Events

Has someone blogged about your research? Has someone tweeted about your work? Was your article mentioned on Facebook? Representing the concept alternate (or alternative) metrics, altmetrics encompass methods of evaluating and discovering scholarly work through the use of open data and social media sources.

As an introduction to the still-evolving field of altmetrics, this workshop will explore:

Overview: Waterloo.AI and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are co-hosting an “AI for Science & Engineering Workshop” with over 20 speakers sharing highlights on how they are using AI to generate new insights for potential breakthroughs. The talks will range from new materials discovery at micro and nano-scale, unconventional computing and quantum computers to applications for environment, water, biosensors and biomedical.

GEDIx: A 30-minute exchange

This online workshop, led by Robert Laurie, customer success manager at Ex Libris, will provide University of Waterloo faculty members and graduate students with an overview of key features of Pivot-RP, a searchable database of research funding opportunities.

Faculty members, staff (i.e., Research staff, Safety Office staff, Research Ethics staff, and Information Systems & Technology staff involved in research using biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear materials or technology) and students are invited to join Public Safety Canada (PSC) for the Safeguarding science workshop.

Registration is required to receive a link for this event.

On February 27-28, 2023, the University of Waterloo’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and International is hosting a conference on Research Security in Today’s Geo-Political Era at Federation Hall.

The next virtual Pivot-RP workshop for faculty members and graduate students is scheduled for Thursday, November 9 from 1-2:30 p.m. via MS Teams.

This session will include a review of the key functionalities of Pivot-RP for researchers. After a brief overview of Pivot-RP, the facilitator will move into a live demo covering topics such as claiming your profile, searching for funding, tracking, sharing and exporting funding opportunities, and highlighting available resources. The workshop will end with a Q&A.

The next virtual Pivot-RP workshop for faculty members and graduate students is scheduled for Friday, April 5 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. via MS Teams.