Training provided by KCL e-Research¶
e-Research runs training courses to teach fundamental scientific computing skills that will help users effectively use the resources we provide. These include introductory courses on how to use the command line and how to use the CREATE HPC, introduction to programming in Python and R, and more advanced topics like version control with git. In the future we aim to also offer intermediate programming courses covering topics like unit testing, continuous integration, and creating software packages. Our workshops use a mixture of custom training materials we have developed and existing training materials created by groups like The Carpentries.
Our training workshops are advertised through our mailing list, which you can join via the e-Research Portal. We can sometimes offer workshops for a specific group or department, or develop new training materials to meet a specific need - get in touch via support@er.kcl.ac.uk for more information.
Our training offerings¶
All our upcoming workshops and past workshops can be found on Skillsforge.
Our past workshops have included:
- Introduction to High Performance Computing with CREATE
- Software Carpentry: Introduction to Programming with Python
- Introduction to Cloud Computing with CREATE
By default our courses on Skillsforge are only visible to staff and research students. If you cannot see the courses, please join our training mailing list to receive announcements of upcoming training, or send us an email for more information.
Other computational skills training available at KCL¶
There are several other sources of computational skills training available across King's.
- The Centre for Research Staff Development provides access to SAGE Campus online courses, including introductory programming courses for R and Python.
- The Health Sciences Doctoral Training Centre provides training for doctoral researchers in the health sciences, including programming courses for R and Python and courses for analysis of genomics data.
- The Hub for Applied Bioinformatics provides training in computational skills for bioinformatics research.
- Innovation Scholars provides online on-demand training courses across three pillars: Health Data Science, 'Omics, and Artificial Intelligence.