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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>There's a Software Carpentry (SC) workshop set up for the 2 days
just before BIS TDWG 2016. It's an opportunity to see what SC is
all about and for anyone attending to stretch or enhance their
data skills a bit. You can read about the course content on the
course wiki:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://idigbio.github.io/2016-12-03-tdwg-costa-rica/">http://idigbio.github.io/2016-12-03-tdwg-costa-rica/</a><br>
</p>
<blockquote type="cite">Core topics include:
<ul>
<li>automating tasks using the Unix shell</li>
<li>structured programming in Python, R, or MATLAB, and</li>
<li>version control using Git or Mercurial</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">We plan to offer an additional half-day of
training focused on using the big data available from the <a
href="http://www.idigbio.org">iDigBio</a> project.
This may include programming with web APIs, distributed
computation with Apache Spark, or similar topics.</blockquote>
<br>
There are still some slots left. So if you, or perhaps a student you
know who is going to attend BIS TDWG 2016, please pass along news
about this opportunity.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Deb, Matt, Dimitrios, Nicky, et al<br>
<br>
<br>
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-- Upcoming iDigBio Events <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.idigbio.org/calendar">https://www.idigbio.org/calendar</a>
-- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist
iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative
Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
850-644-6366</pre>
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