The American Astronomical Society often has SWC workshops in the tutorial days as well.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Tom Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Many of the conferences I attend hold 1 day of workshops on various > topics before the conference starts. I have started approaching the > professional body for my field about holding a SWC workshop in > conjunction with their conference, so far response has been very > positive. > > I agree this is very fertile ground for us to explore. > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Erin Becker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Joshua, > > > > I know that Data Carpentry is currently working with a couple of > > professional organizations to run workshops in conjunction with or > shortly > > after their annual conferences. Tracy has more details on this, but I > know > > that both of these organizations are diversity/minority focused. I > believe > > one is Chicano/a serving and the other a Native American serving > > organization. > > > > Best, > > Erin > > > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Joshua Ainsley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> A Perspective published in Neuron today titled "Neuroscience training > for > >> the 21st Century" (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.030) > >> discusses, in part, the need for increased programming and statistical > >> training in neuroscience students. > >> > >> Of all the partners listed on the SWC website, I see a lack of > >> professional organizations. I know SWC often hosts workshops or training > >> sessions at different software conferences, but there aren't many > sessions > >> at other professional/research conferences. In the biological sciences > where > >> coding is becoming a more widely used tool for experiments and analysis, > >> working with professional organizations could potentially be a great > way to > >> expand our audience. Have there been efforts to work with more > professional > >> organizations or try and teach at more conferences that I'm not aware > of? > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Erin Becker, PhD > > Data Carpentry, Associate Director > > http://www.datacarpentry.org/ > > Research Associate, MMG Dept., UC Davis > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > -- Jes Ford, PhD Moore/Sloan Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow & WRF Innovation in Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow eScience Institute, University of Washington http://jesford.github.io
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