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Events Archive
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Cancelled: Project management with GitLab
This event has been cancelled - Sorry about that. We will offer a replacement as soon as possible.
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Time:
Fri, 10. Dec. 2021 —Mon, 13. Dec. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
TBALocation:
online
TEACH Conference
A conference on education across all communities in Helmholtz - free for all!
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Time:
Tue, 07. Dec. 2021 , 09:30 —Fri, 10. Dec. 2021 , 11:30
Organizers:
HIFIS HIDA HMC Helmholtz Open Science Office Helmholtz Talent ManagementLocation:
Online
GitLab for Software Development in Teams
This workshop provides an introduction into software development for teams using Git and GitLab.
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Time:
Tue, 07. Dec. 2021 , 09:00 —Thu, 09. Dec. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Time:
Tue, 23. Nov. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 24. Nov. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Programming with R
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language R. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Mon, 22. Nov. 2021 —Tue, 23. Nov. 2021
Organizers:
Meeßen, Christian
Lecturers:
Annajiat Alim Rasel Marco de Lucia Ranjeet Singh Richard GayleLocation:
online
First steps in Python-Programming
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language Python. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Fri, 12. Nov. 2021 , 09:00 —Fri, 12. Nov. 2021 , 17:00
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
online
Project management with GitLab
This workshop will focus on project management with the GitLab platform. A primer for the prerequisite version control system Git will be offered to those not yet familiar with it.
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Time:
Fri, 15. Oct. 2021 —Mon, 18. Oct. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
Online
First steps in Python-Programming
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language Python. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Thu, 07. Oct. 2021 , 09:00 —Fri, 08. Oct. 2021 , 13:15
Organizers:
Christian MeeßenLecturers:
Christian Meeßen Stefan Lüdtke Hannes FuchsLocation:
Online
Let's Make Your Script Ready for Publication
This workshop shows a lightweight approach towards publication of research code.
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Time:
Tue, 05. Oct. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 06. Oct. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
First steps in Python-Programming
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language Python. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Fri, 24. Sep. 2021 , 09:00 —Fri, 24. Sep. 2021 , 17:00
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Thomas Förster
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Thomas Förster
Location:
Online
Version Control using Git
This workshop provides an introduction into Git in combination with the collaboration platform GitLab.
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Time:
Tue, 24. Aug. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 25. Aug. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Shell + Git + Project Management with GitLab
This workshop aims to introduce project management with the GitLab platform. A primer for the prerequisite version control system Git will be offered to those not yet familiar with it.
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Time:
Fri, 20. Aug. 2021 —Mon, 23. Aug. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
Online
Version Control using Git (CANCELLED)
This workshop will teach version control using Git for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Mon, 26. Jul. 2021 , 09:00 —Tue, 27. Jul. 2021 , 14:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Lecturers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Fuchs, Hannes
Lüdtke, Stefan
Meeßen, Christian
Location:
Online
First steps in Python-Programming
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language Python. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Fri, 23. Jul. 2021 —Fri, 23. Jul. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Thomas Förster
Location:
Online
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #32
Tools for handling (parametric) 3D-models Plotting in 2D is nice, but sometimes it is simply not enough.
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Time:
Wed, 14. Jul. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #31
When to parallelize your software It is running for three hours while only doing simple calculations...
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Time:
Wed, 30. Jun. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Software Carpentry Workshop: Shell, Git and R programming
This Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and R programming for researchers.
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Time:
Thu, 24. Jun. 2021 , 09:00 —Fri, 25. Jun. 2021 , 18:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Location:
Online
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #30
Working effectively with bad or old code When the code is older than the programmer and your research depends on a cryptic combination of characters…
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Time:
Wed, 16. Jun. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Time:
Tue, 15. Jun. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 16. Jun. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Project management with GitLab
This workshop will focus on project management with the GitLab platform. A primer for the prerequisite version control system Git will be offered to those not yet familiar with it.
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Time:
Fri, 11. Jun. 2021 —Mon, 14. Jun. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Helene Hoffmann LokamaniLocation:
Online
Let's Make Your Script Ready for Publication
This workshop shows a lightweight approach towards publication of research code.
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Time:
Tue, 08. Jun. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 09. Jun. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Time:
Wed, 02. Jun. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dworatzyk, Katharina
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Let's Make Your Script Ready for Publication
The workshop covers topics of best practices for software publication.
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Time:
Wed, 26. May. 2021 , 09:00 —Thu, 27. May. 2021 , 18:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dworatzyk, Katharina
Petereit, Johannes
Lecturers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Schlauch, Tobias
Meeßen, Christian
Lüdtke, Stefan
Location:
Online
First steps in Python-Programming
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language Python. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Fri, 21. May. 2021 —Fri, 21. May. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
Online
Time:
Wed, 19. May. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dworatzyk, Katharina
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
GitLab for Software Development in Teams
This workshop provides an introduction into software development for teams using Git and GitLab.
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Time:
Tue, 18. May. 2021 , 09:00 —Thu, 20. May. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Project management with GitLab
This workshop will focus on project management with the GitLab platform. A primer for the prerequisite version control system Git will be offered to those not yet familiar with it.
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Time:
Fri, 14. May. 2021 —Mon, 17. May. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
TBALocation:
Online
Version Control using Git
This workshop provides an introduction into Git in combination with the collaboration platform GitLab.
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Time:
Mon, 10. May. 2021 , 09:00 —Tue, 11. May. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #27
Helmholtz services that can assist you in research software development These tools might make your daily work easier...
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Time:
Wed, 05. May. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Programming using Python
This basic Software Carpentry workshop aims to teach Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Tue, 27. Apr. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 28. Apr. 2021 , 14:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Lecturers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Fuchs, Hannes
Lüdtke, Stefan
Meeßen, Christian
Brinkmann, Nils
Location:
Online
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #26
Automation in research software development Automation as one of the keys towards reproducible research.
