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Zoonoses Node Spatial Analytics Workshop
6 May 2019
Registrations now open
The Zoonoses Node of the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity invites participants to a 2-day spatial analytics workshop.
The workshop will present an introduction to: spatial data formats, representation, and pattern analysis with application to disease surveillance and evaluation. There will be special focus on the use of R software as both a GIS and an analytical tool.
Event details
- Two-day event: Thursday, 13 June and Friday, 14 June 2019
- 10am - 3pm each day
- Abercrombie Business School (ABS) Case Study Lecture Theatre 2150, Camperdown
- Presented by Dr Michael Walsh - Senior Lecturer, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
The workshop is free but registration is mandatory.
All participants are to bring their own personal laptop computer to the course with R and R-studio pre-installed.
Maximum of 20 registrations will be accepted. Further workshops may be considered later in the year.
Workshop pre-requisites
- No previous experience with spatial data is required.
- An introductory familiarity with R is recommended for maximal benefit, however proficient R programming skills are not required.
- Each of the two days will comprise a mix of lecture presentation and hands-on data work in R, so it is essential that each participant comes with R and R-studio pre-installed on their personal laptop computer.
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