Intro to Tools for Collaborative Research

This workshop is designed as a gentle introduction to using widely available (and FREE!) digital tools for collaborative work. We will explore how a few simple-to-use tools can be effectively …

CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks 2017

Room 9206/9207 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Call for Lightning Talk Presentations at the 3rd CUNY DHI event: Building a Digital Humanities Community at the City University of New York CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative (DHI) and GC …

The Role of Visualization in Computational Data Analysis

Room C205 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Creating effective data visualizations is an essential task at all stages of computational analysis. Visualization leverages the power of the human visual system to ensure data quality, detect interesting patterns, …

GCDI Sound Series: Music Performance Analysis

Room 9206 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Dr. Johanna Devaney Register today! GC Digital Initiatives Sound Series presents Dr. Johanna Devaney, who will introduce and teach her open-source software, Automatic Music Performance Analysis and Comparison Toolkit. Join us …

Applications for the GC Digital Research Institute Due

GC DRI offers CUNY graduate students, faculty, and instructional staff an opportunity to develop digital research skills and to connect with others in an interdisciplinary environment. The week will begin with an introduction to the command line, git, Python, and databases for all students; participants will then have the opportunity to choose from a variety of more specific workshops on topics ranging from using APIs to the Natural Language Toolkit to machine learning.

The application will be open until 11:59pm on December 1st, 2017; however, we recommend that interested participants apply early, as space is limited.

R

R has become an indispensible tool for academics in a range of disciplines for analyzing data. Many users come to it though with limited programming experience which can often lead …

Python 201

Once you've learned to use basic Python syntax and programming concepts, what next? This workshop will address intermediate programming concepts that become critical as one moves from writing short scripts …

Memory, Erasure and Virtual Repatriation: The Zimbabwean Case

Room C197 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Nontsikelelo Mutiti, co-researchers of ReadingZimbabwe.com have been collecting, cataloging, digitizing, and making available information of as many publications about Zimbabwe from the 1950s to the present as …