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The CIT Training Program Offers 37 New Topics This Summer

The CIT Training Program continues to provide training in new knowledge and skills that the NIH users can use to improve their work. With a summer record of more than 100 different subjects (37 of them new), opportunities exist for all computer users. As always, classes are available free-of-charge to NIH staff. Course descriptions and registration are available on the training Web page.

Adobe

Training in Adobe products is a major growth area. Fortunately for users preparing images and documents for scientific publications, several volunteer teachers have come forward to teach these products.

  • "Introduction to Illustrator" will go over the basics of creating basic scientific drawings and marking up existing images.

  • "The Essentials of Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and Acrobat 5.05" will be given separately for Mac and Windows users who want to create PDFs.

  • "Introduction to Photoshop Elements" will offer a class on this new product from Adobe—which includes about 80% of the functionality of the full Photoshop, and costs a great deal less.

  • "From Scan to PDF: Composing Scientific Figures with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator" will review the entire process of preparing an image for publication using multiple software products.

Statistics

Students will have the opportunity to attend new statistics courses on many statistical packages, from many sources.

  • The SAS Institute will be bringing two new courses in JMP. The first, “Statistical Data Exploration,” will be an introduction to the software. The second, “Introduction to the JMP Scripting Language,” will allow those already familiar with JMP to customize how it operates.

  • Insightful will be bringing two more courses on S-Plus, to join a returning class on using S-Plus to analyze microarray data—an introductory S-Plus class, and a class on the new I-Miner tool that allows data analysts to easily build and deploy predictive models.

  • Dr. Terry Cox of NEI will give "Statistical Analysis with R." This class will introduce R—a free, open-source language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

  • Dr. James Malley of CIT will offer "Elements of Modern Data Analysis," which will review common problems in data analysis and introduce new methods for model fitting, validation, and searching for structure in data.

Other Seminars for Scientists

Two new scientific classes should generate strong interest.

  • Dr. Peter FitzGerald and Dr. Susan Chacko will present "Multiple Sequence Alignment: Theory and Practice." This course will discuss the computational problems associated with generating meaningful multiple-sequence alignments and present a variety of approaches and tools that can be used to solve them.

  • An introductory course on Mathematica will look at how to use this tool that integrates a numeric and symbolic computational engine, graphics system, programming language, documentation system, and advanced connectivity to other applications.

Security

Two new public key infrastructure (PKI) courses will be taught by Dr. Peter Alterman.

  • "Electronic Identity Management and Introduction to PKI" will look at some of the technical aspects of PKI.

  • "PKI Certificate Policies: At the Intersection of Trust, Law and Technology" will examine how to determine PKI policies.

Grants

Please let us know what courses you would like to have offered. New grants courses can be added throughout the term.

  • "Advanced QVR System Training" will focus on downloading data to an Excel spreadsheet and using the Standard Reports feature of the QVR system.

  • "Explore Quick View" will look at each of the major pieces of the IMPAC II Quick View application.

General Knowledge

Two new courses on project management and one on skills required for knowledge workers round out the class list.

  • "Influence Skills for Project Managers" looks at major types of influence and how to use them effectively when managing an IT project.

  • "Earned Value Management" introduces this new type of project management required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for most major IT projects.

  • "Knowledge Worker Key Tasks" will go over a list of 30+ computing skills that every knowledge worker should be able to do in their job. It will demonstrate each skill and give an opportunity for hands-on practice.

NBS Travel

The NBS transition group will be offering refresher training in anticipation of the launch of the NBS Travel system. A large Town Hall meeting will demonstrate the system and smaller hands-on classes will be offered so students can choose topics that are relevant for them.

Register for Classes

All classes in the CIT program are offered free of charge to NIH staff to help you in your work at NIH. You can read course descriptions and register on the training Web page or call TASC at (301) 594-6248.

 
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