The Center for Social Science Computation and Research

Workshops Descriptions

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CSSCR Workshop Offerings Winter Quarter 2026

***Workshops are listed in the order of the dates they will be delivered***

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Atlas.ti for Qualitative Thematic Analysis

Description: This workshop provides a practical introduction to working in ATLAS.ti, by marrying the functionality of this software with the fundamentals of the qualitative methodology. This hands-on training will include creating a dummy qualitative project with sample interview data, conceptualizing the workflow, identifying quotations, and creating various types of codes, memos, comments before culminating into establishing thematic relationships. This workshop assumes no familiarity with Atlas.ti, however, requires CSDE Terminal Server log-in (sign up here for FREE with UWNetID) that must be fully set up prior to the workshop.

  • Instructor: Baishakhi Basu, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Thursday, October 15, 2026
  • Time: 3:00pm – 4:20pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Creating Research Posters in PowerPoint

Description: This workshop covers the mechanics of putting together a research poster for scholarly communications using PowerPoint. This course will help you create posters for academic conferences, the Undergraduate Research Symposium, or course poster presentations.

  • Instructor: Darryl Holman, CSSCR Interim Director
  • Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
  • Time: 10:00am – 11:20am
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
  • Register here.

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Sequence Analysis in R

Description: This workshop introduces sequence analysis as a practical way to study patterns in data using R. Participants will learn how to work with sequences such as behavioral patterns, and discover how R can be used to visualize, cluster, and interpret them. Participants are expected to have basic familiarity with R.

  • Instructor: Kefan Yu, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Monday, October 26, 2026
  • Time: 10:00am – 11:20am
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
  • Register here.

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Introduction to Agentic Coding

Description: Agentic coding utilizes LLM apps (ChatGPT or Claude) that have access to your project’s files and can generate code, organize your directories, push changes to GitHub, and make slides and reports. This workshop introduces a research workflow with ChatGPT’s Codex. If you have a Claude Code subscription, you are also welcome to join, but I will be demonstrating with Codex. Note: this workshop is great for you if you have already accessed or plan to access a paid subscription to either ChatGPT or Claude.

  • Instructor: Tynan Challenor, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
  • Time: 10:00am – 11:20am
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
  • Register here.

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Geospatial Analysis in Python

Description: This workshop introduces core concepts and tools for working with spatial data in Python, providing overview for geospatial data models, vector analysis with Shapely/GeoPandas, and raster processing with Rasterio/GDAL. Prior knowledge of Python is preferred, but not required.

  • Instructor: Yuying Xie, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Monday, November 2, 2026
  • Time: 10:00am – 11:20am
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Data Wrangling in R

Description:  This workshop explores some of R’s useful tools for data transformation, management and exploration. It will introduce some key concepts and techniques for data wrangling primarily using the Tidyverse packages. Attendees are assumed to have basic familiarity with R.

  • Instructor: Alireza Aminkhaki, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Wednesday, November 4, 2026
  • Time: 10:30am – 11:50am
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
  • Register here.

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Human Gates for AI Agents in Research

Description: AI agents can produce polished research outputs while quietly making mistakes or choices that affect the findings. This hands-on workshop introduces human gates: checkpoints where researchers review evidence and decide whether the work should proceed. Through practical exercises, you will write research briefs and use reusable AI skills to organize checks and prepare evidence for review, learning where to place these gates, what to check, and how to build them into your own research workflows.

  • Instructor: Ramses Llobet, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Wednesday, November 18, 2026
  • Time: 12:30pm – 1:50pm
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
  • Register here.

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If you have questions or problems registering please send a note to CSSCR@uw.edu.
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CSSCR workshops are open to members of the UW community without regard to race, national origin, sex, identity or any other protected class status.

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