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Sessions are organized alphabetically by title.
AI/ML in the Cloud: Transformative Use Cases with Cloud Services
Explore the fusion of AI/ML with Cloud through three use cases: extracting text from images using Google Cloud Vision API, deploying specialized chatbots with GCP Vertex AI Search and Conversation (formerly Gen App Builder) for domain queries, and fine-tuning LLMs with Vertex AI Model Garden and Generative AI Studio.
AppSheet Accelerator - A Quick Dive into Lab Innovations
Dive into a 30-minute virtual whirlwind with Google Workspace's AppSheet. Discover how this powerful tool metamorphoses cumbersome manual data tasks into streamlined, automated workflows. By session end, leave with a newfound appreciation for how AppSheet can revolutionize your research processes, minimizing paper trails and maximizing efficiency.
Ask What LBLnet Can Do For You
Learn what LBLnet is, what we've been doing, what we're about to do, what we can do for you, and how to get us to do it. Dive into the details of LBL's network, learn what all those wireless networks are, and find out what's coming next.
Conference Room Technology Walkthrough, VR Meetings Hands-On Demo
Learn about the technology that you’ll find in a typical Conference room around the lab as well as how to utilize various meeting controls and features.
Cyber Security for Science
This session will discuss recent cyber security incidents and issues that could directly affect scientific areas of the Lab. We'll discuss credentials leaked in code repositories, cloud incidents at AWS and GCP, ransomware that nearly affected a user facility's central storage, an advanced phishing attack spoofing a scientific publications editor, and the challenges of implementing your own account management system. In each situation, we'll discuss the motivating risk or incident then discuss best practices to prevent disruption.
Getting Started with Google Looker Studio
An introduction to Looker Studio dashboards. Create interactive visualizations and upgrade your presentation of data.
Additional Resources: LinkedIn Learning: Looker Studio for Beginners, Looker Studio
Google Chat: The Ultimate Guide for Teams of All Sizes
Luis Corrales, Derrick Johnson
Google Chat, formerly Google Hangouts and Currents, is one of the newer and more frequently updated applications in the Google Workspace that the Collaboration Services group supports. Chat is ideal for (a)synchronous communication between individuals and small teams, although it can also be used to communicate with larger sets of people (potentially) between institutions.
Google Looker Studio Intermediate
This session will cover Looker Studio, Looker Studio Pro that unlock the power of your data for smarter business decisions. Looker Studio is a self-service business intelligence tool that allows you to easily connect to more than 800 data sources, transform your data into impactful business metrics and dimensions, create and share engaging reports and data visualizations, and empower your teams with key business metrics by sharing automated dashboards. Looker Studio Pro is a more advanced version of Looker Studio that includes additional features such as data preparation, data blending, and advanced analytics. These are part of the Looker Product family that modernizes Business Intelligence to provide real time insights as part of Data Analytics. We will also briefly cover recently announced Generative AI features in Looker Studio and Looker Studio Pro and their impact. We will conclude with a Q&A session.
Google Smart Chips: Supercharge Your Docs and Sheets
Learn how to use Google Smart Chips to make your documents and spreadsheets more interactive, informative, and productive. Smart chips are interactive elements that you can add to your documents and spreadsheets to make them easier to use and more visually appealing.
Hybrid Events Best Practices
This training program was developed to train Lab staff on how to successfully plan, schedule, prepare for, and execute an efficient hybrid event using Zoom Rooms technology.
Intro to Exploratory Data Analysis
This session will show an example of exploratory analysis of time series data, with an emphasis in identifying inaccurate data/errors.
LabTech Keynote
The lunchtime keynote is a LabTech tradition, with highlights of everything new, interesting, and useful from the past year, and a view of what's to come.
Kubernetes - Orchestration for Your Containers
Kubernetes technology is a solution based on containers at scale. If you want to deploy multiple instances of containers or services, scale them up and down, and seek resilience for container-based workloads, Kubernetes could be the right tool.
Open Science and Research Data
How to manage data sharing and compliance with DOE’s public access mandate: requirements and resources.
People Data and Profiles
How to manage data sharing and compliance with DOE’s public access mandate: requirements and resources.
Productivity with AI/ML
In this session, Ahmad will provide guidance on how to navigate the use of Generative AI tools at Berkeley Lab.
Research Data Management with Globus
Globus is a very powerful tool for managing research data. Learn more about what Globus is and also some additional resources that Globus offers to make using it more ingrained in your research and data pipelines.
Scientific Platform Storage Service (SPSS)
Scientific Platform Storage Service (SPSS) is a performant, elastic, cost-attractive storage service, available to researchers at Berkeley Lab across all science disciplinary spaces. The IT Division offers SPSS as part of the ScienceIT initiative, developing new services focused on supporting the Lab’s scientific mission and engaging directly with researchers.
The Secure Research and Data Compute Platform (SRDC)
If you have sensitive (CUI/HIPAA or similar type) data you would like to do computations on, the SRDC platform is for you! This session will cover a brief description of the system and its user requirements and how users are on-boarded onto the system.
What is the Berkeley Lab Design System (BLDS)
Learn what the Berkeley Lab Design System (BLDS) offers and the benefits of designing and implementing a website using the BLDS.
What’s New in Cyber Security?
This session will delve into the recent advancements in cybersecurity at Berkeley Lab aimed at enhancing the overall security infrastructure. We will explore the role of tools like Web Application Firewalls and endpoint security technologies, discussing their significance and necessity. Specifically, we'll examine the implementation of Web Application Firewalls (Cloudflare), and the security enhancements achieved through endpoint systems (Crowdstrike). Furthermore, we'll touch upon additional tools and technologies that Cyber Security has either deployed or is contemplating. To conclude, we'll address emerging cyber threats and challenges faced by open research networks
What's New in iOS and MacOS
Learn how to boost your productivity with the latest features in iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma.
What's New in ScienceIT
Learn more about the new services and resources that Science IT has deployed recently that can help researchers work more efficiently and effectively.