CSiDIR – Brown Bags

The Student and Postdoc-led Brownbag Series

We will hold twice-monthly workshops/office hours led by one or two graduate students or postdocs, designed to provide a space for foresting academic discussion and sharing valuable research insights with our student community.

The 2024 Winter Series

Workshop Leader:
Gabby Jones

Glotzer Group Graduate Student

Interactive Plotting with Plotly (Flyer)

May 8, 2024; NCRC B28 ACR1
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Come join us to learn about how to generate interactive plots for visualizing multidimensional data via plotly!

Workshop Leader:
 Justin Joque

U-M Visualization Librarian

SPECIAL EVENT
Data Visualization for Scientific Communication (Flyer)

April 17th, 2024; NCRC B10 ACR1
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Come join us for this special workshop hosted by the U-M Library Visualization Services and learn how to create beautiful figures that effectively communicate your research results.


March APS Meeting Practice Talks

February 29th, 2024; NCRC B10 G065

Come prepare for next weeks APS meeting by both practicing and hearing presentations and practice poster sections! 

Past Brown Bags:
Inaugural 2023 Fall Series

Workshop Leader: 
Dr. Zhiqiang Shen

Post Doctoral Scholar
(Larson Group)

VMD & Data Visualization Crash Course (Flyer)

December 6, 2023; NCRC B10 ARC1 (Faculty office area on first floor)
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Come join us to learn how to visualize and render your simulations!

Workshop Leader:
Dr. Safa Alzaim

Post Doctoral Scholar
(Lindsey Group)

ORCA Crash Course (Flyer)

November 15, 2023; NCRC B10 ARC1 (Faculty office area on first floor)
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Come join us to learn how to utilize ORCA for computational chemistry simulation!

Workshop Leader:
Dr. Riley Vickers

Post Doctoral Scholar
(Kamcev & Goldsmith Groups)

LAMMPS Crash Course (Flyer)

October 18, 2023; NCRC B10 ARC1 (Faculty office area on first floor)
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Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to use LAMMPS to run molecular dynamics simulations! During this session, you will also learn how to handle the associated challenges of data analysis and visualization.

Workshop Leader:
Tommy Waltman

Graduate Student
(Glotzer Group)

Git Crash Course (Flyer)

October 4, 2023; NCRC B10 ARC1 (Faculty office area on first floor)
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Don’t miss this opportunity to boost your Git skills and become a version control pro!