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Training Materials

Training Materials

  • Training Calendar
  • Workshops & Technical Talks
  • HBS Grid (Computing Environment) Training
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Research Computing Services offers training on a wide range of topics.

Whether you are looking to review a training workshop you attended or learn new skills at your own self-directed pace, take a look at our workshop materials below. If you have any questions about training, please don't hesitate to contact RCS.

HBSGrid Compute Cluster
HBSGrid Compute Cluster Training
  • Slide deck
Using GPUs on the HBSGrid Cluster
  • Slide deck
Brown Bags and Lunch & Learns
  • Amping Up Your Research with the (Compute) Grid
  • How much RAM? How many CPUs?
  • Parallel Processing
Research Data Management
RDM at HBS
  • HBS-specific slide decks
  • Data Management Checklist
  • Data Services at HBS
  • Class Handouts
  • Borghi et al 2018 RDM Review
General and Harvard RDM
  • General Harvard University slide decks
  • Data Management Checklist
  • Class Handouts
  • Borghi et al 2018 RDM Review
Related Materials
  • Harvard Libraries Research Data Management Program / Instruction
  • Harvard Research Data Webinars and Explainers
R
Introduction to R
  • Static notes with code examples and results
  • All workshop materials as downloadable archive
  • Main site for all R materials
  • 2-day Data Carpentry R workshop at HBS for Social Sciences
  • Stanford's full-day R workshop using Open Policing / Traffic Stop data
R Graphics with ggplot2
  • Static notes with code examples and results
  • All workshop materials as downloadable archive
  • Main site for all R materials
Regression Models in R
  • Static notes with code examples and results
  • All workshop materials as downloadable archive
  • Main site for all R materials
R Data Wrangling
  • Static notes with code examples and results
  • All workshop materials as downloadable archive
  • Main site for all R materials
Stata
Introduction to Stata/Data Management in Stata
  • Static notes with code examples and results
  • All workshop materials as downloadable archive
  • Main site for all Stata materials
Regression and Graphing in Stata
  • Main site for all Stata materials
Python
Introduction to Python
  • Static notes with code examples and results
  • All workshop materials as downloadable archive
  • Main site for all Python materials
Introduction to Web Scraping with Python
  • Static notes with code examples and results
  • All workshop materials as downloadable archive
  • Main site for all Python materials
Unix
Introduction to Unix
  • Basic Unix Commands
  • The Unix Shell lesson
  • The Unix Shell reference
  • Install GitBash for Windows from
  • Software Carpentry for Windows Installer Win7
  • Software Carpentry for Windows Installer Win8/10
  • Explain Shell, tool to help you understand parts of a command
  • Unix manual pages with practical examples
  • Unix Tips and Text Processing
  • Bash Scripting Tutorial
Brown Bags and Lunch & Learns
  • Just Enough Unix lesson materials on GitHub
  • FASRC's PDF on Unix Tricks and Text Processing
Data Science
Overview of Natural Language Processing: Techniques and Tools
  • Presentation Slides
  • Workshop Recording
Databases and SQL
Structured Data, Databases, and SQL
  • Working with SQL setup instructions (DB Browser for SQLite), lesson, and reference
  • Help documents on importing and exporting data at SQLite
  • Self-paced tutorial (to continue with SQL and integrate it with analysis environments)
  • SQLite GUI (endorsed by Software Carpentry)
Intermediate SQL Topics
  • Slide deck PDF of the seminar presentation
Multiple Approaches to Merging Data: SQL & Interfacing with other Applications (DataFest)
  • Merging Data setup instructions
  • Merging Data lesson
  • Python application integrations
  • R application integrations
  • Importing and exporting data with SQLite
  • SQLiteTutoral
Brown Bags and Lunch & Learns
  • Managing and Effective Use of Data in Databases
Version Control
Version Control with Git/GitKraken
  • Git (command-line) setup instructions
  • Git (command-line) lesson
  • Git (command-line) reference
  • GitKraken (Git GUI) lesson
  • GitKraken (Git GUI) tutorials
  • Great Git summary page at Univ. of Utah
  • Git 'cookbook' from Pragmatic Programmers series
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