Hands-on Learning for Researchers Across Various Disciplines

Are you looking to learn new data or computational skills? We offer regular workshops, online learning resources, and guides to help you acquire new skills and use our services effectively.

Enhance your abilities, expand your expertise, and discover how to optimize your research at the following Research Computing and Data Services (RCDS) sessions.

Topics in Computational Genomics

These workshops cover topics in computational genomics and are targeted towards the research community using the Genomics Compute Cluster at Northwestern. Topics rotate and change each quarter.

Next Steps in Python

This workshop series covers intermediate Python skills, tips, and tricks guaranteed to make your coding life easier.

Next Steps in R

This workshop series will expand your R skills beyond the basics in this one-hour remote lesson.

Artificial Intelligence for Research

This workshop series provides practical advice and examples on how to effectively and securely utilize AI in your research. From writing code to training large language models (LLMs), our Data Scientists will walk you through the tools and tips you'll need.

Data Management

This workshop series explores all the best practices researchers perform to care for their research data, including organizing, describing, preserving, and sharing.

Data Science, Statistics, and Visualization

Learn statistical analysis methods, data visualization techniques, best practices for coding, and more.

Quest Orientation

Northwestern University provides a high-performance computing cluster, Quest, for its researchers. The cluster is designed to meet compute- and data-intensive research needs. These orientations are designed to introduce new users to available Quest services, review basic practices, and address questions about first-time use. The sessions are focused on users who have just requested a new allocation, but any existing users or interested parties are welcome to attend.

Genomics Compute Cluster Orientation

Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC) Orientations onboard new users to the GCC and provide best-practice guidance for using this resource.

Learning Resources

Learning Resources

• User Guides and Documentation: Learn how to use services and resources supported by Research Computing and Data Services, including Quest, Research Data Storage Service, Globus, and more.
• Resource Guides: Research Computing and Data Services team members have curated lists of free books, videos, online courses, tutorials and other materials to help you learn R, Python, SQL, git, and more.
• O’Reilly Online Learning: Northwestern University Libraries provides online access to many popular books and other resources covering programming, software development, data visualization, machine learning, and other technology topics. Register for an account. with a Northwestern email address by clicking “Institution not listed?”; once you have an account, you can log in directly.
• LinkedIn Learning: Northwestern Human Resources provides access to courses on a wide range of technology topics, including databases, programming, and data analysis.

Talk to a Consultant

Are you looking for help from a person instead? We can meet with you one-on-one to answer questions on using computational and data resources and methods in your research.

• Data Science, Statistics, and Visualization
• Quest High-Performance Computing
• Genomics Compute Cluster
• Cloud Computing
• National Computing Resources such as ACCESS
• Data Management and Workflows