WORKSHOPS • CREDIT COURSES • LECTURES & SEMINARS • UCOMPUTE • UGROW • CCS AMBASSADORS • CCS FELLOWS PROGRAM • CCS STUDENT MENTORS • INTERNSHIPS • COMMUNITY OUTREACHCommitted to empowering research students, faculty, and staff with the skills they need to hit the ground running with computational research, CCS provides a variety of free training workshops. Announcements/postings are made through various central email list-servs, NEWS@TheU, 25Live, and other methods. Registration usually opens a couple of weeks before the event, and they are usually oversubscribed, so please register early to avoid disappointment.
Upcoming Workshops
Advanced Computing Workshops
These workshops are usually held once a semester, rotating venues on the three main UM campuses.
Software Carpentry
The University of Miami is an Affiliated Member of the Software Carpentry family. CCS runs regular Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry workshops during the academic year.
VizUM and Other Visualization Events
Save The Date: The next VizUM Symposium will be on Thursday, November 10, 2016, 4:00 – 7:00 PM, at the Newman Alumni Center. Please check the VizUM events page for details!
MATLAB Workshops
The University of Miami has a site license for MATLAB held through our IT Department. CCS works with MathWorks to host regular MATLAB workshops throughout the year, usually one per semester.
Recently Held Workshops
Software Carpentry-Python Workshop 11/11-12/2019 Medical Campus
This workshop is designed to provide a foundation of basic concepts that all programming depends on, using Python as an example.
Software Carpentry-R Workshop 12/2-3/2019 RSMAS Campus
This workshop is designed to provide a foundation of basic concepts that all programming depends on, using R as an example.
2-Day Software Carpentry-Python Workshop 4/11-12/2019 RSMAS Campus
Register Now | Syllabus This Bash, Python, and git workshop is capped at 35 participants, and is on a first-come/first-served basis. If you are looking to make yourself competitive in the job market If you want to take a personal project to the next level If you are interested in learning programming for data analysis […]
CALL FOR POSTERS for “We Robot 2019” Conference 4/11-13/2019
Hosted by the School of Law, its the most exciting interdisciplinary conference on the legal and policy questions relating to robots. Come join the conversations between the people designing, building, and deploying robots, and the people who design or influence the legal and social structures in which robots will operate.
Lunch & Learn: Modernizing Service Deployment w/Ansible & Docker 10/10
CCS presents a Lunch & Learn on Docker and Ansible. Attendance is limited to 25—you must RSVP if you plan to attend.
2-Day Software Carpentry “R” Workshop 10/11-12/2018 Medical Campus
Free to UM Faculty/Staff/Students, this 2-day workshop will provide you with the basic computing skills and best practices needed to be productive in a small research team.
2-Day Software Carpentry-Python Workshop 11/8-9/2018 RSMAS Campus
This workshop is designed to provide a foundation of basic concepts that all programming depends on, using Python as an example. Free to UM Faculty/Staff/Students.
2-Day Software Carpentry-Python Workshop 11/14-15/2018 Gables Campus
Our trained instructors will lead you through a comprehensive, hands-on overview of an introductory data analysis using Python.
Cleaning Data with OpenRefine & Excel Workshop 11/29-30/2018 Gables Campus
This workshop introduces participants to techniques for cleaning and transforming data with OpenRefine and Microsoft Excel.
Lunch & Learn: How to Build a Data Analysis Pipeline 3/19/2018
Monday, March 19, 2018 | 12:00-1:00 PM McArthur Engineering Annex, MEA 202 Speaker: Athina Hadjixenofontos, PhD | CCS Director of Engagement In this session, we will examine the opportunities for decision making while building a data analysis pipeline and follow the consequences of those decisions for the interpretability of the results. In addition, we will […]
Lunch & Learn: How to Build a Data Analysis Pipeline 3/19/2018
Examine the opportunities for decision making while building a data analysis pipeline and follow the consequences of those decisions for the interpretability of the results.
2-Day Software Carpentry Workshop in Python 1/18-19/18 Gables campus
Brought to you by CCS, CTSI, and the Graduate School, this 2-day workshop will provide you with the basic computing skills and best practices needed to be productive in a small research team.
Machine Learning Meetup Group Workshop Saturday 1/20/18
Join us on Saturday, January 20th, as CCS hosts a hands-on Meetup Group workshop on extracting information from scientific publication metadata.
2-Day Software Carpentry Workshop in R 1/25-26/18 Medical campus
This workshop is designed to provide a foundation of basic concepts that all programming depends on, using R as an example.
2-Day Software Carpentry Workshop in Python 2/1-2/2018 Gables campus
This course is currently full . . . Topics covered in this workshop: The Unix shell Version control with git Programming with Python Since the goal of this workshop is to bring you up to speed with data analysis, it would be incomplete without instruction on a shell as well as a version control […]
Smart Cities Miami 2018 presented by Hotwire Communications 4/5-6
Smart Cities Miami 2018 presented by Hotwire explores the convergence of technology, design, and development in the shaping of a new urban landscape transformed by disruptive innovation. Join us for conversations with . . .