Join us for a free-2-day, in-person only Software Carpentry “Python” Workshop at Medical Campus on Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21, 2025, at the CTSI Research Training Center (Rooms 710 Q-R). Course Hours both days: 9:00AM – 4:30PM. (Course lasts two days—content is not repeated). Read more “Free 2-Day Software Carpentry—Python Workshop at Medical Campus 3/20+21”
Software Carpentry
Join us for a free-2-day, in-person only Software Carpentry “Python” Workshop at Medical Campus on Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21, 2025, at the CTSI Research Training Center (Rooms 710 Q-R). Course Hours both days: 9:00AM – 4:30PM. (Course lasts two days—content is not repeated). Read more “Free 2-Day Software Carpentry—Python Workshop at Medical 3/20+21”
Software Carpentry
On May 27 and 28, 2024, Dr. Timothy Norris and PhD student Francisco Cardozo Macias taught a two-day intensive Software Carpentry workshop (SWC) and introduced over 50 students at the Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes) in Bogotá Colombia to the basics of scientific computing and programming with Python. Read more “UM Professor and Grad Student Teamed up to Bring Software Carpentry to Bogotá”
Software Carpentry helps researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them fundamental research computing skills. This hands-on “R” workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Read more “2-Day Free Software Carpentry “R” Workshop at Medical Campus 3/28+29”
Climate Resilience Academy
As part of the first undergraduate climate resilience course, 36 students got a chance to learn about the pressing issue from 13 different faculty experts and offer their own suggestions. Parking lots covered with solar panels that would also collect rainwater. More rooftop gardens across the Coral Gables Campus. Permeable sidewalks that allow rain to seep through them, and a canopy over the Fate Bridge. Read more “Students Float Ideas to Help the Campus Adapt to a Changing Climate”
Publications
The curation and preservation of scientific data has long been recognized as an essential activity for the reproducibility of science and the advancement of knowledge. While investment into data curation for specific disciplines and at individual research institutions has advanced the ability to preserve research data products, data curation for big interdisciplinary science remains relatively unexplored terrain. Read more “Data Curation for Big Interdisciplinary Science: The Pulley Ridge Experience”