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Scientific workflows: Tools and tips / Lecture series by Dr. Selina Baldauf
Early-career researchers understand the importance of digital tools for processing data, managing workflows, and enhancing efficiency. However, they often lack time to discover new tools and improve their workflows. In this lecture series we will explore a diverse range of topics, including R code quality and efficiency, reproducible document creation, version control with Git, literature management, and academic notetaking. You'll learn practical tips and tricks that can help you optimize your research workflow and increase your productivity.
We will meet online every third Thursday of a month for one hour and you are welcome to join.
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Description: Do you use R in your daily work and research but you still feel your workflow isn't as smooth as it could be? In this lecture, I will share with you my best tips from 8 years experience with R. We will cover those concepts and tricks that are often overlooked but can make a big difference. Whether you're a beginner or more experienced R programmer, this lecture will enhance your workflow and help you write clean, reproducible and reusable code in R.
When? Thursday April 20th, 4-5 pm
Where? Online on Webex
Meeting link:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=mb1c11e727797625c65c3346e614ea571
Meeting number:
2732 425 9948
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Description: Quarto (the successor of rmarkdown) is a powerful tool that enables the seamless integration of code (R, Python, and more) and its output into a variety of formats such as reports, research papers, presentations, and more. This tool streamlines the process of creating reproducible workflows by eliminating the need to copy and paste figures, tables, or numbers. During this lecture, you'll learn the fundamentals of Quarto and explore practical use cases that you can implement in your data analysis workflow.
Meeting link:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m685a25fabee8a6b0af94f6bb7f14ee1b
Meeting number:
2731 360 6501
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Description: Git is an essential skill if you use any programming language. It allows you to keep track of changes to your project over time, collaborate with others, and maintain a clear and organized project structure. This can save time, improve research efficiency, and also makes it easy to publish your code via platforms such as Github. In this lecture, I will introduce the basic concepts of Git and how to use it for you own projects. The lecture is for Git beginners but also for people who use basic Git for their own projects and want to know a bit more about the concepts behind the workflow.
When? Thursday June 15th, 4-5 pm
Where? Online on Webex
Meeting link:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m6e3c9e53d5f27f25773cb4d5747e08d7
Meeting number:
2734 873 2317
Meeting password:
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Description: A research compendium is a collection of all the digital parts of your research project (data, code, documents) which is often required to be published alongside a scientific paper.
The structure and tools of R packages provide a standard workflow for building such reproducible research compendia. In this lecture, you will learn how to build, test and publish your research compendia in the form of an R package. This lecture is mainly aimed at people that have some experience with R, R-Studio and Git. But even if you are new to these topics, you will still get a valuable overview of key concepts for reproducible research compendia and tools to build them.
When? Thursday July 20th, 1-2 pm
Where? Online on Webex