HDR Skills Week: 24-28 June 2024
HDR Skills Week returns from 24-28 June to help you develop the skills you need to thrive during your candidature and beyond. This year’s program includes a range of sessions to help you develop specialist skills, including - copyright for images, using AI tools for literature searches and Python training. You’ll also learn how to enhance your communication and collaboration skills, including - engaging the media and personal branding, articulating your skills for non-academic employment, research impact planning and industry partnerships.
A highlight of this year’s program is the opportunity to hear first-hand advice from late-stage HDR candidates. This is your chance to hear a panel of HDR candidates discuss what they wish they knew earlier in their candidature. You also don't want to miss an experienced HDR supervisor and her candidate discuss practical strategies you can implement to manage the relationship with your supervisors. View the full program below and register now.
Program Overview
| MONDAY 24 JUNE | TUESDAY 25 JUNE | WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE | THURSDAY 27 JUNE | FRIDAY 28 JUNE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Using Python10 AM - 1 PM (online) | Research Impact Planning10 AM - 12 PM (online) | How to Identify and Articulate Your Transferable Skills For Non-Academic Employment10 - 11:30 AM (online) | Primer in Natural Language Processing Using Python10 AM - 1 PM (online) | Discover Research Literature Using AI Tools10 - 11 AM (online) |
What I Wish I Knew Earlier12 - 1:30 PM (online) | Navigating the Candidate - Supervisor Relationship12 - 2 PM (Nathan and online) | |||
Copyright For Images2 - 2:30 PM (Nathan and online) | Successful Industry Partnerships1 - 2 PM (online) | Engaging the Media and Personal Branding2 - 3:30 PM (Nathan and online) |
Session Descriptions
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Using Python
Monday 24 June, 10 AM – 1 PM (online)
Facilitator: Isaac Jennings, eResearch Analyst
This online workshop offers an introduction to Explainable AI (XAI) techniques implemented in Python. Expect to learn essential evaluation methods such as Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations (LIME) and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) using popular Python libraries. This workshop will equip HDR candidates with an appreciation for AI model transparency in decision-making and output and address common methods to communicate explainability insights to various stakeholders.
Skills:
- Implement XAI techniques in Python to interpret machine learning models.
- Produce visualisation of XAI analytical output to support communication of insights to non-technical stakeholders.
Knowledge:
- Understand the fundamental concepts and importance of explainability in AI.
- Understand how XAI fits within ethical AI practice.
Attitudes:
- Foster a positive and critical mindset towards assessing AI model transparency and fairness.
- Encourage an inquisitive approach to accepting AI outputs and instil an appreciation for the importance of model verification and validation through explainability.
Behaviours:
- Commit to embedding XAI within individual practice, where possible.
- Adopt an understanding for continual learning routines in a technical, and highly evolving field of knowledge.
This online workshop is suitable for HDR candidates currently, or planning to apply AI to their research, and who possess a minimum basic understanding of Python programming. It is particularly beneficial for those seeking to enhance communication of their model transparency to stakeholders.
What I Wish I Knew Earlier
Monday 24 June, 12 – 1:30 PM (online)
Join us for a panel discussion with later stage HDR candidates as they offer advice on things they wish they’d known earlier in their candidature. Together we will explore a range of topics from what to expect across your candidature, how to navigate challenges and what to do to prepare for the next stage of your career. There will also be plenty of opportunity to ask for advice on topics that matter to you.
Facilitator:
- Dr Abigail Downie, Graduate Research Development Consultant, Griffith Graduate Research School (GGRS)
Panellists:
- Nicola Rahman, HDR candidate, School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Vanessa Taveras Dalmau, HDR candidate, Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
- Victoria Lister, HDR candidate, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources
Copyright For Images
Monday 24 June, 2 – 2:30 PM (in-person at Nathan and online)
Facilitator: Antony Ley, Information Policy Officer, Griffith University
This session will cover:
- What is copyright and who owns the copyright in images?
- What is a “substantial portion” of copyright and what are the Fair Dealing exceptions?
- When and how can you use/adapt images created by others for your research project and published research?
Learning objectives:
- Understand copyright ownership and copyright substantiality.
- Know about the Creative Commons licences and other permissive copyright licences.
- Know about the copyright Fair Dealing exceptions.
- Understand when you require written permission or a licence to use images (or substantial portions of images) created by others.
This session will take place in-person (N78_2.30, Nathan campus) and online via Microsoft Teams.
Research Impact Planning
Tuesday 25 June, 10 AM – 12 PM (online)
Facilitator: Dr Emma Barnes, Research Strategy and Impact Officer, Office For Research
This hands-on, stepwise workshop will assist HDR candidates in planning for the generation, identification, evidencing and communication of research impact outside of academia; that is, the beneficial changes their research may have on societies, environments, economies, health, and/or culture.
Research impact is increasingly becoming important across grant applications, government evaluations and for stakeholder engagement – having a plan facilitates both the generation and communication of research impact.
