Do you spend too much time wrestling with
computers, and not enough time doing research?
Then join us for a two-day Software Carpentry workshop to learn core computing
skills for getting more done in less time and with less pain. This hands-on
workshop is open to biology graduate students and postdocs who are familiar
with the command line interface and basic programming concepts (like loops and
functions), but need help to translate this knowledge into practical tools for
better productivity. Short tutorials will alternate with practical exercises, and all
instruction is done via live coding.
Topics covered:
 Using the shell to do more in less time with task automation
 Using version control to manage and share information
 Basic Python programming
 How (and how much) to test programs
The workshop is sponsored by the University Libraries and the Center for
Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics (CEHG) and is primarily
targeted at researchers working with large data sets in genomics and
evolutionary biology.
Dates:
Location:
Cost:
Sign up:
July 23 and 24, 2015 (Thursday and Friday)
Branner Earth Sciences Library, Teaching Corner
$25 (includes coffee, snacks and lunch on both days)
Please email Nina Overgaard Therkildsen at nthe@stanford.edu with
one-two sentences describing your Stanford affiliation and research
area. Space is limited to 20 attendees. Priority will initially be given
to members of CEHG-affiliated labs (we will open the sign-up more
broadly after July 10 if there is still space available).
For more information: Nina Overgaard Therkildsen at nthe@stanford.edu, Amy
Hodge at amyhodge@stanford.edu or software-carpentry.org/