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Time:
Wed, 21. Apr. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
First steps in Python-Programming
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language Python. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Mon, 19. Apr. 2021 —Mon, 19. Apr. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
TBALocation:
Online
First steps in Python-Programming
An Introduction for scientists and PhD. students to programming using the language Python. No prior experience required.
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Time:
Fri, 16. Apr. 2021 —Mon, 19. Apr. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
TBALocation:
Online
Let's Make Your Script Ready for Publication
This workshop shows a lightweight approach towards publication of research code.
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Time:
Wed, 14. Apr. 2021 , 09:00 —Thu, 15. Apr. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Location:
Online
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #25
Pitfalls in data visualization Why people don't understand exponential growth and what color it has.
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Time:
Wed, 07. Apr. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Version Control using Git
This workshop provides an introduction into Git in combination with the collaboration platform GitLab.
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Time:
Tue, 30. Mar. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 31. Mar. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Lecturers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Stoffers, Martin
Location:
Online
Version Control using Git
This workshop will teach version control using Git for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Thu, 25. Mar. 2021 , 09:00 —Fri, 26. Mar. 2021 , 14:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Lecturers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Fuchs, Hannes
Lüdtke, Stefan
Meeßen, Christian
Location:
Online
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #24
My preferred data visualization tools There are hundreds of libraries and tools to solve that, but which one is the best?
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Time:
Wed, 24. Mar. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Project management with GitLab
This workshop will focus on project management with the GitLab platform. A primer for the prerequisite version control system Git will be offered to those not yet familiar with it.
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Time:
Fri, 19. Mar. 2021 —Mon, 22. Mar. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Hoffmann, Helene Schmerler, SteveLocation:
Online
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #23
How to select the right tools in software development? How to avoid not to get lost inside multiple tools available when choosing for software development?
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Time:
Wed, 10. Mar. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #22
What could go wrong? Horror Stories in (collaborative) scientific computation The moment they realized their work of the past years was almost wasted...
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Time:
Wed, 24. Feb. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Version Control using Git
This workshop will teach version control using Git for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Wed, 24. Feb. 2021 , 09:00 —Wed, 24. Feb. 2021 , 18:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Lecturers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Fuchs, Hannes
Lüdtke, Stefan
Meeßen, Christian
Location:
Online Event
Software Carpentry Workshop
This basic Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Fri, 19. Feb. 2021 —Mon, 22. Feb. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
lokamani
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
Online Event
Introduction to Git and GitLab
This workshop provides an introduction into Git in combination with the collaboration platform GitLab.
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Time:
Thu, 18. Feb. 2021 , 09:00 —Fri, 19. Feb. 2021 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Lecturers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Carina Haupt (DLR)
Michael Meinel (DLR)
Location:
Online Event
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #21
Project organization for software development in research Important but often neglected in research -> project organization in software development
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Time:
Wed, 10. Feb. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Helmholtz Hacky Hour #20
Why don't you share your source code? Concerns about and solutions for common problems with code sharing.
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Time:
Wed, 27. Jan. 2021 , 14:00 — 15:00Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online meet.gwdg.de
Project management with GitLab
This workshop will focus on project management with the GitLab platform. A primer for the prerequisite version control system Git will be offered to those not yet familiar with it.
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Time:
Fri, 15. Jan. 2021 —Mon, 18. Jan. 2021
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
lokamani
Erxleben, Fredo
Location:
Online
GitLab for Software Development in Teams
Using GitLab's collaboration and automation features effectively
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Time:
Tue, 15. Dec. 2020 , 09:00 —Thu, 17. Dec. 2020 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Lecturers:
Stoffers, Martin
Location:
Online Event
Make Your Script Ready for Publication
The workshop covers topics of best practices for software publication.
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Time:
Tue, 08. Dec. 2020 , 09:00 —Wed, 09. Dec. 2020 , 18:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Johannes Petereit
Lecturers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online Event
Git with GitLab for Teams and Reproducible Research
The workshop covers topics of Git with GitLab and best practices in software development in research.
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Time:
Mon, 23. Nov. 2020 , 09:00 —Tue, 24. Nov. 2020 , 14:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Neelmeijer, Julia
Lecturers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Fuchs, Hannes
Lüdtke, Stefan
Meeßen, Christian
Hanisch, Marc
Brinckmann, Nils
Associate
Location:
Online Event
Bring Your Own Script and Make It Ready for Publication
We will help you polish an existing project to a publication-ready state:
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- Reviewing installation instructions and documentation
- Helping you decide on a license
- Preparing the required publication steps and more…
Time:
Thu, 12. Nov. 2020 , 09:00 —Fri, 13. Nov. 2020 , 13:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Lecturers:
Stoffers, Martin
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online Event
Erste Schritte in Python
In this workshop, a first introduction into the programming language Python will be given. The course will be held in German.
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Time:
Wed, 04. Nov. 2020 —Wed, 04. Nov. 2020
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Julia Schwabe
Location:
Online Event
Software Carpentry Workshop
This basic Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Wed, 07. Oct. 2020 —Thu, 08. Oct. 2020
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Steinbach, Peter Schmerler, Steve
Erxleben, Fredo
Hüser, Christian
Location:
Online Event
Project management with GitLab
This workshop will focus on project management with the GitLab platform. A primer for the prerequisite version control system Git will be offered to those not yet familiar with it.
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Time:
Fri, 18. Sep. 2020 —Mon, 21. Sep. 2020
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo
lokamani
Schmerler, Steve
Location:
Online Event
Covid-19 Update: Helmholtz GPU Hackathon
GPU Hackathons are five day intensive hands-on events designed to help computational scientists port their applications to GPUs using libraries, OpenACC, CUDA and other tools by pairing participants with dedicated mentors experienced in GPU programming and development.
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Time:
Mon, 14. Sep. 2020 , 08:00 —Fri, 18. Sep. 2020 , 16:00
Organizers:
Juckeland, Guido (HZDR) Pleiter, Dirk (FZJ)Location:
Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy
CampusBerlin Seminar room Friedrichstraße 171
10117 Berlin
Germany
SORSE - A Series of Online Research Software Events
A Series of Online Research Software Events organized by RSE community.
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Software Carpentry Workshop
This basic Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Wed, 19. Aug. 2020 —Thu, 20. Aug. 2020
Organizers:
Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo

