An Introduction to R
This is an introductory workshop about R/R studio for those who have not used R before. We will use the online R studio environment on Posit Cloud and get familiar with the R studio interface, best practice R coding, import a dataset, do some basic summary statistics and plotting, and learn to use simple functions and loops. Parts of this workshop are based on the training modules of Data Carpentry for Biologists.
An introduction to data cleaning, visualisation and reporting in R
This beginner’s workshop is all about data cleaning and visualisation using the R package tidyverse. After cleaning our data, we will create various plots for data exploration and present these in an interactive html using R Markdown. Parts of this workshop are based on the training modules of Software Carpentry. Basic R knowledge required (e.g. gained in Introduction to R workshop).
Introducing the Gale Digital Scholar Lab: Explore Primary Sources Through a New Lens
Gale Digital Scholar Lab, developed with participation from beta testers across a wide range of institutions and organisations, is designed to transform the way scholars and students access and analyse Gale primary source materials by offering solutions to some of the most common challenges facing researchers in the digital humanities today. The Gale Digital Scholar Lab was officially released in 2018 and has continued to grow in popularity with Academics and Institutions across the world. . By integrating an unmatched depth and breadth of digital primary source matter with the most popular DH tools, Gale Digital Scholar Lab provides a new lens to explore history and empowers researchers to generate world-altering conclusions and outcomes. Through advanced humanities computing tools that make natural language processing (NLP) for historical texts accessible, more efficient, and impactful, the footprint of digital humanities can be expanded to more classrooms around the globe.
Researching primary sources & text and data mining have become more intuitive and easier to access without having the prerequisite skills in digital humanities. This presentation will provide an introductory overview of the Gale Digital Scholar Lab, exploring the tools and functionality recently added for a better user experience. We will explore how Students/Academics/ Researchers, and Librarians can use the Gale Digital Scholar Lab to search through their institution's primary source holdings from Gale or upload their own content to build their content sets using articles from various historical newspapers, analyse this content using the TDM tools available in the Lab and finally export the visualisations from the Lab.
Systems for online knowledge sharing: putting data back in the hands of First Nations community
Dr Kutay will explain why she has been setting up new sites with research students to handle Aboriginal knowledge sharing. The system Dr Kutay will be demonstrating is designed to be used by different people as their own site. It is not that easy to set up a new site, but when a new site is set up, users can add their own stories and share these. One or two demo sites will be shown as examples of how it is used and what can be done to improve the knowledge sharing back to community.
ORCID for Researchers - Connecting with your research contributions
Do you have trouble distinguishing yourself from your peers who have the same name or initials as yourself? Would you like to spend more time doing research and less time managing it?
ORCID which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a free unique persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. In this session, Melroy Almeida from the Australian Access Federation will talk about ORCID in context of the research you are doing at your institution. The session will help you understand how to get an ORCID ID, to distinguish yourself from your peers and maximise the benefits you can get from your ORCID record.
Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for research
Have you wondered what a DOI is, why your journal paper have a DOI and why you are asked to get an ORCID ID?
DOI’s and ORCID IDs are called persistent identifiers or PIDs. They have the ability to enhance research and make it F.A.I.R (Findable Accessible, Reusable and Interoperable). If you would like to know more about PIDs and how they can be used to help you with your research, this session is for you.
Do I have Imposter Syndrome?
You work hard. You have qualifications and experience behind you. You may even have won some awards. People respect you. So why do we often hear a little voice telling us that we’re not good enough, that one day we will be found out for the fraud we are, and wondering why you were even given this job in the first place?
Imposter syndrome is a psychological occurrence in which people doubt their skills, talents and accomplishments, and it is a lot more common than you think. In this workshop, we will unpack the different types of imposter syndrome and explore strategies to ensure it does not hold you back in your career.
Being 'bad at technology' will make you a better researcher
A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one. As a researcher you are expected to be a master in your field. For some reason, this need for mastery often bleeds into other aspects of our careers. We often feel that if we are not an expert in a particular methodology or approach than it is not ours to use or try. But when it comes to technology, if you don’t allow yourself to be ‘bad at it’, what opportunities or ideas could you be missing out on? Join me in a talk all about how embracing new technology can make you a more creative, collaborative, and successful researcher.
Drone Data Collection
Drones are one of those buzzwords for remote sensing data collection. As they gain popularity, many researchers are trying to incorporate them into their research projects and quickly find they may not be the magic bullet they were hoping for. In this session, I will talk about some of the amazing data opportunities there are with drone data collection. I will also discuss some of the operational and regulatory challenges you may need to overcome if you want to take advantage of this versatile data collection tool.
Language Showdown: Which programming language should I learn?
Which language should you choose to learn? This webinar will discuss the pros and cons of four languages that are widely used in academia, and will provide guidance on selecting the right one. Programming is becoming more and more popular, with many researchers using programming to perform data cleaning, data manipulation, data analytics, as well as creating publication quality plots. Programming can be really beneficial for automating processes and workflows. In this webinar, we are exploring four of the most popular programming languages that are widely used in academia, namely Python, R, MATLAB, and Julia.
Learn to Program: Python
This workshop consists of two days. If you would like to participate it in, make sure to be available on Wednesday and Thursday from 9.00am to 12.30 pm. Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing. It has all the friendly features and conveniences you’d expect of a modern programming language, and also a rich set of libraries for working with data. We teach using Jupyter notebooks, which allow program code, results, visualisations and documentation to be blended seamlessly. Perfect for sharing insights with others while producing reproducible research. Join us for this live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation.
