Workshops

We host hands-on workshops approximately once per month on a variety of topics ranging from data management to computing and advanced statistical methods for researchers in ALVSCE and beyond. Additionally, run a variety of other workshops for diverse groups and conferences at UA and beyond.

Let us know what workshops you are interested in by filling out this form or request a specific workshop using our Contact Us page!

Upcoming Workshops

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 5, 2023

Previous Workshops

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ALVSCE Workshop Wednesdays (~Monthly)

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 22, 2023

Multivariate Statistics: Using the Right Tool for the Job

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 8, 2023

Basics of regex: how to extract information from text with regular expressions

11 a.m. Dec. 7, 2022

Managing complicated research workflows in R with {targets}

11 a.m. Oct. 26, 2022

Creating personal websites with Quarto

11 a.m. Sept. 27, 2022

Demystifying APIs For Scientists

11 a.m. Aug. 24, 2022

Data Validation in Excel and R

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 29, 2022

Principles of Tidy Data & Data Management

11 a.m. April 27, 2022

Dates and Times In R

11 a.m. March 30, 2022

Publishing Research as Reports with R Markdown

11 a.m. Dec. 15, 2021

Time Series Analysis with R

11 a.m. Oct. 27, 2021

Publishing Reports Using R and R Markdown

11 a.m. Sept. 29, 2021

Data management with SQL for life scientists

11 a.m. April 28, 2021

Fitting leaf-level gas exchange parameters

11 a.m. March 31, 2021

Getting started with NEON data

11 a.m. Feb. 3, 2021

Data management for scientists

10 a.m. Sept. 25, 2019

Priors in Bayesian Analysis

Other Workshops and Trainings

10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. April 18, 2023

Making your first R package (ResBazAZ 2023)

8 a.m. Oct. 24, 2021 to 5 p.m. Nov. 1, 2021

NCEAS statistics training course

9 a.m. Sept. 9, 2021 to 5 p.m. Oct. 26, 2021

Critical Skills to Scale Up Ecology

Noon April 16, 2021

Using TERRA REF high throughput, sensor-collected plant data with R

1 p.m. March 25, 2021

Practical advice for leveling up open science skills

Workshop Series

All Day Sept. 6, 2022

Fall 2022 Workshop Series: Reproducibility and Data Science in R

All Day Feb. 1, 2022

Spring 2022 Workshop Series: Reproducibility and Data Science Skills

Potential Future Workshop Topics

Spatial data
Missing Data
Finding and Using Open Data
Bayesian regression approaches
Exploratory data analysis

Literate programming with R Markdown
Creating an R package
Open Science and Reproducible research methods
Relational databases and SQL

Creating and Using APIs
Collaborative Research with git / GitHub
Containers
Best practices in Scientific Computing