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Reproducible Research Event: Advancing Innovation Through Connectivity

Event date

November 22, 2023

Venue

Online

Country

United Kingdom

Short description

Excited to invite you to the upcoming Reproducible Research Event, where we’ll delve into the tools and practices that promote transparency and verifiability in research endeavors. The event promises a day filled with insightful workshops, engaging talks, and ample networking opportunities.

You'll be provided with a buffet lunch, snacks, and other refreshments throughout the day, along with plenty of networking opportunities with people in research and industry. Also, looking forward to hearing from guest speakers Radovan Bacovic from GitLab and Drasko Draskovic from the UN Development Programme!

Description

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, 22nd November 2023
Time: 11:00 - 17:00 GMT
Location: Williamson Building, Room 3.34 - Law Common Room, The University of Manchester
- Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95337824274

Agenda:

11:00 - 11:15 - Registration and welcoming
11:15 - 12:00 - Workshop I: Intro to a reproducible tool R
12:00 - 12:10 - Coffee Break and time to download and install Git and GitHub
12:10 - 12:30 - Talk I: Unleashing the Power of Big Data: Revolutionising Development Initiatives, Drasko Draskovic, UNDP
12:30 - 13:00 - Meet and Mingle in person or Zoom breakout rooms
13:00 - 14:00 - Workshop II: Build RMarkdown Reproducible documents in R
14:00 - 15:00 - Lunch with Meet and Mingle in person or Zoom breakout rooms
15:00 - 16:00 - Workshop III: Git & GitHub Desktop, Niyati Somani
16:00 - 16:20 - Talk II: When nimble is not fast enough - how AI and Data leverage our DevSecOps journey, Radovan Bacovic, GitLab
16:20 - 17:00 - Meet and Mingle in person or Zoom breakout rooms
17:00 - The End

Registration:

To confirm your attendance, kindly RSVP by 21st November 2023 using the following link: https://forms.gle/LTcQkhEPLzbQuwP5A

Contact:

For any inquiries or additional information, please feel free to reach out to Niyati Somani at niyati@sisteranalyst.com or Tatjana Kecojevic at tatjana.kecojevic@manchester.ac.uk

Join us, bring a colleague or two, and share your thoughts and experiences when working on your everyday data-driven projects. We look forward to an enriching day of learning, networking, and collaborative exploration. Together, let’s advance the principles of reproducibility in research.

Niyati Somani, Event Coordinator

Geographical focus

General/no specific focus

Scientifc field / Thematic focus

General

Website

https://sossrr.netlify.app/

Event type

Webinar

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Entry created by POLICY ANSWERS Project support on November 9, 2023
Modified on November 9, 2023

Western Balkans Info Hub - powered by "Policy Answers" - is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe project "R&I policy making, implementation and support in the Western Balkans", grant agreement: 10105887. The portal builds upon previous initiatives, such as for instance WBC-RTI.INFO and WBC-INCO.NET, which were funded under different Framework Programmes (FP) for Research and Technological Development (RTD) of the European Commission and other contracts.

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