Workshop Schedule
The schedule below is a tentative schedule for the 2024 October “Reproducible Research Practices” workshop. This schedule is subject to minor changes but the overall content will remain the same.
The workshop will takes place on October 23-24, 2024 at Northwestern Mutual Headquarters in Milwaukee, WI (805 E Mason Ave). We will meet in Room 2E on the 2nd floor.
Topics in the schedule link to the associated Google Slide deck we will present.
Day 1: Wednesday October 23rd, 2:30 - 5:30 PM
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2:30 - 3:15 PM | Welcome and introductions |
| Why does reproducibility matter? | |
| 3:15 - 3:45 PM | Project organization |
| 3:45 - 4:15 PM | Introduction to UNIX and the command line |
| Resource: UNIX Reference | |
| Resource: UNIX Cheatsheet (pdf) | |
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | Break |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Introduction to Git; Forking and cloning a repository |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM | Shell scripting, part 1 |
| 5:30 PM | Adjourn |
| 6:30 PM | Optional dinner at TBD |
Day 2: Thursday October 24th, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
| Time | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:45 AM | Shell scripting, part 2 | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 AM | The Git stage/commit/push workflow | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 AM | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 AM | Organizing code in scripts and notebooks | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 PM | Managing packages and environments | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 - 1:30 PM | Working with branches in Git | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 PM | Q/A and/or consultation time | |
| 2:00 PM | Adjourn |