With recent developments by the Federal and Provincial governments on research partnership security, U of T has released its own internal processes and checklists to help our faculty manage potential risks in their research partnerships with international academic and corporate institutions. This Fireside Chat will provide an overview of our new internal processes and provide […]
This workshop is an introduction to Esri's web-based story authoring application, ArcGIS Story Maps. Participants will load and create maps, text, images, and other media to create and publish interactive Story Maps. Before the workshop, attendees should visit https://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com to set up an account (use the "ArcGIS Online (University of Toronto) link). A UTORID and […]
LaTeX is a free document creation alternative to MS Word which specializes in the creation of professional documents such as journal articles, theses, books, and scientific or technical reports. LaTeX is the standard for writing in many STEM fields and offers advantages for managing references, typesetting maths, inserting graphics and figures, and much more. In […]
With this introduction to Git, we will go over the basics on Git and GitHub. We will go over setting up a GitHub account, explaining basic commands like clone, add, and commit, setting up a repository on GitHub, and how to recover old versions of files. Note, that participants should take Part 1: The Unix […]
The Mitochondria Innovation Initiative (MITO2i) has partnered with the Wellcome Center for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University to bring together the expertise in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and their connection with mitochondria function from a research, clinical and patient perspective.
The Toronto Data Workshop (TDW) is a weekly hour-long discussion where academia and industry come together to share best practices for the initial data-centric steps in any applied statistics project. Join us at the next TDW with Josh Speagle, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Dunlap Institute, Statistical Sciences, Free Event | Register online to receive workshop […]
LaTeX is a free document creation alternative to MS Word which specializes in the creation of professional documents such as journal articles, theses, books, and scientific or technical reports. LaTeX is the standard for writing in many STEM fields and offers advantages for managing references, typesetting maths, inserting graphics and figures, and much more. In […]
This workshop is an introduction to Esri's web-based story authoring application, ArcGIS Story Maps. Participants will load and create maps, text, images, and other media to create and publish interactive Story Maps. Before the workshop, attendees should visit https://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com to set up an account (use the "ArcGIS Online (University of Toronto) link). A UTORID and […]
The Data Science Applied Research and Education Seminar (ARES) is a speaker series that showcases opportunities in all realms of society for Data Science. Speakers are Data Scientists who span multiple disciplines, such as political science, health, ethics, humanities, global affairs, data science education, genomics, economics and many more. Join us at the Data […]
Ever finish reading an article and realize you can’t remember much of what you just read? You’re not alone, particularly if you spend a lot of time online. Studies show that we read online materials faster and in a way that is more shallow than we read print. Studies also show that mindful meditation can […]
This hands-on workshop introduces the R statistical programming language in RStudio. Participants can follow along the demonstration on their computer. The topics covered are importing and exploring data, creating graphs, creating new variables and managing data. It is most suitable for new R users or users looking to review their basic knowledge in R.
