The schedule below is the tentative schedule for the 2026 December “Reproducible Research Practices” workshop. This schedule is subject to minor changes but the overall content will remain the same.

The workshop will take place on December 8-9, 2026 at One Bala Plaza in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Topics in the schedule link to the associated Google Slide deck we will present.

Day 1: Tuesday December 8th, 9:00 am - 5:00 PM

Time Topic
9:00 - 9:45 AM Welcome and introductions
  Why does reproducibility matter?
9:45 - 10:15 AM Project organization
10:15 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15 AM Introduction to Git: Forking and cloning a repository
11:15 - 12:00 PM Shell scripting
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 PM Shell scripting, continued
1:45 - 2:30 AM Git: The stage/commit/push flow
2:30 - 2:45 AM Coffee break
2:45 - 3:30 AM Organizing code in scripts and notebooks
3:30 AM - 4:15 PM Managing packages and environments
4:15 - 5:00 PM Git: Working with branches
5:00 PM Adjourn
TBD [Optional] Dinner, Location TBD

Day 2: Thursday December 9th, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Consultation time with the Data Lab!