Advanced Programming With R

Sept 5-6, 2023

Corinne Dentan, UNIL, StarOmics Coordinator
Catherine Suarez, UNIGE, DPEE Coordinator
Debora Zoia, UNIL, MPS Coordinator

Dr Frédéric Schütz, UNIL & SIB

Topics covered include, among others:

• Objects and Data structures
• Operations and Logical operations
• Missing data

Data manipulation: Concatenation, Sorting, Data subsetting, Apply - Conditional instructions, loops - Functions - KnitR/markdown * Vectorization of R code (i.e. how to avoid loops for efficient computing time) and how to estimate computing time of R code * Complex functions * Debugging (use R in debug mode), enhancing and adapting own and foreign (from packages) code * Typical traps and tipps on good coding practics * R coding standards (i.e. how to write good, readable and reusable code) * Running R from bash scripts (e.g. on servers or clusters)

University of Lausanne, Amphipôle 334

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This course is organised in collaboration with the CUSO Doctoral Programs StarOmics and Molecular Plant Sciences.

Travel
PhD students of the CUSO DPEE are eligible for the reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, 2nd class). Claims can be done online via MyCUSO when the activity is over.

Fees
CUSO DPEE members (9 spaces), StarOmics (8 spaces), MPS (3 spaces): Free

Deadline for registration: 20.08.2023
CUSO DPEE members (9 spaces), StarOmics (8 spaces ), MPS (3 spaces).

Important! >> Late cancellations (after 20.08.2023) or 'no-show': 100 CHF administrative fee

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