Welcome to the Mozilla Science Lab (MSL) weekly Training blog. This is the first in a series to highlight what we’re working on and where we could use your help in our ongoing training initiatives.
At the Mozilla Science Lab we focus on deepening open practice in science through community building, training and code by:
- Creating and testing infrastructure for collaborative learning in science
- Developing training and resources to help researchers work in the open
- Empowering the next generation of open science leaders
We partner with the Software Carpentry Foundation (SCF), a non-profit membership organization devoted to improving basic computing skills among researchers in STEM and other disciplines, to help coordinate and support skills training for open science.
Here’s a snapshot of events we’re supporting over the coming months, a look back at where we’ve been, as well as places for you to get involved.
Where we’ve been this year so far:
Over the first three months of 2015 the Science Lab has helped organize over 20 Software Carpentry workshops in North America.
- Two Women in Science and Engineering workshops in January
- University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Colorado Boulder – Boulder, CO
- Workshops teaching Python at …
- National Bureau of Economic Research – Cambridge, MA
- Earlham College – Richmond, IN
- University of Illinois – Urbana, IL
- University at Albany – Albany, NY
- Workshops teaching R at …
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Lincoln, NE
- National Institutes of Health Library – Bethesda, MD
- St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center – Phoenix, AZ
- Tulane School of Medicine – New Orleans, LA
Upcoming Workshops:
- Weill Cornell Medical College (http://weill.cornell.edu/) – New York, NY – April 01-02
- Instructors: Daniel Chen @chendaniely, Ivan Gonzalez @iglpdc, Sheldon McKay
- @mckays630, Jennifer Shelton
- University of Miami (http://www.miami.edu/) – Coral Gables, FL – April 02-03
- Instructors: Matthew Collins, Xu Fei, Ming Tang, Ashwin Srinath
- Arizona State University (http://www.asu.edu/) – Tempe, AZ – April 18-19
- http://rachelss.github.io/2015-04-18-ASU/ –
- Instructors: Gabriel Devenyi @staticwave_ace, Rachel Schwartz https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rachel-schwartz/3b/156/4aa
- University of Texas-Arlington (http://www.uta.edu/uta/) – Arlington, TX – April 18-19
- Instructors: Naupaka Zimmerman @naupakaz, Nichole Bennett , Rayna Harris @raynamharris, Kate Hertweck
Many of these workshops have instructors that are teaching the Software Carpentry curriculum for the first time and we wish them all the best. Want to learn how you can get involved? Get in touch – we’d be happy to help get you started.
In the works:
Looking to get involved? Here are a few workshops that could still use instructors.
- Oklahoma State University – Stillwater, OK
- Federal Reserve Board – Washington, DC
Want to start planning a workshop or have any questions? Drop us a line. We’re happy to help.