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Title

An Introduction to R

Dates

4-7 June 2018

Lang EN Workshop language is English
Organizer(s)

In collaboration with the Doctoral Programs in Organismal Biology, CUSO Ecology & Evolution, CUSO Molecular Plant Sciences & CUSO Microbiology Prof. Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne (CH)

Speakers

Prof. Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne (CH)

Description

The open source software R (http://www.r-project.org) has revolutionized the statistical data analysis for most bioscience disciplines.The required time to learn the R software is well invested, since the R environment covers an unmatched spectrum of statistical tools including an efficient programming language for automating time-consuming analysis routines. Due to its popularity, R is continuously updated and extended with the latest analysis tools that are available in the different research fields. The R environment is completely free and runs on all common operating systems.

 

This course provides an elementary-level introduction into the R environment covering the following topics:

(1) Command syntax, basic functions,

(2) Data import/export and data types,

(3) Using R for data mining and statistical analysis,

(4) Introduction to programming in S,

(5) Graphical display,

(6) Usage of R packages and libraries

 

The attendees will practice their newly learned skills using exercises on the computer. Participants could also bring their own data sets for a first exploratory round.

Location

University of Lausanne (Génopode, Aud. C on June 4 and Biophore, Amphi on June 5-7)

Map

Map

Evaluation

Full attendance, active participation and possible examination

Information

When? 4-7 June 2018
09h00-12h00 and 13h30-17h30

Where? University of Lausanne

Auditorium C of Génopode on June 4Auditorium of Biophore on June 5-7

Information:
Please bring your laptop to the course and installed the last version of the R software (www.r-project.org).

Expenses

Registration fees: Free for participants belonging to a CUSO University (UniBE, UniFR, UniGE, UniL & UniNE) and PhD students of the DP-biol. 400CHF for Academic participants 800CHF for Non-Academic participants The registration fees do not cover accomodation and food.

Reimbursement:

PhD students of StarOmics are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please send the original tickets along with the reimbursement form to: Corinne Dentan  Doctoral Program iStarOmics  CIG - Le Génopode  University of Lausanne 1015 Lausanne NEW from 2018: NO reimbursement of your meal expenses Regarding reimbursement of accomodation, please contact the coordinator of the doctoral program (staromics(at)cuso.ch) BEFORE the beginning of the course. NO reimbursement of accomodation without the agreement in advance of the course of the coordinator fo the doctoral program.

Registration

REGISTRATIONS: CUSO PhD students: through your MyCUSO account. External participants (non-CUSO PhD students, post-docs, etc...): use the icon "registration" at top of page and the last gray box "non-CUSO student" ("personne hors myCUSO"). Priority is given to PhD students from the Doctoral Programs in Organismal Biology, CUSO StarOmics, CUSO Molecular Plant Sciences, CUSO Microbiology and CUSO Ecology-Evolution (6 places each) up to 15th of May 2018

Places

30

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