Arbor Short-Course and Hackathon for Phylogenetic Comparative Methods Short Course; 20-22 Sept 2018
Hackathon; 22-25 Sept 2018 Location: Cornell University, Ithaca NY *Empiricists:* Are you sick of fighting with hard-to-use software to carry out phylogenetic comparative analyses? Do you seek a better way to complete analyses that lets you focus more on your data and less on buggy, hard-to-use code? *Programmers*: Do you want to implement your methods in an easy-to-use, web-based framework? Would you like to expand your user base by implementing your methods on open-source web pages? Would you like to interact with a network of programmers developing modules to bring new functions to your comparative methods? If you are either of the above, we announce an NSF-funded Short Course and Hackathon covering version 2.0 of Arbor, our software for comparative methods. We will hold the *Short Course/Workshop* for end users from Sept 20-22 2018. Attendees will learn how to use Arbor to carry out ancestral state reconstructions, test linear models, and many other comparative analyses using a simple drag-and-drop interface implemented over the web. The workshop will also include a series of lectures on the basics of phylogenetic comparative methods, as well as a chance for users to discuss their work in a creative and supportive environment. We will hold a *Hackathon* for programmers on 22-25 Sept 2018. Attendees will learn how Arbor can enable them implement their own comparative method(s) over the web, instantaneously building their userbase and enabling integration with other software through workflow development. We will cover how to build and host Arbor instances, implement new workflows combining methods for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization, and deploy these workflows on custom Arbor app pages providing an easy-to-use interface for users of all abilities. Both the workshop and the hackathon have funds available to support travel and lodging for attendees. Apply by filling out this Google Doc application <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef_eYz_0nnSn242O5jPR39dp4r- UA6hYBf8A3eb9L0aNaZ1g/viewform?c=0&w=1> form by *July 15 2018*. Questions? Luke Harmon: lu...@uidaho.edu Chelsea Specht: cdspe...@cornell.edu Bob Thacker: robert.thac...@stonybrook.edu
