Data Carpentry Genomics

Centers for Disease Control

Online

June 10-13, 2024

9:30 am - 1:30 pm Eastern Time

Instructors: Federica Gazzelloni, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Erin Becker

Helpers: Shruti Subramaniam, Samantha Katz, Daniel Adewole Adediran

General Information

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: This training will take place online. The instructors will provide you with the information you will need to connect to this meeting.

When: June 10-13, 2024. Add to your Google Calendar.

Requirements: Participants must have access to a computer with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. 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. We do not require participants to provide documentation of disabilities or disclose any unnecessary personal information. However, we do want to help create an inclusive, accessible experience for all participants. We encourage you to share any information that would be helpful to make your Carpentries experience accessible. To request an accommodation for this workshop, please fill out the accommodation request form. If you have questions or need assistance with the accommodation form please email us.

Contact: Please email ypv5@cdc.gov or tmc0@cdc.gov for more information.

Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.


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.


Collaborative Notes

We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.


Surveys

Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.

Pre-workshop Survey

Post-workshop Survey


Schedule

Day 1: June 10, 2024

Before Pre-workshop survey
9:00 Start - Introduction to the workshop, instructors, helpers, and code of conduct
09:30 Project Organization and Management
10:30 Break
10:45 Project Organization and Management (continued)
12:00 Break
12:15 Introduction to the Command Line
1:30 Finish day one

Day 2: June 11, 2024

09:30 Introduction to the Command Line (Continued)
10:00 Break
10:15 Introduction to the Command Line (continued)
11:00 Break
11:15 Introduction to the Command Line (continued)
12:00 Break
12:15 Introduction to the Command Line (continued)
1:30 Finish day two

Day 3: June 12, 2024

09:30 Data Wrangling and Processing
10:00 Break
10:15 Data Wrangling and Processing (Continued)
11:00 Break
11:15 Data Wrangling and Processing (Continued)
12:00 Break
12:15 Data Wrangling and Processing (Continued)
1:30 Finish day three

Day 4: June 13, 2024

09:30 Data Wrangling and Processing (Continued)
10:00 Break
10:15 Data Wrangling and Processing (Continued)
11:00 Break
11:15 Introduction to Cloud Computing for Genomics
12:00 Break
12:15 Introduction to Cloud Computing for Genomics (continued)
1:30 Finish day four
End Post-workshop survey

Setup

To participate in a Data Carpentry workshop, you will need access to software as 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.

Install the videoconferencing client

If you haven't used Zoom before, go to the official website to download and install the Zoom client for your computer.

Set up your workspace

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:

This blog post includes detailed information on how to set up your screen to follow along during the workshop.

The setup instructions for the Data Carpentry Genomics workshops can be found at the workshop overview site

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