Friday Five for May 31st, 2024

May 31, 2024
Friday Five

1. Process Palooza 2024 Filling Up Fast!

A few weeks ago, registration opened for Process Palooza 2024, and seats are filling up fast! Anyone and everyone passionate about continuous improvement, organizational development, service design, and more should join in. This year’s theme will focus on the intersection of lean methodology and AI, specifically how it can increase your knowledge flow. Check out their program agenda and even listen to their podcast!

When: Wednesday, August 21 - Thursday, August 22, 2024

Where: UC San Diego

Register for Process Palooza here.

2. Analysis and Visualization of interactions in R

Attend this workshop to learn how to analyze and visualize the relationship and correlations between variables in R. Instructor Siavash Jalal will showcase how to perform these processes with base R, emmeans, and ggplot2 packages. Some prior knowledge of linear regression and experience with R is recommended but not necessary.

When: Monday, June 10, 2024 at 1PM - 4PM

Where: Virtual

Register for the workshop on Zoom.

3. UC STEM Fest

STEM Global Action will be hosting a free STEM Fest, sponsored by UCLA. From learning about robotics and building their own battery-powered cars, this is a great opportunity for kids grades K-12 to engage in a myriad of different STEM activities. All materials are provided upon arrival, so you and your kids just need to drop by!

STEM Global Action was founded to expose and engage members of the community to the world of STEM, with an emphasis on delivering opportunities to underserved communities.

When: Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 9AM - 12PM

Where: Michelle & Barack Obama Sports Complex (previously known as Rancho Cienega Park) 5001 Obama Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90016

Register for the STEM Fest for free.

4. FORCE11 FCSI 2024 Conference

FORCE11 is a community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers, and research funders that aim to improve the quality of knowledge creation and sharing. They wish to effectively use IT to empower change in modern scholarly communication.

FORCE11 is hosting their annual Scholarly Communication Institute Conference (FCSI) online and at UCLA. The theme “Increasing Transparency, Integrity, and Trust in Research” explores how AI fits into the world of research and the communication between scholars.

Virtual courses

When: Monday, July 22 - Friday, July 26, 2024

Where: Online

In-person courses

When: Monday, July 29 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Where: UCLA Library (Powell and Young Research Library)

Learn more about FCSI 2024 and register!