Northwestern IT Research Computing Services

On Wednesday, December 4, we’re moving—well, just our Twitter account actually! You can continue to find out what we have going on and follow our work at @Northwestern_IT. Engage with us there!

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The @PEARC_20 conference wrapped up recently and Northwestern's Research Computing team was there! Check out our presentations and impressions: sites.northwestern.edu/resea…

Numpy and SciPy are the core libraries for scientific computing with Python. If you want to work with matrices in Python, these are the packages for you. Monday's #RCSummerWorkshop (Aug 12) will show you how. Learn more: bit.ly/33csgp0

Monday's SQL workshop (Aug 12) will cover the basics concepts of database design. You will map out a plan for how data can be stored in a database, create new tables, import data, and define relationships between tables. Register now: bit.ly/2T5Rhxx? #RCSummerWorkshops

You’ve taken #RCSummerWorkshops and learned new skills, but how exactly are you going to apply them? Tomorrow's workshop will use real problems members of the community face to demonstrate how to put your new data and research skills to use. Learn more: bit.ly/33dcQRb

Have text you want analyze? Topic modeling with Python allows you to find the latent topical structure of a collection of texts based on the patterns of words in the documents. Learn more tomorrow: bit.ly/2T77CSn #RCSummerWorkshops

New to databases? Monday's workshop is the place to start. Learn key concepts and terms to help expand your SQL and database knowledge to navigate a database, see what it contains, and select data. Learn more: bit.ly/2Yy7CMq #RCSummerWorkshops

You’ve learned the basics of R, but now you need to run your statistical analyses. Tomorrow's workshop will provide you with a foundation for using R for models specific to your research or field. Learnn more: bit.ly/2K4xXh3 #RCSummerWorkshops

The Research Computing Services team is at @pearc_19 this week learning new skills, sharing our experience, and collecting ideas from #researchcomputing colleagues to bring back to Northwestern. #pearc19

If you’re analyzing data with Python, you'll need to be able to visualize your data. Tomorrow's workshop on matplotlib will help you create specialized data visualizations in Python, as most data visualization libraries based on it. bit.ly/2Y9vwls #RCSummerWorkshops

Predictive modeling uses variables to predict outcomes on new data, focusing on accuracy over explanatory depth. In tomorrow's R workshop, we'll cover methods frequently included under the umbrella of “machine learning.” bit.ly/2XSxJNO #RCSummerWorkshops

Version control systems are crucial for collaborating with other people and merging changes while you work on the same files. Git is a popular choice, and GitHub is its hosting service. Come tomorrow to learn how to utilize them. bit.ly/2XX3Xrd #RCSummerWorkshops

ggplot2 is one of the most popular R packages–for good reason! It’s a data visualization framework that logically associates features of your data with elements of the plot. Learn how to utilize it in our workshop Monday in Mudd Library. bit.ly/summerdata19 #RCSummerWorkshops

Cloud computing can accelerate your research. Northwestern researchers and students have plenty of resources to help get started! sites.northwestern.edu/resea…

We’re excited to have Pib Burns presenting “EasyPrint Library” at the Humanities Commons Twitter Conference on Thursday, July 18! Get your questions ready, and be sure to follow @pibburns and the conference #HCTwitterConf19