To promote professional development and foster an environment of camaraderie within my new fellow grad students in the Statistics Department at Penn State I will be organizing a weekly Cohort Workshop. Since statistics is such a broad and interdisciplinary field we all have our unique backgrounds, and strengths and weaknesses, we have the opportunity to share a wealth of knowledge. Currently we will be deciding topics week to week, but please feel free to request or suggest a topic, especially if you feel confident in leading a short presentation.
Week 1: Intro to R in 327 Thomas on Friday August 29th, 2014 at 2:00. Presentation by Sayali.
Week 2: Intro to Latex in 327 Thomas on Friday September 5, 2014 at 2:00. Overview provided by Greg Bopp.
Math into LaTeX – George Gratzer
Experiences and lessons learned teaching LaTeX to university students – Gary Greg and Francesco Costanzo (BOTH PENN STATE PROFS!)
Learning LaTeX – Griffiths and Higham
Week 3: Creating a Professional Graduate Student Website in 327 Thomas on Friday September 12, 2014 at 2:00.
Week 4: Creating a Professional Graduate Student Website Part 2 in 327 Thomas on Friday September 19, 2014 at 2:00. Because some things take time!
Week 5: Canceled due to Death Cold going around the Department Treat yo’ selves to some rest!
Week 6: Updating Your C.V. in 320 Thomas on Friday October 3rd, 2014 at 2:00.
Have you tried creating your C.V. in Latex format? Check out some of these easy to use templates!
Hyndsight LaTeX template for CV
Week 7: Creating Better Plots in R – GGPLOT2 in 327 Thomas on Friday October 10th, 2014 at 2:00. Overview provided by Mauricio Fernandes.
Week 8: Utilizing GitHub as Code Repository and Version Control in 327 Thomas on Friday October 17th, 2014. Overview provided by John Ensley. Also: post-513 midterm celebration. Bring snacks.
Week 9: Midterm Completion Celebration location TBD – I’d love to get Frozen Yogurt with everyone!
