Research Bazaar 2020: Research data for everyone
How can you make better use of data in your research? And how can you share data? Sign up by January 6th to take part!

The Research Bazaar is a worldwide festival for researchers, by researchers, aimed to help make research faster, smarter and better. The focus is on digital skills and tools important for modern-day research. The workshops will be hands-on, interactive, with lots of practice, rather than one-way lecturing.
The theme chosen for 2020 is Research data for everyone:
- How can you make better use of data in your research
- And how can you share data?
Lunch will be provided for full-day workshops.
Programme
Wednesday 8th January
When | What | Room |
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09:00-16:00 | Let's build an augmented reality web app! In this workshop, you will learn how to place virtual text and 3D objects in the real world, so that they can be seen using a smartphone as a 'magic window'. You will learn how to animate things, how to add interactivity, and how to visualize data in AR. With Tobias Busch |
3109 |
09:00-12:00 |
Searching for hidden literature using iris.ai, your new research assistant! Iris.ai helps students and researchers make discoveries faster by shaving up to 90% off of the time required to conduct a typical literature review. In this workshop, you will be introduced to the Iris.ai research tool. With Andrea Gasparini |
3112 |
09:00-12:00 | Music Processing and Machine Learning in Python This workshop will teach how to handle sound files in python, compute sound and audio features from them, and run machine learning algorithms on them. With Tejaswinee Kelkar |
4111 |
10:00-15:00 | Zotero - Your personal research assistant Before lunch you will learn how to use Zotero as a reference manager for writing Master's thesis. After lunch, you will learn how to use Zotero as a research assistant for private use, in research groups and in open science projects. With Solveig Isis Sørbø |
4104 |
11:00-14:00 |
Drop-in demo: Facial expression analysis - automatic emotion detection from video and how to use the data. Learners will see the advantages of facial expression analysis, and see some examples of how the data can be used to drive interactive programs, research and more. This will be a demonstration booth with the main point being to interactively try the set-up, on a drop-in basis. |
3. etg. By the big screen |
13:00-16:00 | Online data capture with Nettskjema In the workshop, we will go through the basic functionality of the service. The main focus will be the creation and administration of forms in the Nettskjema environment. With Stein-Eirik Lund |
4111 |
13:00-16:00 | Biomarker discovery in single-cell transcriptomics The workshop will introduce the common tools used to analyze single-cell RNA seq data. The participants will interactively analyze a myxoid liposarcoma dataset and try to find cellular sub-populations and the molecular signatures that characterize each sub-population. With Salim Ghannoum |
4101 |
13:00-16:00 | Video track I – Multicamera lab and Portable audio and video recorders Introduction and hands-on try out of a multicamera portable video lab or portable audio and video recorders. With Gunnar Lid |
4103 |
Thursday 9th January
When | What | Room |
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09:00-16:00 | Social Coding and open software This course is intended to introduce beginners to the social side of programming and the importance of Open Software in Academia. With Anne Fouilloux |
4111 |
09:00-10:15 |
Video Track II – Transcribing audio and video with ELAN The main features of the freeware transcription tool ELAN will be presented and you will learn how to transcribe your own audio or video file. |
4103 |
10:30-12:00 |
The intention of the workshop is to show how one can integrate transcription into a video. With Gunnar Lid |
4103 |
09:00-12:00 | Using SSH for remote logins A basic introduction to how encryption works, and practical hands-on on how to set up and manage encryption keys. The pros and cons of various choices you'll have to make. With Hans Peter Verne |
4104 |
13:00-16:00 | Some major points of GDPR to consider if you are planning to collect or handle personal data in your research We start with a quick introduction to some of the most important points of the new GDPR regulations, and some of the UiO requirements. With Torgeir Christiansen |
4103 |
13:00-16:00 | Data Visualization Design In this workshop, we will approach data visualization as a design problem, and learn how to solve this problem systematically. You will learn cognitive and design principles that help you understand what works and why, and how to explore different design solutions more efficiently. With Tobias Busch |
4104 |
Friday 10th January
When | What | Room |
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8:30-16:00 | Drop in session on the Norwegian Research Data Alliance Node Margaret Fotland from FADM is joining us to tell you about the recently established Norwegian Research Data Alliance Node. |
3rd floor by the big screen |
09:00-16:00 | Making your computational science reproducible with containers This workshop is a hands-on tutorial on Docker and Singularity. Docker is the most popular and user-friendly platform for running and managing Linux containers. Singularity is a platform for deploying light-weight containers for HPC systems. With Abdulrahman Azab |
3112 |
09:00-16:00 | Research Data Management in Practice Researchers witness a digital and data-driven transformation that is changing the way research is done. Open science and sharing of research data are becoming more prominent while new international and national regulations impose requirements that researchers must adhere to. In this workshop, you will learn how to navigate this landscape more effectively. With Annika Rockenberger |
4103 |
09:00-12:00 | Smartphone-based Multisensory Biofeedback for Treating Chronic Pain Motivational nondirective resonance breathing (MNRB) is an innovative smartphone-guided meditation treatment. This workshop will discuss the MNRB treatment design, present preliminary findings, and have hands-on demonstrations of MNRB treatment sessions using the MBS device. With Charles Paccione |
4101 |
13:00-14:00 |
Video track IV – Quick introduction to the data management of field data A quick introduction to the data management of field data. With Torgeir Christiansen |
4111 |
14:00-16:00 |
Video track V - Introduction to coding video with the Interact software Introduction to coding video with the Interact software. We will quickly cover some different approaches to coding standards, how to make templates, how to do a simple configuration of your data sources and so on. With Torgeir Christiansen |
4111 |
Target audience
Ph.D. candidates, young researchers, and students, but the event will be open for anyone interested.
Contact
If you have questions about contributing to the Research Bazaar please contact us: research-bazaar@swcarpentry.uio.no