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 free Software Carpentry Python workshop taught over four half-day sessions 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 closed

Tuesday through Friday, March 24-27, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST 
Course Hours All Days—Workshop content does not repeat.  Add to your Google Calendar.

Click here for Full Syllabus + Instructions

Surveys

Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
Pre-workshop Survey | Post-workshop Survey

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.

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 Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps. 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.

Instructors
Timothy Norris, PhD Data Scientist University of Miami Libraries and Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC)	Cameron Riopelle Director of Research Data and Open Scholarship University of Miami Libraries
Charles Brown-Roberts Applications Software Developer University of Miami Libraries	Helpers  Thilani Samarakoon Kiralli Shofield Raquel Quintanilla Erica Newcome Trey Santorine

 

Sponsored by

Louis Calder Memorial Library
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science
Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC)
Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship

Contact

Please email tnorris@miami.edu for more information.