Access to tools and computational resources for large-scale data analysis often require knowledge of the command-line interface (also referred to as Unix or Linux or bash or shell). In this 3-day hands-on workshop participants will learn the following:

• basic shell commands for navigating the file system, exploring file contents, performing basic operations, such as moving, copying, and renaming
• how to write shell scripts and use "for" loops for efficiently running the same commands on multiple files
• how to use FAS-RC cluster for high-performance computing (HPC)

Together, this knowledge is critical for researchers looking to improve efficiency when performing computational tasks and it forms the foundation needed to analyze high-throughput sequencing data.

Prerequisites?

This is one of our basic workshops, and has NO prerequisites and no prior programming experience is required. 

This workshop is a prerequisite the upcoming bulk RNA-seq workshop on November 16th, 19th & 23rd, 2021.

Who should attend?

Eligible* Harvard researchers who: 

1. want to learn how and why to use the command line interface (Unix/Linux Shell) to efficiently manage and analyze data
2. want to use local clusters/high-performance computing environments for analyzing data (e.g. FAS-RC's cluster or HMS-RC's O2 cluster)
3. are interested in taking an advanced workshop on analysis of sequencing data within the next 6 - 8 months

Cost and Registration:

There is a non-refundable and non-transferable $35 registration fee for this workshop.

We will be accepting 35-40 participants on a first-come, first-served basis:

• If you are one of the first 35-40 eligible* registrants, you will receive an email within 1 week with a link to pay the (non-refundable & non-transferable) $35 registration fee. 
• If you are not among the first 35-40 eligible* registrants, you will be added to the waitlist and notified when we open registration for the next iteration of this workshop.

NOTE: You will not have a reserved seat for this workshop until you pay the registration fee. Please make sure you pay within the time stated in that email, else you will lose your spot to someone on the waitlist.  

Eligibility requirements:

* To be eligible to attend this workshop you must be an HSPH researcher in the lab/group of an HSPH primary faculty.

If you are unsure of your eligibility, please register anyway and we will get back to you.

Registration is closed

(Please check the eligibility requirements prior to registering)

NOTE: We do * not * record our training sessions. 

Questions?

Please contact us at hbctraining@hsph.harvard.edu with any questions.