From a slow analysis script to a fast and structured program in R workshop

Join our workshop titled From a slow analysis script to a fast and structured program in R, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series! 

Here’s some more info: 

Title: From a slow analysis script to a fast and structured program in R

Date: Thursday, October 9th, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone)

Speaker: Johan Zvrskovec is a postdoctoral researcher at the Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. Johan has a PhD in statistical genetics from King’s College London (KCL), an MSc in Genetic, Environmental,  and Developmental Psychology from KCL, and an MSc in Bioinformatics from Uppsala University (UU). He also has experience from IT system development (analysis, relational databases, web applications, communication) in academia and industry.

The research topics that interest Johan are refinement of genetic/phenotypic associations in Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) using factor analytical models, machine learning, and statistics, while investigating the aetiology of complex human behavioural traits such as personality and psychiatric disorders. Johan is an avid proponent of social justice and equity. Having spent time both in Ukraine and Russia in the past, he is keen on helping prevent Russia’s ongoing and racially motivated invasion wars.

Description: This workshop will aim to improve the speed, compartmentalisation, and modularity of bulky analysis scripts in the R programming language. We will cover:

Loops, and general issues with memory management during control flows, affecting speed

The package data.table

R classes

R packages

Relational databases (if time)

Minimal registration fee: 20 euro (or 20 USD or 800 UAH)

Please note that the registration confirmation is sent 1 day before the workshop to all registered participants rather than immediately after registration

How can I register?

• Go to https://bit.ly/3wvwMA6 or https://bit.ly/4aD5LMC  or  https://bit.ly/3PFxtNA and donate at least 20 euro. Feel free to donate more if you can, all proceeds go directly to support Ukraine.

• Save your donation receipt (after the donation is processed, there is an option to enter your email address on the website to which the donation receipt is sent)

• Fill in the registration form, attaching a screenshot of a donation receipt (please attach the screenshot of the donation receipt that was emailed to you rather than the page you see after donation).

If you are not personally interested in attending, you can also contribute by sponsoring a participation of a student, who will then be able to participate for free. If you choose to sponsor a student, all proceeds will also go directly to organisations working in Ukraine. You can either sponsor a particular student or you can leave it up to us so that we can allocate the sponsored place to students who have signed up for the waiting list.

How can I sponsor a student?

• Go to https://bit.ly/3wvwMA6 or https://bit.ly/4aD5LMC  or https://bit.ly/3PFxtNA and donate at least 20 euro (or 17 GBP or 20 USD or 800 UAH). Feel free to donate more if you can, all proceeds go to support Ukraine!

• Save your donation receipt (after the donation is processed, there is an option to enter your email address on the website to which the donation receipt is sent)

• Fill in the sponsorship form, attaching the screenshot of the donation receipt (please attach the screenshot of the donation receipt that was emailed to you rather than the page you see after the donation). You can indicate whether you want to sponsor a particular student or we can allocate this spot ourselves to the students from the waiting list. You can also indicate whether you prefer us to prioritize students from developing countries when assigning place(s) that you sponsored.

If you are a university student and cannot afford the registration fee, you can also sign up for the waiting list here. (Note that you are not guaranteed to participate by signing up for the waiting list).

You can also find more information about this workshop series,  a schedule of our future workshops as well as a list of our past workshops which you can get the recordings & materials here.

Looking forward to seeing you during the workshop!