Venue:  onsite ( Meeting Room 1 at XTBG Research centre ) + online ( Tencent Meeting) 

Training language:  English + R

 

 

 

Sponsor:  Environmental Education Centre + CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology ( Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences )

 

Fee:  This workshop asks for 1000 RMB / person for training fee. Transportation, board and lodging are self-care. 

 

About:  The purpose of this workshop is to get participants familiar with the concept of reproducible science that is surprisingly not commonly taught but which is becoming a requirement for better collaboration (not only with others but with oneself through time) and for credible science. At the end of this workshop, attendees should be familiar with tools use to achieve reproducible science, will be more confident with themselves, and be inclined to adopt these tools which will ease their collaboration with themselves as well as others. This course consists of four main parts which aim to putting everything from data to final report including r code and some interpretations and also exercises as step by step work me through method.

 

Requirements for applicants:

1. This is an advanced workshop using R, so applicants should have at least some experience using R and/or  R studio.

2. Although we aim to use English when needed explanation will also be in Chinese.  But good English listening and speaking stills will help you to catch the lectures better. Please familiarize yourself with some commonly used vocabulary related to the workshop content in advance.

 

Instructor:  Associate professor Gbadamassi Gouvide O. Dossa, Forest Canopy Ecology Group of XTBG, working on biodiversity, forest ecosystem functioning, plant afterlife functional traits effect on carbon and nutrient cyclin. Dossa has been teaching part of this workshop as a short module at the yearly postgraduate Advanced Fieldcourse in Ecology and Conservation – XTBG ( AFEC-X )  for the past 3 years.

Student:  not more than 25 students (15 onsite, 10 online)

Credit:  This training course has been included in the Institute level educational administration system of XTBG. Students from institutions affiliated to Chinese Academy of Sciences can obtain 1 credit if they participate in the whole process and pass the examination.

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If you have any questions about the workshop, please email xiaxue@xtbg.org.cn,  and/or dossa@xtbg.org.cn