About the workshop

The VU will be hosting a four-day workshop in collaboration with the library. The workshop aims to provide an introduction to programming with R to broaden your skills for analyzing and plotting your data. Through live coding you will be introduced to the basics of R, mostly following the software Carpentries curriculum. In addition you will get guidance in applying your newly acquired skills to something relevant for your own research (e.g. by doing some analysis and/or visualizing your data). This latter element is a pilot. It is intended to serve both the purpose of gaining more experience with and building confidence in programming, as well as providing the opportunity to create something useful for your own project that you can build up on after the workshop.  

Coffee and tea are included. If you have any questions about the workshop or need to cancel your registration, please contact us at dsc@uva.nl. 
By signing up you agree to comply with The Carpentries Code of Conduct.  

Schedule 

To get an impression of the topic that will be covered please visit workshop webpage for the tentative schedule. 

Required basic knowledge 

No prior knowledge is required. Participants will receive links to download Open Source software prior to the start of the workshop. The workshop instruction and materials are in English. 

Location 

The workshop will take place in the VU main building, possibly in a hybrid format. One can indicate this interest for joining online in the registration form. When registering, you can choose:

• Onsite: you register for in-person participation. This does not change, even if the workshop becomes hybrid.
• Preferred online: you prefer to participate online.
  • If the workshop is hybrid: you will join online.
  • If the workshop is not hybrid: your registration becomes onsite
• Online only
  • If the workshop is hybrid: you will join online.
  • If the workshop is not hybrid: your registration is cance
  • Valid only if the workshop is hybrid.

Registration 

This workshop is free of charge. Though this workshop is aimed at researchers, exemptions could be made for support staff and master students on an individual basis.