Using QGIS
QGIS is free open-source software and is an excellent platform for exploring fire data and including your own local information to support planning. The training material provided here is based on examples of mapping and data analysis for ecological and NRM applications in the North of Australia. Pictures of the earth’s surface are captured from satellites orbiting the earth and are a vital tool for mapping and monitoring landscapes. This presentation will provide an introduction into how satellite imagery can be used to inform landscape management operations to maximise long-term environmental and economic benefits.
Notebook-based data analysis for reproducible research
Trends towards data-driven, reproducible research are transforming many scientific disciplines. This workshop will introduce principles and methods of using Jupyter code notebooks along with API-based data access for research. Jupyter notebooks are useful for collaborative or solo research, and are especially beneficial in combining description of the research techniques along with code. In the session, a geocoding notebook developed by the Australian Text Analytics Platform (www.atap.edu.au) will be used to access data from the Language Data Commons of Australia (data.ldaca.edu.au). The workshop is suitable for people with no coding experience, as well as experienced coders.
Open Sesame: A Researcher's Guide to Open Access Publishing
This presentation will focus on Open Access (OA) publishing, delving into its core concepts, benefits, and complexities. The presentation illuminates OA's essence – unrestricted online access to scholarly content. It discusses OA's advantages, including heightened research visibility and impact, while acknowledging the intricacies researchers face regarding OA journals. This presentation equips scholars to engage meaningfully with OA's transformative publishing options, including information on Read and Publishing agreements and levels of OA for different journals.
Digital Tools for STEM Communication (mini-symposium)
In an increasingly interconnected world, proficiency in using digital tools not only enhances our ability to communicate research findings but also opens doors to collaborations, job opportunities, and grants. This mini-symposium will introduce some of the CDU and Inspired NT projects for Science Communication using digital tools. Digital Tools in my Research: HDR 3-min presentation challenge
In an increasingly interconnected world, proficiency in using digital tools not only enhances our ability to communicate research findings but also opens doors to collaborations, job opportunities, and grants. This mini-symposium will introduce some of the CDU and Inspired NT projects for Science Communication using digital tools.
Post-graduate students who are undertaking innovative research using digital tools are invited to join the 3-minute presentation challenge at the Research Bazaar Northern Territory. Prepare a 3-minute presentation on an innovative digital tool you use in your research and its importance. Digital tool in this context is described as the use of any software, programs, or applications through a computer, laptop, cellular phone, IoT's (Internet of Things) or other information and communication technology. The Challenge Winner will receive a $250 voucher from ResBaz NT.
Expressions of Interest to present at this Challenge are now open to all HDR students (Honours, Masters, PhD) - CLICK HERE to complete our online form (it is a very brief form, and should not take more than 15 minutes to complete).
A maximum of 6 HDR students will be shortlisted to present at the Challenge. All CDU, Menzies and Flinders NT HDR students are eligible to be part of this Challenge.
Expressions of interest close on 13 October 2023
Creating a new culture around authenticity and generative AI
This short presentation will provide some key strategies around having the critical conversation with your research students about the use of Generative AI. This is with the view to both demystifying its use and creating a new culture around its use. As it is still early day, and even some of our own research staff are still coming to terms with this, it is timely to consider the development of an institutional framework for its use. Such a framework is the beginning of creating a new culture that can lay the foundations for a productive engagement with Generative AI.
Careers in the Digital Space Outside the IT Pathway (Panel Discussion and Round Table)
Discover the diverse opportunities and alternative pathways towards a career in the digital space, while gaining invaluable insights from experts. What skills do you need? Are you already developing this skills in your current field? How can you transition to a career in the digital space, if you don’t have an IT background. This symposium will be your gateway to thriving in the Territory evolving digital landscape.
Top End Weeds: Using gamification to reach your stakeholders (part of Mini-symposium: Digital Tools for STEM Communication)
Creating a new culture around authenticity and generative AI
This short presentation will provide some key strategies around having the critical conversation with your research students about the use of Generative AI. This is with the view to both demystifying its use and creating a new culture around its use. As it is still early day, and even some of our own research staff are still coming to terms with this, it is timely to consider the development of an institutional framework for its use. Such a framework is the beginning of creating a new culture that can lay the foundations for a productive engagement with Generative AI.
Satellite data for fire mapping, monitoring assessment and planning
The use of satellite and GIS information to map, monitor, assess, and report is critical to informing strategic fire management planning and response operations, to maximise long-term environmental and economic benefits, and to minimise detrimental impacts. This session will give an overview of satellite data and tools used to map and monitor fires across remote and region Australia.
Citizen science: Northern Australian Groundwater Security Project (part of Mini-symposium: Digital Tools for STEM Communication)
Groundwater is an important resource across northern Australia and, with vast distances to contend with, not a lot is known about water quality within aquifer systems. But one innovative research project is set to overcome resource limitations with the help of citizen scientists.
Introduction to Inspired NT (part of Mini-symposium: Digital Tools for STEM Communication)
Notebook-based data analysis for reproducible research
Trends towards data-driven, reproducible research are transforming many scientific disciplines. This workshop will introduce principles and methods of using Jupyter code notebooks along with API-based data access for research. Jupyter notebooks are useful for collaborative or solo research, and are especially beneficial in combining description of the research techniques along with code. In the session, a geocoding notebook developed by the Australian Text Analytics Platform (www.atap.edu.au) will be used to access data from the Language Data Commons of Australia (data.ldaca.edu.au). The workshop is suitable for people with no coding experience, as well as experienced coders.
Careers in the Digital Space Outside the IT Pathway