General Information:

Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. This hands-on 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.

For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Best Practices for Scientific Computing".

Who: This is a course for researchers in the life sciences who are using computers for their analyses, even if not full time. The target student will know a little bit of command line/programmatic computer usage, but not consider themselves an expert. The target student will have written a for loop in some language before, but will not know what Git is (or at least not be very comfortable with advanced Git usage).

Registration: You must be registered in order to attend the course. Registration for the workshop is available through the EMBL Course & Conference Office. There you will also find details of the venue, travel/directions and accommodation in Heidelberg.

Where: Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

Requirements: Participants are required to abide by Software Carpentry's Code of Conduct.

Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organisers 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 and we will attempt to provide them.

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