Southeast New Mexico College
April 14-15, 2023
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Instructors: Jon Wheeler, Karl Benedict
Helpers: TBD
General Information
Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Good Enough Practices for Scientific Computing".
Who: The course is aimed at researchers interested in applying computational methods to data driven decision making and analyses across disciplines. The workshop content will be of interest to junior faculty, early career professionals, graduate students, or senior faculty interested in learning and applying new skills. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.
Where: Room 213, Main Building, 1500 University Drive, Carlsbad, NM. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: April 14-15, 2023. Add to your Google Calendar.
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 below).
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. For workshops at a physical location, the workshop organizers have checked that:
- The room is wheelchair / scooter accessible.
- Accessible restrooms are available.
Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will attempt to provide them.
Contact: Please email jwheel01@unm.edu or pradip@nmsu.edu for more information.
Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.
Code of Conduct
Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.
Collaborative Notes
We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.
Surveys
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
Schedule
Day 1
| Before starting | Pre-workshop survey |
| Morning | Data Organization in Spreadsheets |
| Introduction to Python | |
| Afternoon | Continuation of Python: Data analysis and Visualization |
| Evening | END |
Day 2
| Morning | Data Management with SQL |
| Afternoon | Continuation of Python: Data analysis and Visualization |
| Evening | Post-workshop survey |
| END |
Setup
To participate in a Data Carpentry workshop, you will need access to software as described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.
We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.
The setup instructions for the Data Carpentry Ecology workshops (with Python) can be found at the workshop overview site.
Acknowledgment
This workshop is funded through the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement OIA-1757207. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
