Fall 2023 Schedule
September
Introduction to LaTeX
- September 15, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., Millikan Room (E53-482)
- Instructor: Adam Kaplan
October
Introduction to Git
- October 20th, 2023, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Millikan Room (E53-482)
- Instructor: Tomoya Sasaki
Using the PML High-Performance Computing System (xvii)
- October 27th, 2023, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Millikan Room (E53-482)
- Instructor: Mason Reece
November
R Coding Practices for Social Scientists
- November 3rd, 3 – 4:30 p.m., Millikan Room (E53-482)
- Instructor: Adam Kaplan/ Benjamin Muñoz
Using Qualtrics for Online Experiments
- November 9th, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., TBD
- Organizer: Jared Kalow / Fanisi Mbozi
Spring 2023 Schedule
February
Spatial Topics in R
- February 10, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., E53-438
- Instructor: Nicole Wilson & Paige Bollen
Introduction to Network Analysis I: Basics and Descriptives
- February 17, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., E53-438
- Instructor: Hao Zhang
Web Scraping in R
- February 24, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., E53-438
- Instructor: Eyal Hanfling & Raymond Wang
March
Survey Weighting
- March 10, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., E53-438
- Instructor: Zach Markovich
Efficient Coding in R
- March 17, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., E53-438
- Instructor: Tomoya Sasaki & Adam Kaplan
April
Introduction to Network Analysis II: Causal Inference
- April 7, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., E53-438
- Instructor: Licheng Liu
Introduction to SQL
- April 21, 2023, 3 – 5 p.m., E53-438
- Instructor: Matias Giannoni
Fall 2022 Schedule
September
Introduction to LaTeX
- September 23, 2021, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Elizabeth Parker-Magyar
October
Introduction to Remote Resources
- October 7, 2021, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Adam Kaplan and Suyeol Yun
R Coding Practices for Social Scientists
- October 21, 2021, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Adam Kaplan
November
Introduction to Git
- November 4, 2021, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Organizer: Tomoya Sasaki
Spring 2022 Schedule
February
Web Scraping
- February 25, 2022 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Adam Kaplan
March
Introduction to SQL and Database Management
- March 4, 2022, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Suyeol Yun
Survey Weighting
- March 18, 2022, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Zach Markovich
April
Writing Efficient Code in R
- April 1, 2022, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Adam Kaplan and Tomoya Sasaki
Network Analysis
- April 22, 2022, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Hao Zhang
Advanced Beamer Presentations
- April 29, 2022, 3 – 5 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Minh Trinh
Fall 2021 Schedule
September
Introduction to LaTeX Part 1: Basics
- September 17, 2021, 2 – 4 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Emilia Simison
Introduction to LaTeX Part 2: Integration with R
- September 24, 2021, 11 a.m – 1 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Julian Rippy and Emilia Simison
October
Using the PML High-Performance Computing System (xvii)
- October 29, 2021, 2 – 4 p.m., Milikan Room
- Instructor: Tomoya Sasaki
- Zoom Recording
- Slides Here
For the Zoom password, send an email to zmarko@mit.edu
November
Coding Practices for Soical Scientists
- November 5, 2021, 2 – 4 p.m., Milikan Room
- Organizer: Adam Kaplan
Introduction to Git
- November 12, 2021, 2 – 4 p.m., Milikan Room
- Organizer: Suyeol Yun
Spring 2021 Schedule
March
Clean and Efficient Coding in R
- March 12, 1-3 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Adam Kaplan and Tomoya Sasaki
Introduction to Webscraping and Basic Python
- March 26, 1-3 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Andrew Halterman and Adam Kaplan
April
Introduction to Text Analysis
- April 2, 1-3 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Andrew Halterman and Aidan Milliff
Introduction to Online Experiments
- April 9, 1-3 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Leah Rosenzweig (in Colaboratoin with Political Experiments Lab)
Introduction to QGIS
- April 16, 1-3 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Wenyan Deng
Fall 2020 Schedule
September
Introduction to LaTeX Part 1
- September 11, 2020, 1 – 3 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Emilia Simison
