{"id":40162,"date":"2024-02-07T18:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T18:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/?page_id=40162"},"modified":"2024-02-07T18:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T18:47:35","slug":"2021-gradstudent-critical-skills-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/meetings\/2021-gradstudent-critical-skills-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Skills to Scale Up Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Workshop for Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Organized in partnership with\u00a0the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), the ESA-SEEDS Critical Skills to Scale Up Ecology Workshop provides critical skills for graduate students interested in working with multiple spatio-temporal datasets to address ecological questions.\u00a0 Knowledge and skills learned in the workshop apply to ecological data from many different sources, including NEON.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blog post by Jessica Guo on this workshop:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230430114050\/https:\/\/datascience.cals.arizona.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/data-science-skills-workshop-seeds-ecologists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/datascience.cals.arizona.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/data-science-skills-workshop-seeds-ecologists\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38532 size-full img-fluid img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230430114050im_\/https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/10\/Critical-Skills-SEEDS_groupshot.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230430114050im_\/https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/10\/Critical-Skills-SEEDS_groupshot.png 512w, https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230430114050im_\/https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/10\/Critical-Skills-SEEDS_groupshot-300x229.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"391\"><\/p>\n<h3>Virtual Format<\/h3>\n<p>Originally designed to be a 40-hour workshop, this workshop was offered\u00a0<strong>over two months in fall 2021 from September 2 to October 26.<\/strong>\u00a0Participants completed both the Data Carpentries segment and the NEON data exploration segment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Benefits<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Acquire core data science skills with a focus on reproducible methods including:\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Code documentation, sharing and reproducible workflows.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Using version control (GitHub) to support collaborative method development and to backup work.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Documenting and publishing methods and workflows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Learn how to access and work with a wide variety of NEON data<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Learn how knowledge and skills gained may be applied to ecological data from many different sources<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Expand your network of data scientists and other professionals<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Connect with a diverse community of peers\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Requirements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Commit to at least 80% of each segment.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Must attend preworkshop orientation and introductions<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Complete all assigned coursework in a timely manner to fully participate in the next session<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Be prepared to use Slack and Google folders to communicate and access materials<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Deliver a presentation based on an independent project using NEON data\u00a0<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Access to internet and computers\u00a0<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Abide by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230430114050\/https:\/\/esa.org\/events\/code-of-conduct-for-esa-events\/\">ESA\u2019s Code of Conduct<\/a>\u00a0throughout the workshop and when interacting with participants, instructors and program staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"section section-alt\">\n<h2>Workshop Schedule<\/h2>\n<p><b>All sessions are 3:00 PM \u2013 5:00 PM EDT\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Orientation<\/h3>\n<p>Thursday September 2, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Orientation and introductions<\/p>\n<h3>Segment I<br>\nData Carpentries (16 hours)<\/h3>\n<p>Every Tuesday and Thursday beginning\u00a0Tuesday September 7 and Thursday September 9 through September 28 and 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Segment II<br>\nNEON Data Exploration (12 hours)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<h4>Week 1 (2 sessions)<\/h4>\n<p>Tuesday October 5\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overview of NEON \u2013 finding your way around the NEON website and data portal<\/p>\n<p>Thursday October 7\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Accessing NEON utilities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<h4>Week 2 (2 sessions)<\/h4>\n<p>Tuesday October 12<\/p>\n<p>Spatial Data and Observatory spatial design<\/p>\n<p>Thursday October 14<\/p>\n<p>NEON Data processing and QA\/QC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end row--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<h4>Week 3 (1 session)<\/h4>\n<p>Tuesday October 19<\/p>\n<p>Develop your independent projects<br>\nInteracting with NEON Science Team<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<h4>Week 4 (1 session)<\/h4>\n<p>Tuesday October 26<\/p>\n<p>Presentation of a culmination project through small group-designed research projects on a topic of interest. Work starting as capstone projects from similar workshops have resulted in publications or graduate thesis for participants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end row-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end section alt --><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p>Students selected for the original workshop will receive priority acceptance in this virtual format.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New Applicants must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Be enrolled in a graduate program at a US institution.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Demonstrate either prior work in ecology or related field or interest in connecting your disciplinary background to ecological questions.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Address how your participation contributes to diversity, equity and inclusion of underrepresented scientists in ecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshop for Graduate Students Organized in partnership with\u00a0the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), the ESA-SEEDS Critical Skills to Scale Up Ecology Workshop provides critical skills for graduate students interested in working with multiple spatio-temporal datasets to address ecological questions.\u00a0 Knowledge and skills learned in the workshop apply to ecological data from many different sources, including NEON.\u00a0\u00a0 Blog post by Jessica&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":6487,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40162","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40162"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40165,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40162\/revisions\/40165"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}