Organize Fall 2016 Workshops

BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

How to lead a workshop

We have put together a guide with instructions on how to lead a workshop.

Schedule

Time: Tuesdays at 3:00 pm Duration: 60-90 minutes Location: Research Commons (Room 7010), Bennett Library, SFU

Date	Topic	Workshop Leader
Sep 06	3D Visualization (#127)	@razoumov
Sep 13	Q&A Session (#131)
Sep 20	Getting Started with Git (#129)	@brunogrande
Sep 27	Q&A Session (#132)
Oct 3-4	Programming with R workshop (link)	@razoumov
Oct 5-6	Programming with Python workshop (link)	@brunogrande
Oct 11	Cancelled
Oct 18	Q&A Session N.B. Will be held in Room 7200
Oct 25	Supercharge your plotting in R using ggplot2 (#143)	@brunogrande
Nov 01	Q&A Session (#144)
Nov 08	Become a master manipulator... of data with dplyr! (#146)	@theavanrossum
Nov 15	Q&A Session (#145)
Nov 22	Intro to LaTeX (#140)	@dfornika
Nov 29	Q&A Session (#148)
Dec 06	Machine Learning in Python (#147) N.B. Will be held in Room 7200
Dec 13	Q&A Session (#149)
Dec 20	Cancelled

* There is an "Introduction to R for Non-Science Majors" workshop that overlaps with our session on December 6th. I would prefer that we avoid scheduling a topic that non-science majors would like to attend, because some might be busy with the R workshop.

Possible Workshop Topics

We also asked SciProg members what they wanted to learn in April/May. We offered several workshops over the summer that covered those topics. Below is a list of remaining topics that could be covered in fall.

[ ] Advanced functions in R
[ ] C++
[ ] Circos
[ ] Databases / SQL
[ ] Efficient simulations (in R or another language)
[x] Generalized linear models (GLMs)
[x] Git
[ ] Going through the process of a data analysis project: Raw data -> R project -> Version control -> Rmarkdown -> Analysis -> Etc.
[x] LaTeX
[ ] Mixed effects models
[ ] Object-oriented programming
[ ] Rmarkdown
[ ] ROOT
[ ] SQLAlchemy
[ ] Various R packages

BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

Can the mentioned people comment on which workshops they're willing and able to lead? Can you also include your availabilities given the slots described in the above table? Thanks!

Upgrading to zsh / @brunogrande?
Using Sublime Text for programming Python
Image editing at the command-line using ImageMagick
"Organizing your Data Analysis Using R Projects, Git and R Markdown" / @brunogrande?
"Fitting Data with lm and glm" / @ttimbers?
"3D Visualization" / @razoumov?
"LaTeX" / @MaralDehghani?
Optimizing C/C++ code / @razoumov?
Building your own package in R / @theavanrossum?
Using Git Flow / @brunogrande?
Intermediate workshop on GNU awk / @brunogrande?

For me, I would like to lead a workshop on Git and another on GNU awk/sed.

ttimbers commented 8 years ago

Depends on the day of the week of SciProg, I am only able to come to SFU on Fridays. Let me know if that happens to work.

BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

@ttimbers: We're changing the session time to Tuesdays at 3:00 pm. So, I guess that won't work for you. No worries!

ttimbers commented 8 years ago

No, sorry, I'll be teaching at that time :(

razoumov commented 8 years ago

I can do "3D visualization" and ImageMagick this fall for sure. I'd like to postpone C/C++ optimization until spring if possible.

razoumov commented 8 years ago

PS: for 3D visualization I don't to need to prepare, so can do it as early as Sep-06 or Sep-20.

MaralDehghani commented 8 years ago

I want to lead the Latex but if the time changes to Tuesday afternoon, I cannot.

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Can the mentioned people comment on which workshops they're willing and able to lead? Thanks!

Upgrading to zsh / @brunogrande https://github.com/brunogrande?

Using Sublime Text for programming Python

Image editing at the command-line using ImageMagick

"Organizing your Data Analysis Using R Projects, Git and R Markdown" / @brunogrande https://github.com/brunogrande?

"Fitting Data with lm and glm" / @ttimbers https://github.com/ttimbers?

"3D Visualization" / @razoumov https://github.com/razoumov?

"LaTeX" / @MaralDehghani https://github.com/MaralDehghani?

Optimizing C/C++ code / @razoumov https://github.com/razoumov?

Building your own package in R / @theavanrossum https://github.com/theavanrossum?

Using Git Flow / @brunogrande https://github.com/brunogrande?

Intermediate workshop on GNU awk / @brunogrande https://github.com/brunogrande?

For me, I would like to lead a workshop on Git and another on GNU awk/sed.

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BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

@MaralDehghani: Are you unavailable Tuesday afternoons only for fall?

MaralDehghani commented 8 years ago

Yes. I am unavailable on Tuesdays unfortunately.

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@MaralDehghani https://github.com/MaralDehghani: Are you unavailable Tuesday afternoons only for fall?

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BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

@razoumov: We can go with 3D visualization on September 6th, if it doesn't need any preparation on your end. I created an issue for this workshop in #127. Could you update it with the required information? Thanks!

razoumov commented 8 years ago

@brunogrande Sounds good. I updated the workshop info.

razoumov commented 8 years ago

I can teach a session "Useful tools in my ~/.bashrc": lots of handy things from backup to making sure I don't delete data accidentally. Also no preparation needed for this one, so I can teach it any time.

dfornika commented 8 years ago

I'd be willing to pick up the LaTeX workshop or do an 'intro to database design' workshop on November 22nd

BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

@dfornika: I like the idea of a workshop on database design. However, there seems to be demand for LaTeX that I would like to satisfy first. Would you be okay with leading a workshop on LaTeX on November 22nd, and postpone the workshop on database design until spring?

BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

@razoumov: I'll try to fill in as many slots as possible before relying on the organizers too much. I'll let you know!

dfornika commented 8 years ago

@brunogrande Sure, I'll take on the LaTeX workshop. I'll probably use an online LaTeX editor like ShareLaTeX.

BrunoGrandePhD commented 8 years ago

@dfornika: I created an issue for your LaTeX workshop (see #140). Could you update the description and other fields as indicated? Feel free to update the workshop title as well. Thanks!

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