Intermediate R programming workshop - Nov 2021

ECOsystem Services, COmmercialization Platforms and EntrepreneurshipECOSCOPE is anNSERC CREATEtraining program at the U. of British Columbia that provides students and post-docs with the skills needed to translate academic research into commercial and entrepreneurial activities. ECOSCOPE is centered on the 4 pillars ofmicrobial ecology, biological engineering, data science, and entrepreneurship.As part of our data science training, we offer various workshops in R/RStudio, Git, python, high-throughput computing, and others. These workshops are also open and available to the public.

ECOSCOPE

In this workshop, you use R as a programming environment, allowing you to write more complex, yet clearer data analysis.

Room 121 LSK

About the Workshop In this workshop, you use R as a programming environment, allowing you to write more complex, yet clearer data analysis code. We will teach you three fundamental concepts of R programming: functions, classes, and packages.You will learn how to:<ul><li>access specific parts of an object and its attributes</li><li>use different classes of objects in generic R functions</li><li>create your own generic functions</li><li>structure a package and package libraries</li><li>create your own package and distribute it to other R users</li></ul>This workshop will take place in person, if there are any changes, we will change it to Zoom and a Zoom link will be provided to participants prior to the workshop via email.SessionsThis is a 2 part workshop series. Your registration covers 2 sessions, totaling 6 hours of instruction.<ul><li>Tuesday, Nov 23, 1-4 PM</li><li>Thursday, Nov 25, 1-4 PM</li></ul>Pre-requisites“<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/introduction-to-r-workshop-tickets-168674593249?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Introduction to R</a>”, EDUCE modules in MICB 301/405/425, or equivalent knowledge of R. Funding and FeesECOSCOPE workshop fees are collected on a cost recovery basis only. We strongly encourage students and postdocs interested to ask their research supervisors to cover these fees in order to sustain the workshop initiative. Supervisor payments can be made directly to ECOSCOPE using journal vouchers. Contact us for more information on how to effect this process. ContactFor questions or further inquiries, please contact ECOSCOPE at info.ecoscope@ubc.ca For more events, take a look at our event calendarNo transfers or refunds.

Intermediate R programming workshop - Nov 2021

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