News  >  Events

An Introduction to R for PhD students

The Programme doctorale en études numériques (PDEN) is renewing its introduction to R for PhD students in French-speaking Switzerland, to be held  over four sessions in May and June 2022.

Initially designed for statistical analysis, R has become a reference tool in research, in the humanities and social sciences as well as in experimental sciences. Thanks to a system of modules adding additional functionalities, the use of R has notably extended to the humanities and digital studies: data processing and analysis, visualization, network analysis, automatic natural language processing, etc.

An Introduction to R: This course will cover several topics including the following:

– An introduction to the R programming language and the RStudio environment
– An introduction to the notebook system, which facilitates research data management, result-sharing and collaboration
– A series of topics for which R is particularly relevant: cartography, network analysis, stylometry.

The final program and topics will be decided collectively at the end of the first day. Possible program:

– Introduction to the R programming language, to the RStudio environment and to the use of notebooks
– Mapping: making a dynamic map with R, discovering the encoding formats specific to mapping
– Network analysis: creation of graphs with R, discovery of drawing algorithms and measures of centrality
– Stylometry: stylistic analysis of literary and historical texts with R, distance measurement, PCA

The objective is for participants to:

– Understand what R is and what possibilities it offers
– Be able to assess whether the use of R is relevant to their research
– Know where to get the resources and answers needed to work independently with R and RStudio
– Master a series of best practices for managing data.

Session dates: 31 May, 7 June, 14 June and 21 June. Please register by May 30.

From: 31 May, 2022
To: 21 Jun, 2022
Organizer: PDEN
Speaker: Simon Gabay

Categories

Disciplines

Methods

Programming Languages

Share

The UNIL-EPFL dhCenter ceased its activities on December 31, 2022. The contents of this site, with the exception of our members' pages, are no longer updated. Thanks to all of you for having kept this space alive! More information