Data Carpentry Workshop

Center for Environmental Science, AAU

We have organized the forth Data carpentry workshop at Center for Environmental Center, Addis Ababa University from Feburary 08 - 09, 2018. The training aims to help graduate researchers at center for environmental science get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills.This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

What’s is Python

About Python

Python is a general purpose programming language conceived in 1989 by Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum.It is free and open source, with development coordinated through the Python Software Foundation experienced rapid adoption in the last decade, and is now one of the most popular programming languages. It has a relatively small core language supported by many libraries. Other features:

  • A multiparadigm language, in that multiple programming styles are supported (procedural, object-oriented, functional, etc.)
  • Interpreted rather than compiled

Library Carpentry Workshop

The Ethiopian Research and Education Network, Addis Ababa

We have been preparing the first Library Carpentry Workshop
in Addis Ababa University Technology Faculty from Jan 29 - Feb 02, 2018 in collaboration with the Ethiopian Research and Education Network, Ethiopian Education Strategic Center and German Cooporation. The Libray Capentry Workshop aims to help researchers: