February 10-11, 2020
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Instructors: Hao Ye, Vratika Chaudhary, Eve Bohnett, Dimitri Bourilkov
Helpers: Minghao Gong, Shar Siddiqui, Amobichukwu Amanambu
Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. 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 "Good Enough 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: 432 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32603. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: February 10-11, 2020. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.). You should have permission to install software on your laptop. Before the workshop, please make sure that your laptop has a few specific software packages installed.
Code of Conduct: 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.
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:
Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can make learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will do our best to help.
Contact: Please email evebohnett@ufl.edu for more information.
Space is limited to 24 participants for this workshop and registration is required. A fee of $46.00 will be charged and lunch will be provided on both days. Please plan on attending the entire time for both days.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
| Before starting | Pre-workshop survey |
| Morning | Data Organization in Spreadsheets |
| OpenRefine for Data Cleaning | |
| Afternoon | Introduction to R |
| Evening | END |
| Morning | Continuation of R: Data Analysis & Visualization |
| Afternoon | Data Management with SQL |
| Evening | Post-workshop survey |
| END |
We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.
To participate in a Data Carpentry workshop, you will need access to the software described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.
We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.
Please visit the setup instructions for the each lesson that will be covered in your workshop: