Online
Nov 9-17, 2021
1:00 - 5:00 ET / 11:00 - 3:00 MT
Instructors: Joshua Taillon, Trevor Keller, Juan Fung, Andrea Medina-Smith
Helpers: Andrew Reid, Jon Guyer, Dilip Banerjee, Samia Benjida, Arlin Stoltzfus, Sierra Miller, Dan Wheeler, Niksa Blonder
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Best Practices for Scientific Computing".
Who: The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.
Where: This training will take place online. The instructors will provide you with the information you will need to connect to this meeting.
When: Nov 9-17, 2021. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must have access to a computer with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system with access to a web browser. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).
Accessibility: We are dedicated to providing a positive and accessible learning environment for all. Please notify the instructors in advance of the workshop if you require any accommodations or if there is anything we can do to make this workshop more accessible to you.
Contact: Please email chandler.becker@nist.gov or jonathan.guyer@nist.gov for more information.
Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.
Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
13:00 ET / 11:00 MT | Plotting and Programming in Python |
15:00 ET / 13:00 MT | Afternoon break |
15:30 ET / 13:30 MT | Plotting and Programming in Python (Continued) |
17:00 ET / 15:00 MT | Adjourn |
13:00 ET / 11:00 MT | Version Control with Git |
15:00 ET / 13:00 MT | Afternoon break |
15:30 ET / 13:30 MT | Version Control with Git (continued) |
16:00 ET / 14:00 MT | Adjourn for early dismissal |
13:00 ET / 11:00 MT | R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis |
15:00 ET / 13:00 MT | Afternoon break |
15:30 ET / 13:30 MT | R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis (Continued) |
17:00 ET / 15:00 MT | Adjourn |
13:00 ET / 11:00 MT | Automating Tasks with the Unix Shell |
15:00 ET / 13:00 MT | Afternoon break |
15:30 ET / 13:30 MT | Automating Tasks with the Unix Shell (Continued) |
17:00 ET / 15:00 MT | Adjourn |
Setup instructions will be provided directly to workshop participants.
Connection instructions will be provided to participants.
Like other Carpentries workshops, you will be learning by "coding along" with the Instructors. To do this, you will need to have both the window for the tool you will be learning about (a terminal, RStudio, your web browser, etc..) and the window for the Zoom video conference client open. In order to see both at once, we recommend using one of the following set up options: