ELIXIR Software Carpentry - Ljubljana

ELIXIR Software Carpentry - Ljubljana

16-17 May 2019, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

ELIXIR Software Carpentry is a workshop intended for all those who would like to learn more about the basics of R - software environment used in bioinformatics for statistical computing and graphics. The workshop will include a keynote lecture about data management in ELIXIR-SI.

The workshop will be in English.

Registration:

• here is a link to the registration form
• the limit of participants is 20
• the course is free of charge
• course participants have to bring their own laptops

The course will take place at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana. The classroom will be announced later.

The limit of participants is 20. If the number of registered applicants exceeds this limit, selection of participants will be made. It will be based on the time of their registration and their affiliations, as well as geographic distribution.

Sessions will be intensive and hands-on, and taught by experienced software carpentry instructors. The course is recommended for anyone who would like to learn more about using statistical computing and graphics in the bioinformatics field, both for research or operational work.

Program topics:

• Keynote lecture about ELIXIR-SI data management
  
• Introduction to Linux/Unix command line
  
• R

The course is organised by ELIXIR Slovenia in collaboration with Data & Software Carpentry.

ELIXIR is an European ESFRI priority research infrastructure for bioinformatics that provides databases, (software) tools, services and training (including training materials) for information, cloud storage and supercomputers in the area of life sciences. It coordinates, develops, integrates and sustains life science (bioinformatics) resources across Europe.