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      <h1 class="project-name">CAMH Scientific Computing Working Group</h1>
      <h2 class="project-tagline">research - computing = :-(</h2>
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<a id="we-are" class="anchor" href="#we-are" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>We are...</h2>

<p>A volunteer group of scientists, trainees (students, postdocs), administration and staff that are concerned with computing issues faced by CAMH researchers. We meet every Tuesday, 11am - 12pm, in CS 163.</p>

<p>Here's the issue: most science done today requires computing in some form, from spreadsheets to High Performance Computing, but most scientists don't have any formal computer science training. This is a big problem, because <em>software is your experimental apparatus</em>. Just like cleaning test tubes and pipetting, computing is a basic skill you need to be competent with. </p>

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<a id="our-aims-are-to" class="anchor" href="#our-aims-are-to" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Our aims are to:</h3>

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<li>Organize events and workshops to catalyse learning and sharing of know-how</li>
<li>Advocate and advise on institutional changes to improve scientific computing</li>
<li>Make the software/resources needed by CAMH researchers </li>
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<a id="office-hours" class="anchor" href="#office-hours" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Office Hours</h3>

<p>Announcing weekly research computing office hours in *CS 163, every Tuesday 1-2pm. All staff, students and trainees welcome to drop in. This is an informal space to ask your knowledgeable colleagues about any computing issue, programming/scripting question, or analysis design.</p>

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<a id="workshops" class="anchor" href="#workshops" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Workshops!</h3>

<p>A five-day, self-paced series of workshops on scientific computing fundamentals Sep 25 - Oct 6. We are covering topics such as Linux, BASH scripting, R, Python, Matlab, Databases, using the CAMH compute cluster, spreadsheets, and databases. Please visit <a href="https://camh-scwg.github.io/compucool-fall-2017/">https://camh-scwg.github.io/compucool-fall-2017</a> to find out more about the workshops and to register.</p>

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<a id="related-events" class="anchor" href="#related-events" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Related Events</h4>

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<li><a href="https://ccm.sickkids.ca/?page_id=53">SickKids: Bioinformatics Tools &amp; Tricks: Hands-On Tutorials for Biologists</a></li>
<li><a href="http://uoftcoders.github.io/studyGroup/">University of Toronto Scientific Coders</a></li>
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