Workshops

Monthly workshops

We host hands-on workshops approximately once per month on a variety of topics ranging from data management to computing and advanced statistical methods for researchers in ALVSCE and beyond. Feel free to request a workshop here!

Other Workshops

We also run a variety of other workshops for diverse groups and conferences at UA and beyond.

Let us know what workshops you are interested in by filling out this form or request a specific workshop using our Contact Us page! These are free and can be customized to the needs of you, your lab, or your department. See examples of the type of content we can provide below, in the Potential Topics section.

Upcoming Workshops

Workshops are virtual and hands-on, unless otherwise noted.

• Data Validation in Excel and R
  • Wednesday August 24, 11am - 1pm AZ
  • Registration: https://arizona.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqfuuqrD4iE9EU0ezP1x1xu3edcSc... 
  • Catch mistakes in your data early and often!  In this workshop you'll learn to use data validation tools in Excel, data entry strategies to minimize errors, and a few R packages to help you catch errors in your data and produce beautiful and functional data validation reports.  Example datasets will be provided, but feel free to bring your own data to work on at the end.

Reproducibility and Data Science in R, September - October, 2022 11am - 1pm

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Previous Workshops

Workshop series

• Reproducibility and Data Science Skills, Spring 2022 
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ALVSCE Workshop Wednesdays (~Monthly)

• Principles of Tidy Data & Data Management, Wednesday June 29, 11am - 1pm
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• Dates and times in R, April 27, 2022 11am - 1pm
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• Publishing Research as Reports with R Markdown, March 30, 2022
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• Time Series Analysis with R, December 15, 2021
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• Publishing Reports Using R and R Markdown, October 27, 2021
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• Data management with SQL for life scientists
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• Weather data in R, June 30, 2021
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• Fitting gas leaf exchange, April 28, 2021 
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• Getting started with NEON data, March 31, 2021
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• Data management for scientists, Feb 3, 2021
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• Priors in Bayesian Analysis, Sept 25, 2019
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Other workshops and trainings

• NCEAS Training: Bayesian statistics, missing data, time series, forecasting

  • Venue:  Open Science Synthesis for the Delta, Davis, CA
  • Date: Oct 24-Nov 1
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• Critical Skills to Scale Up Ecology
  • Venue: ESA SEEDS workshop series
  • Date: September 2021
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• Using TERRA REF high throughput, sensor-collected plant data with R
  • Venue: Phenome Force workshop series
  • Date: April 16, 2021
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• Practical advice for leveling up open science skills
  • Venue: Sefari HPC and Data Sharing Workshop
  • Date: March 25, 2021
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• Using TERRA REF high throughput, sensor-collected plant data with R
  • Venue: NAPPN 2021 conference
  • Date: February 16, 2021
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Potential Topics

• Spatial data
• Missing Data
• Finding and Using Open Data
• Bayesian regression approaches
• Exploratory data analysis
• Literate programming with R Markdown
• Creating an R package
• Open Science and Reproducible research methods
• Relational databases and SQL
• Creating and Using APIs
• Collaborative Research with git / GitHub
• Containers
• Best practices in Scientific Computing