Schedule and Course Material
The course runs for a duration of seven weeks. Each week starts with an energizing kickstarter, material for self-study, a tutorial, and exercises/activities. Gradually, you will develop your coding skills, enabling you to work productively on your team project.
Click on each course week for details.
- Please always bring a laptop to class. Lectures and tutorials are not scheduled in computer rooms, but you require a computer to follow the classes. Remember to bring a charger.
| Course week | Date | Time | Location | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0 | Preparation before the course starts | |||
| Week 1 | Tue 28 Jan | 10.45-14.30 | On campus | Getting started with R |
| Week 2 | Wed 5 Feb | 10.45-12.30 | On campus | Tutorial: Project management and exploring data with RMarkdown |
| 12.45-14.30 | On campus | Team coaching #1 | ||
| Week 3 | Wed 12 Feb | 10.45-12.30 | On campus | Tutorial: Version control using GitHub |
| 12.45-14.30 | On campus | Team coaching #2 | ||
| Week 4 | Wed 19 Feb | 12.45-14.30 | On campus | Tutorial: Engineering datasets |
| 14.45-16.30 | On campus | Team coaching #3 | ||
| Week 5 | Wed 26 Feb | 12.45-14.30 | On campus | Tutorial: Pipeline automation |
| 14.45-16.30 | On campus | Team coaching #4 | ||
| Week 6 | Wed 11 Mar | 12.45-14:30 | Online | Team coaching #5 |
| Week 7 |Tue 18 Mar | 12.45-14.30 | On campus | Course summary and exam preparation | | Wed 19 Mar | 08.45-10.30 | Online | Team coaching #6
Tips
- We recommend you view the schedule (and associated rooms) in Tilburg University’s MyTimetable.
- Login credentials for the live streams will be made available on the Canvas page of this course for students from Tilburg University, and via email to remaining students.
- If recordings are made, you will find them on the Canvas page of the course, shared with students enrolled at Tilburg University. Some videos may also be posted on Hannes’ YouTube channel. Subscribe to it now to stay up-to-date!
- If code is shared, you will typically find it on Hannes’ GitHub Gists.
Links to recordings
- Open Science Boost - Hannes’ playlist with videos on how to boost research efficiency
- We’re continuously adding new content to Tilburg Science Hub, so bookmark the page and check for updates frequently!
- Recorded sessions from previous editions of the course
- Three sessions with student teams during the first project week: https://youtu.be/CLpBwDTL5Xg
- Background information on why not to version your data, and how to efficiently collaborate using GitHub Issues and the project board: https://youtu.be/pe-Zzu8s0So