November 2023 I Course I Cesab I training course
[FRB-CESAB] Data Toolbox for Reproducible Research in Computational Ecology – 2023
Version control, reproducibility, compendium and containerization
Pre-registrations for this training course are now closed.
Please beware, the number of places being limited, successful applications will be confirmed in September 2023.
The CESAB – Centre for Biodiversity Synthesis and Analysis – and the RT EcoStat organize the fourth edition of the training course “Data Toolbox for Reproducible Research in Computational Ecology”. The objective of this five-day course is to train young researchers in reproducibility, software development and version management tools (Git, GitHub, R Markdown, Quarto, renv, Docker), applied to biodiversity research.
This training will be given in French and will take place from November 20 to 24th, 2023 at CESAB in Montpellier. Its price is 150 € for the week – lunch included. Transportation, accommodation and evening meals are at the charge of the participants.
Find the training course on GitHub
List of speakers (in alphabetical order):
- Iago BONNICI (CNRS ISEM)
- Nicolas CASAJUS (FRB-CESAB)
- François GUILHAUMON (IRD Entropie)
- Aurélie SIBERCHICOT (UCBL LBBE)
Program
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- Welcome and presentation of the week
- Open Science and Reproducible Research
- Research Compendium and good practices
- Versioning and sharing (Git, GitHub)
Tuesday
- Literate programming (R Markdown)
- Introduction to Quarto
- Workflow optimisation (target)
Wednesday
- Dealing with R package versions with renv
- Containerization with Docker
- Building an R package
Thursday
- Group projects
Friday
- Group projects
- Project presentations