Location:
Online Event
Software Carpentry Workshop
This basic Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Mon, 22. Jun. 2020 , 09:00 —Tue, 23. Jun. 2020 , 18:00
Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Lecturers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Location:
Online Event
GitLab for Software Development in Teams
Using GitLab's collaboration and automation features effectively
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Time:
Tue, 09. Jun. 2020 , 09:00 —Wed, 10. Jun. 2020 , 17:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Lecturers:
Schlauch, Tobias
1 × HZDR
Leinweber, Katrin
Location:
Online
Lecture series on scientific computing
This lecture series will teach researchers key topics in research software development including best practices
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Time:
Mon, 18. May. 2020 , 10:00 —Mon, 15. Jun. 2020 , 11:00
Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Lecturers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Location:
Online Event
Bring Your Own Script and Make It Ready for Publication
We will help you polish an existing software project to a publication-ready state:
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- Reviewing installation instructions and documentation
- Helping you decide on a license
- Preparing the required publication steps and more…
Time:
Tue, 12. May. 2020 , 09:00 —Tue, 12. May. 2020 , 17:00
Organizers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Lecturers:
Schlauch, Tobias
Dolling, Maximilian
Leinweber, Katrin

Location:
Online
Software Carpentry Workshop
This basic Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Wed, 22. Apr. 2020 —Thu, 23. Apr. 2020
Organizers:

Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo

Location:
Online Event
Software Carpentry Workshop
This basic Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Tue, 21. Apr. 2020 , 09:00 —Tue, 21. Apr. 2020 , 18:00
Organizers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Bezaye Tesfaye
Lecturers:
Dolling, Maximilian
Bezaye Tesfaye
Location:
Online via Zoom
Software Carpentry Workshop
This basic Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and Python for scientists and PhD students.
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Time:
Tue, 31. Mar. 2020 —Wed, 01. Apr. 2020
Organizers:

Erxleben, Fredo
Lecturers:
Erxleben, Fredo

Location:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
CampusDresden Building 801, Room P142 Bautzner Landstraße 400
01328 Dresden
Germany
Machine Learning Hackathon at GFZ
A one day Hackathon organized by Machine Learning Community at GFZ
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Time:
Thu, 05. Mar. 2020 , 09:00 —Thu, 05. Mar. 2020 , 18:00
Organizers:
Machine Learning community at GFZLocation:
GFZ, Telegrafenberg Vortragsraum 2 and 3, Haus H
The Carpentries Instructor Training
The Carpentries Instructor Training will provide the participants with the skills and information needed to become a certified Carpentries instructor.
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Time:
Mon, 20. Jan. 2020 —Tue, 21. Jan. 2020
Organizers:

Dolling, Maximilian
Introduction to Snakemake
This short course is meant to teach participants the automation of pipelines. For this, the snakemake workflow engine is introduced.
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Time:
Wed, 11. Dec. 2019 , 14:00 — 17:00Organizers:
Steinbach, PeterLecturers:
Steinbach, PeterLocation:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
CampusDresden 104/215 Bautzner Landstraße 400
01328 Dresden
Germany
Software Carpentry Workshop
This Software Carpentry workshop will teach Shell, Git and R programming for researchers.
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Time:
Tue, 26. Nov. 2019 , 09:00 —Wed, 27. Nov. 2019 , 18:00
Organizers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Lecturers:
Belayneh, Bezaye Tesfaye
Dolling, Maximilian
Location:
Online Event
deRSE19 - Conference for Research Software Engineers in Germany
Conference for Research Software Engineers in Germany.
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Location:
GFZ, Telegrafenberg Haus H, A56