Congratulations to Greg on his new position!
As many of you will know by now, Greg Wilson, Director of Instructor Training for Software Carpentry (and thus indirectly also for Data Carpentry), has announced that he will step down from his...
View ArticleJoin our new Mentorship Program!
The Carpentry community is growing quickly! Over a hundred new instructors have been trained in the past two months. These new instructors join our community because they’re excited to help fellow...
View ArticleHow I Developed a Workflow for Success in Graduate School
My home state of Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes area cradles 20% of our planet’s freshwater resource and yet growing up next to these ecosystems, I knew almost nothing about their biological...
View ArticleCareer Pathways Panel Discussions
The Carpentries are excited to announce an upcoming series of panel discussions designed to help our community members become informed about the variety of career paths available to computationally...
View ArticleSoft(ware) Skills
I think, in the end, technology and data science are about communication.As a biologist with a physics degree, I’ve always been called on by my peers to help out with the more ‘mathy’ parts of their...
View ArticleCarpentries Career Pathways Panel: Raniere Silva, Geneviève Smith, Tiffany...
Tuesday, January 24, 7am PST / 10am EST / 3pm UTC / 2am AEST (next day)On Tuesday, January 24, the Carpentries will host the first of three Career Pathway Panels, where members of the Carpentry...
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South Africa's North-West University Becomes Software and Data Carpentry’s...
In November 2014 the first large-scale Software Carpentry event was run in South Africa [1] as part of the eResearch Africa conference [2] in Cape Town. Since then 15 more Software, Data, and/or...
View ArticleThe SQL Ecology Lessons
I am fond of saying that ecologists should not be afraid of big data – instead, we have to deal with small, complex, and poorly connected data. Understanding how we can stay on top of things,...
View ArticleThe Community of Carpentry Enthusiasts at the University of Wisconsin
I am so thrilled that we have been asked to comment on our growing Software and Data Carpentry community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While I initially joined the greater Software Carpentry...
View ArticleBest recipe - just add statistics and science
We’d like to talk about our experiences working together as a domain scientist and a statistician and encourage you do this too!When we say working together, we mean that we collaborate in the best...
View ArticleMoving Forward
As of January 30th, Greg Wilson has stepped down from his role as Director of Instructor Training to start a new position as Shopify’s Computer Sciences Education Lead.Instructor training will continue...
View ArticleStanding for Inclusivity: a Foundation for Our Teaching and Community
Our goal as Software and Data Carpentry is to build a community teaching digital research skills. We teach essential computing skills to thousands of researchers in academia and industry each year. As...
View ArticleTransfer of Learning
Have you ever experienced déja vu? It’s when you have the feeling that what you’re currently experiencing has already happened. It can be extremely awkward, right? It’s a sensation that leaves you...
View ArticleHow we’re getting things done
Adopting work cyclesThe Data and Software Carpentry staff have been working together to make progress on projects that are important for our community. To help us do this, we’re trying out a new work...
View ArticleJob Opportunity: Community Development Lead
Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry are hiring a Community Development Lead!We are excited to announce a position as a full-time staff member to lead community development activities! Software and...
View ArticleCarpentries Career Pathways Panel - Marianne Corvellec, Bernhard Konrad,...
Wednesday, Mar 1, 3pm PST / 6pm EST / 11pm UTC / 9am AEST (next day)On Wednesday, March 1, the Carpentries will host the second of three Career Pathway Panels, where members of the Carpentry...
View ArticleReproducible Data-Driven Discovery
I spent the two weeks in January hanging out with some awesome scientists who are all passionate about the future of science. I was participating in two professional development events with support...
View ArticleRun a workshop this Spring!
Did you know that 95% of Data Carpentry learners are first-timers? As a community we’ve impacted hundreds of learners around the globe, and 93% of our learners told us that their level of data...
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A Year to Build a Software and Data Carpentry Community at the University of...
This January was the one year anniversary of our effort to bring regular Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry workshops to the University of Florida. These workshops are aimed at helping students,...
View ArticleEcology Issue Bonanza!!!
We’re excited to announce our first lesson release! Data Carpentry is preparing to publish our Ecology workshop materials on Zenodo this Spring. Software Carpentry regularly publishes their lessons to...
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