By attending this webinar you will learn:
- Awareness of Griffith’s definition of research impact and the forms of research impact outside of academia.
- Awareness of the importance of research impact planning and communication.
- How to plan for research impact..
Please note, this session is highly interactive will not be recorded.
Successful Industry Partnerships
Tuesday 25 June, 1 – 2 PM (online)
Facilitator: Associate Professor Shahla Hosseini Bai, Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow; Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Industry partner presenters:
- Dr Anushika De Silva, Technical Officer, Boombera Park Macadamias
- Chris Cannizzaro, Horticulturalist, Macadamia Farm Management (pre-recorded presentation)
- Dr Nimanie Hapuarachchi, Agronomist, Australian Natural Therapeutics Group (pre-recorded presentation)
Engagement with industry partners is now a vital activity for both research organisations and individual researchers. This session aims to assist HDR candidates as Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to develop long lasting relationship with industry partners, undertake high impact research and turn the relationship into funding opportunities. The session will cover:
- Identifying and assessing industry partnership opportunities.
- How to approach and develop relationships with Industry partners.
- Co-designing projects with industry partners.
How to Identify and Articulate Your Transferable Skills For Non-Academic Employment
Wednesday 26 June, 10 – 11:30 AM (online)
Facilitator: Deanne Camplejohn, HDR Career Development Consultant, Griffith Careers and Employment Service
This session will offer strategies to help HDR candidates identify and articulate their transferable skills, presenting them in a way which showcases capability for non-academic employment. The session will assist HDR candidates to:
- Identify their transferable skills for future employment.
- Articulate their transferable skills effectively to employers outside of academia.
- Present their transferable skills in a way which showcases capability.
- Understand the range of career development services available to support their HDR career journey.
Navigating the Candidate-Supervisor Relationship
Wednesday 26 June, 12 – 2 PM (in-person at Nathan and online)
Facilitators: Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele and Alieena Mathew, HDR candidate, Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School
Your supervisors are one of the most important resources available to you during your candidature. During this session you will hear from an experienced HDR supervisor and her candidate on practical strategies that you can implement to manage the relationship with your supervisors. Key topics to be covered in this session include:
- Setting and clarifying mutual expectations.
- How to communicate effectively with your supervisors.
- Making the most of the feedback you receive.
- Advice for managing common challenges.
This session will take place in-person (N78_2.30, Nathan campus) and online via Microsoft Teams.
Primer in Natural Language Processing using Python
Thursday 27 June, 10 AM – 1 PM (online)
Facilitator: Isaac Jennings, eResearch Analyst
This workshop serves as an introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP) using Python. It will cover foundational NLP concepts, tools, and Python libraries such as `spaCy`. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to analyse, process and understand text data.
Skills: Utilise Python libraries to perform basic NLP tasks such as tokenisation, stemming, and named entity recognition.
Knowledge: Gain insights into the core principles and techniques of NLP.
Attitudes: Encourage curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring diverse NLP applications.
Behaviours: Incorporate NLP practices into regular workflows to enhance data analysis capabilities.
The online workshop is ideal for HDR candidates interested in, or new to the field of Natural Language Processing. It is aimed at those who have a fundamental knowledge of Python and are interested in applying text analysis techniques in their research projects.
Engaging the Media and Personal Branding
Thursday 27 June, 2 – 3:30 PM (in-person at Nathan and online)
Facilitators: Dr Keiran Hardy and Dr Ausma Bernot, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
In the first half of the session, Dr Keiran Hardy will talk about engaging with the media and writing for The Conversation website. You will learn about some of the challenges of converting academic research into different forms of communications, as well as tips for engaging with the media for the first time and writing up your research for blogs and other online platforms.
In the second half of the session, Dr Ausma Bernot will talk about personal brand building as an early career researcher (ECR), including LinkedIn tips and tricks, academic social media and additional reflections on interactions with the media (…while having an accent!). The perspective presented will include international personal brand benchmarking for ECRs getting ready for the job market. This session will provide you with advice to:
- Engage with journalists for newspapers, radio and TV.
- Write for The Conversation and other online platforms.
- Apply LinkedIn tips and tricks.
- Liaise with Griffith Media.
- Build confidence in deciding if, when, and how raising your media presence is suitable as an ECR.
This session will take place in-person (N78_2.30, Nathan campus) and online via Microsoft Teams.
Discover Research Literature Using AI Tools
Friday 28 June, 10 – 11 AM
Facilitators: Heather Monro-Allison & Rachel Peate, Discipline Librarians, Researcher Services, Academic Engagement Services
In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to the effective use of AI tools for conducting literature searches, crafting keywords, and navigating ethical considerations in their application of AI. The workshop will cover:
- Understand the principles underlying the effective use of AI tools for conducting literature searches.
- Develop proficiency in crafting appropriate keywords using AI tools for enhanced search outcomes.
- Identify and evaluate ethical considerations relevant to the application of AI tools in literature search processes.
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