Contact simison@mit.edu for workshop materials
Introduction to LaTeX Part 2: Integration with R
- September 11, 2020, 11 a.m – 1 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Julian Rippy
November
Using the PML High-Performance Computing System (xvii)
- November 6, 2020, 2 – 4 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Tomoya Sasaki
Introduction to SQL
- November 13, 2020, 2 – 4 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Rémi Cura
Tidyverse and Data Manipulation in R
- November 20, 2020, 12 – 1 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Paige Bollen
December
Fielding Online Experiments
- December 4, 2020, 3:30 – 5 p.m., Zoom
- Instructor: Blair Read
Fall 2019 Schedule
November
Introduction to Python and Web Scraping
- November 8, 2019, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Andrew Halterman
The Tidyverse and Grammars of Data Manipulation in R
- November 22, 2019, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Paige Bollen
Spring 2019 Schedule
March
Automated Text Analysis for Political Science
- March 14, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Andy Halterman
Rcpp and Optimizing R
- March 22, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Adam Rauh
April
Introduction to SQL
- April 11, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Jacob Coblentz
May
Special Session: Roundtable on Practical Advice for Face-to-Face Survey Data Collection
- May 3, 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Pye Room (E40-496)
- Organizer: Phil Martin
- Panelists: Ben Morse, Blair Read, & Andrew Miller
Introduction to GIS Part 1: GIS Basics with ArcGIS
- May 10, 12-2 p.m., MIT GIS Data Lab at the Rosch Library (7-238)
- Instructors: Jesse Clark & Daniel Sheehan (MIT GIS Data Lab)
Introduction to GIS Part 2: Visualization and Analysis in R
- May 21, 3-5 p.m., E53-485
- Instructors: Tuğba Bozçağa & Nina McMurry
Workshop slides & materials here
Fall 2018 Schedule
September
Introduction to LaTeX Part 1: LaTeX Basics
- September 14, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Nina McMurry
Introduction to LaTeX Part 2: Beamer Presentations, BiBTeX Referencing and R Integration with LaTeX
- September 21, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Minh Trinh
October
Introduction to Python and Web Scraping
- October 5, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Andrew Halterman
Write, Collaborate, and Publish More Efficiently with Overleaf Pro+
- October 12, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Christine Malinowski (MIT Libraries)
The Tidyverse and Grammars of Data Manipulation in R
- October 19, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Elissa Berwick
November
Using the PML High-Performance Computing System (xvii)
- November 16, 3:30 – 5:30, Millikan Room
- Instructor: Adam Rauh
Using GitHub for Version Control and Collaboration
- November 30, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Tugba Bozcaga
Spring 2018 Schedule
Parsing Text with Python
- February 23, 2-4 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Andy Halterman
March
Introduction to Unix
- March 2, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Jacob Coblentz
Working with Remote Computational Resources
- March 9, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Elissa Berwick and Weihuang Wong
High Performance Computing on the Political Science Department Cluster (xvii)
- March 23, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Soubhik Barari
April
Special Session: Roundtable on Practical Advice for Face-to-Face Survey Data Collection
- April 13, 2-4 p.m., Millikan Room
- Organizer: Nina McMurry
- Moderated by Prof. F. Daniel Hidalgo
Spatial Data: GIS Visualization and Analysis
- April 20, 12-2 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Tugba Bozcaga
Fall 2017 Schedule
September
Introduction to LATEX Part 1: LATEX Basics and Reference
Management
- September 15, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructors: Guillermo Toral and Weihuang Wong
Introduction to LATEX Part 2: Presentations and Dynamic
Report Generation in LATEX
- September 22, 2 – 4 p.m., Room 438
- Instructor: Elissa Berwick
October
dplyr + ggplot2: Grammars of Data Manipulation and Graphics in R
- October 13, 1 – 3 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Andy Halterman
Using the Harvard-MIT Data Center Cluster for High-Performance
Computing
- October 20, 1 – 3 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Soubhik Barari
November
Building Interactive Web Apps in R with Shiny
- November 17, 2 – 4 p.m., Millikan Room
- Instructor: Weihuang Wong