In May 2022, we hosted a workshop about efficient programming for accessing CBS microdata.
About the workshop
What to do when your CBS microdata analysis takes too many computational resources to run on the remote access environment? In this workshop we covered solutions to this problem. It will be an accessible introduction to a variety of ways in which you can programme more efficiently when using microdata in your research. Furthermore, it will discuss when you should and should not move your project to the ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer.
The introduction will include some live coding, exploring different options for project organisation, speeding up code, benchmarking, profiling, and reducing memory requirements. During his talk, Van Kesteren will also touch upon topics such as “embarassingly parallel”, scientific programming, data pipelines, open source, and open science. Although the presentation will center around data analysis with R, these principles also hold for other languages, such as Python or Julia.
Additional information |
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When |
May 16th, 2022. |
Where |
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Registration |
Registration is no longer possible. |
Instructors |
Erik-Jan van Kesteren, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University (Erik-Jan’s website). |
Materials |
Course materials, including slides and code, are open and can be accessed here. |