Click here to go the first part of the workshop
This will (unfortunately) NOT be an introduction to programming. If you don't have any basic skills in programing (with either Matlab, Python or R), I suggest you take a look at the following tutorials links to start or improve your skills. These are all free class with active coding examples and exercises. This also applies if you are proficient in (let's say) R and you would like to follow these series in Python.
The main goal of these workshop series is to create the oppurtunity for Neuroscience master students to improve their skills in data wrangling through active problem solving (with hints and guidelines) that are representative of 'real world' problems that one will probably encounter in cogntive/affective neuroscience research.
A non exaustive list of skills/methods we are going to focus on:
- Code reproducibility (dynamic programming)
- Code understandability (comments, style, Rmarkdown, Jupyter notebook)
- Version control and code availability (github)
- Familiarity with a terminal
- Automatisation (creating functions)
- and of course Data wrangling and vizualisation
Another purpose is to create a network of people interested in Data Science and a place for them to find information about it. It will thus be an informal environment were people will be able to have collegial conversations and share knowledge.
The exercises will have to be done before the meetings (homeworks) and shared on github so we will be able to see and discuss each others problems/solutions and to focus on code reproducibility.
Each exercise will have different "levels" of accomplishment to suit different levels/skills For example, each exercise will have a first "basic" implementation level (i.e. "it just works") followed by possible ameliorations and puzzles to solve (i.e. "but this is better/cleaner"))
These workshop series is that they are not going to be actual "courses" but more something like "gatherings" were I and other PhD students will moderate the discussion and help everybody get to were they need to be (AKA "the travel IS the destination"). Keep in my mind that we provide our time spontaneaously and without any contribution.
Make sure you are familiar with the basics of git and that you know how to "fork" a repository to your personal computer and "push" modifications to github.
https://docs.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo
https://dont-be-afraid-to-commit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/git/commandlinegit.html
If you encounter issues during the homework you are encouraged to speak about it (that IS one of the main goal of this workshop!) However make it simpler and available to others we privilegy that you juste create an "issue" on the main github repositoryhttps://github.com/munoztd0/Data_Wrangling_NeuroMaster https://docs.github.com/en/github/managing-your-work-on-github/creating-an-issue
https://drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/CJEdwYHVlEx52j2
And my personal github wikihow page with detailed tutorials on how to install different softwares: https://munoztd0.github.io/Hitchhikers_guide_to_the_brain/