Upcoming Events
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Advanced Data Cleaning for GIS
In this workshop, we will practice working through common problems that arise when preparing mapping data for spatial analysis. You will leave with strengthened foundational GIS skills. We will also provide example approaches to especially challenging GIS data problems. We will use the open source d... Continue reading →
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Web Scraping (Part 2 of 2)
This two-day workshop teaches participants how to automate the extraction of data from websites and other online repositories into a well-formatted, locally stored dataset, for later analysis. Web scraping tools make the process of collecting large amounts of online information more efficient, and h... Continue reading →
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Web Scraping (Part 1 of 2)
This two-day workshop teaches participants how to automate the extraction of data from websites and other online repositories into a well-formatted, locally stored dataset, for later analysis. Web scraping tools make the process of collecting large amounts of online information more efficient, and h... Continue reading →
Past Events
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[Postponed] ArtTechPsyche VI
Postponed: this event has been postponed due to university guidelines on the coronavirus. Don't worry - ArtTechPsyche will return next year. Now in its sixth year, ArtTechPsyche celebrates human expression at the intersection of technology and the arts through numerous immersive digital experiences,... Continue reading →
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[Postponed] Text Analysis in R with Quanteda
Postponed: this event has been postponed due to university guidelines on the coronavirus. We will be rescheduling the talk for later in the semester, in a format yet to be determined (virtual or in-person). Are you interested in using natural language processing or text analysis in your research? R ... Continue reading →
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The Hedera Project: Reading that Fits
Postponed: this event has been postponed due to university guidelines on the coronavirus. We will be rescheduling the talk for later in the semester, in a format yet to be determined (virtual or in-person). Hedera is an online language learning environment inspired by research on how people acquire ... Continue reading →
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Visual Eloquence: A Hands-On Workshop for Creating Effective Data Visualizations (Spring 2020)
Are you interested in using data visualizations to explore your data or as part of your research output, but unsure of where to start? Are you already using data viz, but want to learn to create more effective presentations with different applications or programming languages? Consider attending Vis... Continue reading →
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Foundations Seminar: Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship (Spring 2020)
Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship is a two-day seminar designed to introduce participants to the core stages of digital scholarship’s research workflow: the acquisition, manipulation, analysis, and presentation of data. This seminar is intended to serve as a springboard for faculty, students, and ... Continue reading →
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DSSG Office Hours, Spring 2020 (Wednesdays)
Due to the impacts of the coronavirus, we are only able to offer remote office hours. These will be held at the same times as in-person office hours. Please fill out the same Google Form linked above so that we can ensure we have enough volunteers on hand to handle both Zoom sessions and in-person c... Continue reading →
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DSSG Office Hours, Spring 2020 (Thursdays)
Due to the impacts of the coronavirus, we are only able to offer remote office hours. These will be held at the same times as in-person office hours. Please fill out the same Google Form linked above so that we can ensure we have enough volunteers on hand to handle both Zoom sessions and in-person c... Continue reading →
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Datafest 2020
Numerous DSSG members will be leading workshops at DataFest 2020: DataFest 2020 is a collaboration among many Harvard institutions, including the following partners:... Continue reading →
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Foundations Seminar: Digital Teaching Methods (Spring 2020)
Join the Digital Scholarship Support Group from 10am to 3pm on January 15th and 16th for the Digital Teaching Methods seminar, a two–day event in the DSSG's Foundations Series that focuses on the thoughtful integration of digital tools and methods in teaching and learning. The Digital Teaching Metho... Continue reading →
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Using Web APIs with Python (Fall 2019)
Comfortable with basic Python and want to expand your digital toolkit? Interested in querying and analyzing real-time data or faceted big data? Want to process data using web services or create data mashups? This workshop will help participants integrate RESTful APIs into their data processing workf... Continue reading →
About the Harvard Discovery Series
The Harvard Discovery Series brought scholars on the frontiers of digital knowledge-making to a Harvard audience in an intimate and interactive setting. From an archaeologist reconstructing tombs in virtual reality, to scholars challenging power differentials through data feminism, to a quantum astrochemist using high-performance computing to search for life among the stars, these presentations of disparate topics demonstrated the unifying potential of digital methods and tools in scholarly and pedagogical pursuits. The series went online in 2020 and was sunset in 2022.