FULL—Free Scientific Computing "R" Workshop 11/4-7 (9AM-1PM daily) at Medical Campus
2025-11-04 09:00 - 2025-11-07 13:00 (America/New_York) | Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, 1120 NW 14th St, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
The Software Carpentry community (software-carpentry.org) helps researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on “R” workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation.
Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don’t need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.
Registration is now closed. This session is full.
Tuesday to Friday, November 4-7, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Course Hours All 4 Days
Workshop is broken into 4 half-day sessions | Add to your Google Calendar.
Click here for Full Syllabus + Instructions
Location
Don Soffer Clinical Research Building (aka “CRB”)
Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Room 710 R+Q
1120 NW 14th Street, 7th Floor, Miami, FL 33136
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Requirements
Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed on syllabus).
Accessibility
We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:

The room is wheelchair / scooter accessible.
Accessible restrooms are available.

Parking
The building has its own parking “14th Street Garage.” Parking is available at a rate of $1.00 per hour, with a maximum charge of $8.00 per day. The building does not validate.
Contact
Please email tnorris@miami.edu for more information.

Instructors

Emory Neer
Research Support Specialist
UM Miller School of Medicine

Erica Newsome
Stem and Interdisciplinary Research Librarian
UM Libraries

Thilani Samarakoon
Biomedical Data Librarian
University of Miami Libraries

Helpers
Rimpi Khurana
Tim Norris

Sponsored by
Louis Calder Memorial Library | Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) | Department of Computer Science | Graduate School | IDSC | Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship
