Introduction to R

The Genome Discovery Unit (GDU) is running a five day course (12, 14, 16, 19 & 21 August, 9:00-17:00) presented by John MainDonald, a consultant and author

schedule Date & time
12 Aug 2013 10:00am - 21 Aug 2013 6:00pm
person Speaker
John MainDonald

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Description

The Genome Discovery Unit (GDU) is running a five day course (12, 14, 16, 19 & 21 August, 9:00-17:00) presented by John MainDonald, a consultant and author of a well-regarded book on using R.

R is a free software programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. John’s course will work on concepts and understanding that are important for the use of R in the context of data exploration and analysis. Topics covered will include: the installation of R and of key packages including the Bioconductor packages; the use of the RStudio Interactive Display Environment; data input and output and data management; R data structures; the different types of R functions; classes of R objects and methods; and introduction to R graphics.

This course is open to bioscience staff and students at ANU, CSIRO and UCAN. To attend this course, you must have attended the Introduction to UNIX course or have demonstrated UNIX proficiency.
 

A requirement of attending will be to have a laptop either running OSX or with VirtualBox installed. If you have questions about this, please contact Bob Buckley (bob.buckley@anu.edu.au, 6125 9289) or Cameron Jack (Cameron.Jack@anu.edu.au, 6125 1128).

Also, prior to the course, on Monday 29 July at 12:30pm in JCSMR Seminar Room 2, John will have a meeting with the participants to further tailor the latter part of the R course to the participant's research.
 
Cost $350 per person. To attend, please contact both Stephanie Palmer (Stephanie.Palmer@anu.edu.au) and Cameron Jack (Cameron.Jack@anu.edu.au). Your PI will need to send a confirmation e-mail with an appropriate budget code. This course also has two handbooks which need to be taken to the course.  People can either purchase them for $25 ea, print them out, or rely purely on the pdf (total 290 pages).  Relevant URL or pdf will be provided closer to the date.  In your rsvp e-mail, please indicate whether you would like the handbooks provided.
 
If you wish to further discuss the course content please contact Bob Buckley (bob.buckley@anu.edu.au, 6125 9289) or Cameron Jack (Cameron.Jack@anu.edu.au, 6125 1128).
 

 

Location

ANU | JCSMR Board Room