2024 UC Carpentries Fall Workshop Series

The UC Carpentries Fall Workshop Series aims to introduce researchers to basic concepts, skills, and tools in programming and data management. During this workshop, we will cover foundational R and Python coding, data management practices, automation, and version control. This series is designed for novices, and no previous knowledge of the topics presented is required. Best of all, this workshop is free.

Workshop topics are taught as daily sessions from Monday to Thursday over the course of two weeks. Participants can register for each topic as stand-alone training sessions, with the exception of the R and Python topics, which each have two session days (part 1 and part 2).

Participants are encouraged to help one another and to apply what they learn to their own research problems. By the end of the series, attendees will have gained practical skills that can be immediately applied to their research.

Workshop Details: Dates: Monday, September 9th - Friday, September 20th, 2023 Times: 8:30am - 12:30pm (30 min. break at the session mid-point) Location: Zoom (details to be provided) Detailed Agenda: <workshop-website-TBD> Topics:

• Day 1: Monday, September 9th - Tidy Data
• Day 2: Tuesday, September 10th - The Unix Shell
• Day 3: Wednesday, September 11th - Git Version Control
• Day 4: Thursday, September 12th - SQL
• Day 5: Monday, September 16th - Python (part 1)
• Day 6: Tuesday, September 17th - Python (part 2)
• Day 7: Wednesday, September 18th - R (part 1)
• Day 8: Thursday, September 19th - R (part 2)
• Day 9: Friday, September 20th - OpenRefine

***This workshop is co-hosted and supported by efforts from UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Francisco, and UC Santa Barbara.*