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Kuwait University R Workshop Fun Un-Real
كر وفر2016 Workshop organized by:
Hasan Alhaddad (Ph.D.) Suha Alabdulghafour (MSc.)
Bader Alhajeri (Ph.D.) Huda Alaskar (MSc. student)
AIMS
We and you
Small introduction
Day 1 activities
Day 2 activities
Day 3 activities
[R]ing your data
We and You
Instructors
Hasan Alhaddad Assistant professor of genetics
Research Camelid and Feline Genomics
hagenetic.org hhalhaddad@gmail.com
Bader Alhajeri Assistant professor of Zoology
Research Evolution and Ecology Camelid and Rodents
bader.alhajeri@gmail.com
Organizing TeamSuha Alabdulghafour
Teaching Assistant Molecular Biology
Huda Alaskar Graduate Student Molecular Biology
We and You
Tell us something about you Need ideas?
Name
Education
Research interest
Future plans (scientific)
Why a workshop?
Our philosophy
“No serious scientific work can be done in the absence of a vibrant scientific community”
Hasan Alhaddad
We organized it for:
1. Networking
2. Collaborating
3. Training
4. Learning
5. Academic responsibility
6. Have some fun
7. Many other reasons :-)
Why KURwFUR?
ليش كر وفر؟
• Analysis in general and specifically in R may get you frustrated some times.
• To become more productive and not give up after the first challenge, we adopted “Attack and Retreat” strategy.
Analyses going well, Attack
Analyses not going smooth, Retreat
كر وفر
What is R?
https://www.r-project.org/about.html
Why an R workshop?
Why R?
Open source
Free
Big data analyses
Statistics and calculations
Big community
Packages available
Make your package
Me: plots plots plots :-)
Why R?
Number of packages on CRAN
9031
August 28th 2016 11:28 pm
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/available_packages_by_date.html
Amazing graphs - from yours truly
Why R?
What NOT to expect from the workshop?
NOT to expect
Finish thesis
Finish papers
Finish analyses
Finish dissertation
Become an R expert
What to EXPECT from the workshop?
To expect
1 2 3 30 60
Scared
Confused
Not bad
OK
FUN
Sciecne
KURwFUR Days
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Remember