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Coding Summer School 2025 – Registration Open

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The registration has opened for the annual Coding Summer School (CSS) 2025. This is a joint effort between the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) and the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS). 

The CSS will take place from the 27th January 2025 to the 8th February 2025. It will take the format of a hybrid event where participants will be required to attend specific university locations around the country in-person. 

Aim of the School:

“Train researchers across South Africa and Southern Africa in the fundamentals of scientific computing and data science.”

Topics Covered in Python:

– Data Science with Pandas
– ETL and EDA best practices
– Computational Thinking
– Probability Theory & Statistics
– Machine Learning & AI

Note: Students must have some experience in Python.

Format:

– School will run for 2 weeks 
– Lectures/tutorials occur Monday to Friday
– Lecture/tutorial times: 09:30 – 16:00 with breaks each day
– Notes and exercises provided
– Certificates awarded to qualifying students

Registration:

The CHPC and NITheCS calls for all talented students registered for Honours, Masters, PhD including postdoc in South Africa to submit their applications. The registration fee is free for all successful Applicants. As public-funded institutions, the CHPC and NITheCS support the transformation of South Africa and thus the School organizers highly encourage students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds to submit their applications. 

There will be no scholarship for successful applicants as the school will be hosted on at university locations. 

Should you wish to attend the CSS, kindly complete the application form and register online at: https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/145/  before 13 December 2024. 

Once registered, students must complete the entrance test found here: https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/145/surveys/8

Successful candidates will be notified within a month of registration and completing the entrance test.

We look forward to receiving your applications.

For more information see: https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/145/overview

For general inquiries please submit a ticket here: https://chpc.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new and choose the “Coding Summer School” category.

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REDCap Webinar – 19 September 2023

The eResearch Office (ERO) in collaboration with the Research Development and Postgraduate Support (RDPS) are organizing a seminar on the use of REDCap, a web application for collecting and managing research data.

The purpose of this session is to comprehensively cover the many stages involved in a REDCap project, from a general overview, the initial setup, progressing through data entry and data export processes as well as using advanced features and specialized modules.

To sign up for the webinar, Click on REGISTER


Email queries: Ms Aasiyah Chafekar (RDPS) at achafekar@uwc.ac.za or
Dr Frederic Isingizwe (eResearch) at fisingizwe@uwc.ac.za

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Training Opportunity: DIPLOMICS Bioinformatics for Molecular Biologists

A training course offered by DIPLOMICS and Thermo Fisher Scientific that deals with the basics of the Linux operating system and command line operation is open for registration.

DIPLOMICS is a network of academic, commercial and industrial labs in South Africa and a resource for the national and international Omics community.  

This hands-on course includes:
– An introduction to the Linux OS and how to work in the command line;
– Relational databases and MySQL;
– Basic database operations (creating tables, inserting data, constructing queries);
– Python (or Perl) programming languages;
– Creating a script that transforms variant data into a format that can be loaded into a relational database.

DETAILS

The course is open to all molecular biologists and bench scientists interested in going beyond the graphic interface. The course is open to cross-platform data analysis users (not limited to Ion Torrent users).

Course dates: 22-26 August

Venue: DIPLOMICS training room in Cape Town (108 Albert Rd, Woodstock)


Apply here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=LXJ9toqqd0ehaevremo7ZxXHBWUAwhBDlbkMFjEAwBdUOFdPVzRUN1pPRVY1R0U5TFY0Mk5HN1gwUi4u

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Opportunity: The Carpentries are Recruiting Instructors

An ongoing opportunity to build teaching skills as part of a global community is available.

The Carpentries are actively recruiting Instructors to teach Centrally-Organised workshops. These workshops (currently being held online) are a great way to connect with a global community, meet new colleagues with shared interests, and share skills with researchers around the world. The Carpentries are currently offering priority admission to our Open Instructor Training program for applicants who indicate interest in teaching centrally-organised workshops.

There is limited space and participation bursaries, valued at ~R6000, are available.
Event dates: 1 – 3 June 2022 (2.5 days)

All applicants are welcome. No specific expertise is necessary, but they do expect that trainees will have the technical knowledge necessary to teach one or more of the core lessons from Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, or Software Carpentry. Instructor Training events are held online, so anyone with internet access and time to share can participate.

A challenge that we face in the Humanities is providing our students (and colleagues) with an opportunity to learn about computational approaches that they can apply in their current and future contexts. This instructor training opportunity will provide training to  provide the participant with foundational lessons regarding: 

  • Evidence-based teaching practices.
  • Teach you how to create a positive environment for learners at your workshops.
  • Provide opportunities for you to practice and build your teaching skills.
  • Help you become integrated into the Carpentries community.
  • Prepare you to use these teaching skills in teaching Carpentries workshops.

If you want more information, contact Juan.Steyn@nwu.ac.za or visit the workshop website: https://sadilar.github.io/2022-06-01-NITheCS-SADiLaR/.