Hi All, 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: http://idigbio.github.io/2016-12-03-tdwg-costa-rica/
Core topics include:
* automating tasks using the Unix shell * structured programming in Python, R, or MATLAB, and * version control using Git or Mercurial
We plan to offer an additional half-day of training focused on using the big data available from the iDigBio <http://www.idigbio.org> project. This may include programming with web APIs, distributed computation with Apache Spark, or similar topics.
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. Best, Deb, Matt, Dimitrios, Nicky, et al -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- 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