The Caltech Library provides workshops on data management and programming for students and postdocs throughout the year. This series of four workshops provides introductions to a variety of topics that will be helpful to incoming graduate students. More advanced workshops, and workshops on additional topics will be offered during the academic quarters.

The workshops take place ONLINE on Thursday September 22, 2022:

1. Citation and Data Management (10:00am)
2. Introduction to Python (11:00am)
   BREAK (12-1pm)
3. Introduction to Pandas (1:00pm)
4. Introduction to Git (2:00pm)

The links for the workshops can be found here: https://gradoffice.caltech.edu/orientation/orientation-schedule-2022

SETUP INFORMATION

1. Citation and Data Management
   • No special preparation needed
2. Python and Pandas
   • We will be programming in Python 3, and various environments are possible. We recommend installing and using the Anaconda data science suite of tools from https://www.anaconda.com/ for the workshop. This includes Python 3 and JupyterLab, which will be used by the instructor.
   • We will be using this data for the Python session: https://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-inflammation/data/python-novice-inflammation-data.zip
   • We will be using this data for the Pandas session: https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/10717177
3. Git
   • Mac users: No special installation needed
   • Windows users: Follow these instructions to install Git for Windows: https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/#shell

Please register for the workshop so we can follow up with a survey and information about future workshops.