January 17 and 18, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Instructors: Niel Infante, Amanda Charbonneau
Helpers: Katarzyna Tyc, Zhenru Zhou, Roman Wernyj
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 graduate students and other researchers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.
Where: Conference Room C, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: January 17 and 18, 2019. 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). They are also required to abide by Data Carpentry's Code of Conduct.
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:
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 janet.alder@rutgers.edu for more information.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
| Before starting | Pre-workshop survey |
| Morning | Project organization and management |
| Afternoon | Introduction to the command line |
| Morning | Data wrangling and processing |
| Afternoon | Introduction to cloud computing for genomics |
| Evening | Post-workshop survey |
To participate in a Data Carpentry workshop, you will need access to the software 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.
Bash is a commonly-used shell that gives you the power to do simple tasks more quickly.
cmd and press [Enter])setx HOME "%USERPROFILE%"
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.exit then pressing [Enter]This will provide you with both Git and Bash in the Git Bash program.
The default shell in all versions of macOS is Bash, so no
need to install anything. You access Bash from the Terminal
(found in
/Applications/Utilities).
See the Git installation video tutorial
for an example on how to open the Terminal.
You may want to keep
Terminal in your dock for this workshop.
The default shell is usually Bash, but if your
machine is set up differently you can run it by opening a
terminal and typing bash. There is no need to
install anything.
Putty is a means of connecting to remote computers.
You can download a Windows installer for Putty here.
This is not necessary for MacOS
This is not necessary for Linux
Nothing in this section is needed, but might make some of the steps easier or more pleasant.
MobaXterm is a program that is a terminal for Windows, and includes an ssh client. You can download a windows installer here (the green button).
XQuartz is an X Window terminal for mac. You can download a dmg here. Depending on your setup, you may also need to install Xcode, available here, or through the app store.
This is not necessary for Linux