, but start working now to ensure a future you who is secure in the existence, understandability, and reusability of your data!

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4828233

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu

Ista Zahn

Jan/15

Tue

10:00AM-12:30PM

4-163, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: basic familiarity with R

This hands-on, intermediate course will guide you through a variety of programming functions in the open-source statistical software program, R. This workshop will to prepare you for dealing with messy data by walking you through real-life example. It is intended for those already comfortable with using R for data analysis who wish to move on to writing their own functions.

Prerequisite: basic familiarity with R, such as acquired from an introductory R workshop.

Bring your own laptop. Install R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) before the workshop.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4835229

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU

Dorota Jarecka, Research Scientist

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 40 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Basic Scripting experience, basic shell

Reproducibility is the ability to get the same research results having the full computational
environment, including the code and raw data, used to produce the results. Unfortunately,
providing the computational environment is not required during the publication process and
many scientific findings are very hard or impossible to reproduce. Sharing the computational
environment is not a standard procedure also because it requires tools and skills that are not
part of the standard scientific curriculum.

These workshops introduce two basic components needed to conduct reproducible
computational science, version control systems and reusable computational environments.

Interested individuals may sign up through eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reproducible-research-in-computational-science-tickets-53299383892

Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Dorota Jarecka, 46-5094, (617) 324-2175, djarecka@mit.edu

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Jan/24

Thu

10:00AM-01:00PM

46-3015, Bring your laptop

The first workshop will cover creating and using reusable computational environments. We will
introduce the concept of containers and use Docker and Singularity as examples.
Singularity/Docker not only offers the ability to efficiently and ubiquitously deploy environments
on linux systems but also gives future researchers access to the exact environment used in the
publication.

Dorota Jarecka - Research Scientist, Mario Belledone - Research Assistant, Jakub Kaczmarzyk - Technical Associate

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Jan/31

Thu

10:00AM-01:00PM

46-3015, Bring your laptop

The second workshop will cover Git that is a free and open source version control system
widely used for software development, and a Web-based Git repository Hosting System -
GitHub. We will also talk about git-annex and Datalad that solve the problem of sharing and
synchronizing collections of large data files.

Dorota Jarecka - Research Scientist, Mario Belledone - Research Assistant, Jakub Kaczmarzyk - Technical Associate

Katie Zimmerman, Mikki Macdonald

Jan/30

Wed

12:30PM-02:00PM

E25-111

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This session will cover the required specifications for submitting your thesis, and review some common copyright questions related to theses, including whether you need permission to use certain figures in your thesis, and what is involved when you want to publish parts of your thesis before or after the thesis is submitted.

This session is part of the "Intellectual Property Speaker Series" co-sponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Lunch will be provided to attendees of the Intellectual Property Speaker Series events. Please email kshaner@mit.edu if you'd like to attend lunch and also register below.

FREE SWAG!

We will also be giving away some branded MIT Libraries and Technology Licensing Office swag to participants who attend any 6 sessions from this series, so please check out our other sessions! http://mit_tlo.eventbrite.com

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thesesmit-specifications-and-copyright-issues-iap-2019-ip-series-tickets-53268950866?aff=1301902

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Mikki Maccdonald, mssimon@mit.edu

Ian Sullivan

Jan/17

Thu

01:00PM-04:00PM

2-147, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop is designed to work with your own research support team tobuild open science and reproducible research training capacity on campus. This workshop introduces the curriculum materials that support OSF training sessions and consultations with researchers, presents OSF training philosophy and tips gathered from multiple campuses about persuading researchers to adopt open practices, and discusses how these materials might be adapted to your individual institutional needs.

Register: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4861048

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Amy Nurnberger, nurnberg@mit.edu

Jan/29

Tue

02:30PM-04:00PM

Lobby 13

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Come learn about UROPing at MIT.  We will have faculty, postdocs, graduate students, current UROPs, and administrators from academic departmetns and research labs/centers available to speak with you about UROPing in their area.  This is a great way to start looking for a Spring or Summer 2019 UROP position.

Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program -UROP, Office of the First Year
Contact: J Alex Hoyt, 7-104, 617 324-6700, JAHOYT@MIT.EDU

Daniel Sheehan, Joe Wright

Jan/15

Tue

11:00AM-12:30PM

4-231

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This presentation has two components: (1) An introduction the resources and tools available at MIT to fly drones and process photographs into geospatial formats useful in a GIS, along with some examples of how drone imagery has been used at MIT. (2) A primer on the rules and regulations of small UAS flight. We will cover requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, and introduce software tools for flight planning.

Register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4878622

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries, Lincoln Laboratory
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, dsheehan@mit.edu

Courtney Crummett, Howard Silver

Jan/25

Fri

01:00PM-02:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

MIT is full of research and collaboration opportunities. Learn how to discover those opportunities beyond your personal network using tools and resources that will give you a better picture of MIT and other complex organizations.

Registere here: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4834146

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, crummett@mit.edu

Phoebe Ayers

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Are you writing a literature review for a thesis or an article? Need to find background information and go deep into the literature to find out what has been done before? Join us for this hands-on session covering techniques for identifying places to look for articles, conference proceedings, patents, and more; some tips on keeping track of what you've found; and some ways to search for related works, overviews, highly cited works, and other tricks. We'll save some time for hands-on work to identify sources related to your work, so bring your laptop. Don't be surprised late in your writing process by a relevant paper that you didn't find - work on your literature review today! Any discipline is welcome, with a focus on science and engineering.

Two sessions will be offered: Friday Jan 11 from 11am-12pm, and Friday Jan 25 from 2-3pm. Please join us for either one.

Register here for Jan 11: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4843093

Register here for Jan 25: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/4843172

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Phoebe Ayers, psayers@mit.edu

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Writing your literature review

	Jan/11	Fri	11:00AM-12:00PM	14N-132
	Jan/25	Fri	02:00PM-03:00PM	14N-132

Are you writing a literature review? Need to find background info and go deep into the literature to find out what has been done before? Join us for this hands-on session covering techniques for identifying places to look for articles, conference proceedings, patents, and more; some tips on keeping track of what you've found; and some ways to search for related works, overviews, highly cited works, and other tricks.

Phoebe Ayers