Course logistics
-As with all things in a pandemic, we are offering two sections of this course. One option is to take the course in person (140.776.01) and the other option is to take it entirely virtually (140.776.41). You are welcome to register for either section.
+Unlike 2022, the only option is to take the course in person (140.776.01).
-- https://www.stephaniehicks.com/jhustatcomputing2022
+- https://lcolladotor.github.io/jhustatcomputing2023
All communication for the course is going to take place on one of three platforms:
Courseplus: for discussion, sharing resources, collaborating, and announcements
Github: for getting access to course materials (e.g. lectures, project assignments)
-- Course Github: https://github.com/stephaniehicks/jhustatcomputing2022
+- Course Github: https://github.com/lcolladotor/jhustatcomputing2023
-Lectures: for in person lectures or online / async lectures
+Lectures: most lectures will be in person
- All in person lectures to be recorded and posted online after class ends
-- If for some reason I am sick or not capable of coming onsite, I will send out a zoom link for everyone to attend remotely for that day.
+- If for some reason I am sick or not capable of coming onsite, I will send out a zoom link for everyone to attend remotely for that day. I already know that I will be teaching remotely on Tuesday August 29 and Thursday August 31st, due to prior travel arrangments I had made before knowing when I would be teaching this class.
-The primary communication for the class will go through. Courseplus That is where we will post course announcements, host most of our asynchronous course discussion, and as the primary means of communication between course participants and course instructors.
+The primary communication for the class will go through Courseplus. That is where we will post course announcements, answer common questions, and as the primary means of communication between course participants and course instructors.
-If you are registered for the course, you should have access to Courseplus now. Once you have access you will also be able to find all material and dates/times of drop-in hours. Any zoom links will be posted on Courseplus.
+If you are registered for the course, you should have access to Courseplus now. Once you have access you will also be able to find all material and dates/times of drop-in hours. Any Zoom links will be posted on Courseplus.
Course Staff
-The course instructor this year is Stephanie Hicks who is a Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Data Science Lab, and have affiliations with the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, Center for Computational Biology, the Department of Genetic Medicine, and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
-My research focuses on developing fast, scalable, statistical methodology and open-source software for genomics and biomedical data analysis for human health and disease. My research is problem-forward: I develop statistical methods and software that are motivated by concrete problems, often with real-world, noisy, messy data. I’m also interested in developing theory for how to incorporate design thinking (alongside statistical thinking) in practice of data analysis.
-If you want, you can find me on Twitter. I’m also a co-host of the The Corresponding Author podcast, member of the Editorial Board for Genome Biology, an Associate Editor for Reproducibility at the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and co-founder of R-Ladies Baltimore.
-We also have a couple of amazing TAs this year:
+The course instructor this year is Leonardo Collado Torres who is an Investigator at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development and is an Associate in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
+At the Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD), my group works on understanding the roots and signatures of disease (particularly psychiatric disorders) by zooming in across dimensions of gene activity. We achieve this by studying gene expression at all expression feature levels (genes, exons, exon-exon junctions, and un-annotated regions) and by using different gene expression measurement technologies (bulk RNA-seq, single cell/nucleus RNA-seq, and spatial transcriptomics) that provide finer biological resolution and localization of gene expression. We work closely with collaborators from LIBD as well as from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and other institutions, which reflects the cross-disciplinary approach and diversity in expertise needed to further advance our understanding of high throughput biology.
+Every day I use R and Bioconductor, and on some days I write R packages. Occasionally I write blog posts about them and other tools. I’m a co-founder of the LIBD rstats club and the CDSB community of R and Bioconductor developers in Mexico and Latin America, that we described at the R Consortium website. In the past, I also served on the Bioconductor Community Advisory Board and the advisory board for rOpenSci’s Statistical Software Peer Review.
+If you want, you can find me on Twitter.
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+Teaching Assistants
+We also have three amazing TAs this year:
-- Phyllis Wei (ywei43@jhu.edu). She is a second-year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics. She develops methods to help understand the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases and enhance disease risk prediction models through data integration. Outside of biostatistics, she enjoys hiking, baking, and visiting museums.
-- Joe Sartini (jsartin1@jhu.edu). He is a second year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics, with interest in models for precision medicine applications. Currently, the focus of his work is extracting meaningful insights from time-series produced by Continuous Glucose Monitoring and other devices worn by Type 2 diabetics. Outside of research, he enjoys participating in endurance sports and weightlifting.
+- Emily Norton (enorton7@jhmi.edu). TODO.
+- Joe Sartini (jsartin1@jhu.edu). He is a third year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics, with interest in models for precision medicine applications. Currently, the focus of his work is extracting meaningful insights from time-series produced by Continuous Glucose Monitoring and other devices worn by Type 2 diabetics. Outside of research, he enjoys participating in endurance sports and weightlifting.
+- Phyllis Wei (ywei43@jhu.edu). She is a third year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics. She develops methods to help understand the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases and enhance disease risk prediction models through data integration. Outside of biostatistics, she enjoys hiking, baking, and visiting museums.
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Assignment Due Dates
All course assignment due dates appear on the Schedule and Syllabus.
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-The Pandemic
-This is how 2020 felt:
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-For many, 2021 and 2022 have continued to be incredibly tough (e.g. coordinating school online, challenges with visas and travel, an economic crisis, ). As your instructor, I am ultra sympathetic to family challenges and life challenges (fwiw, I have three small children).
-While the 140.776.01
section will be held in person here in this room, it is strongly likely that one or more times I will send out a class email the night before (or maybe even the morning of) lecture to let you know that I need to move the class to zoom for the day. I apologize in advance, but I will do my best to give as much advance notice as I can.
-With that in mind, my goal is to make as much of the class asynchronous as possible so you can work whenever you have time. My plan is to be as understanding as possible when it comes to grading, and any issues that come up with the course. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me (or the TAs) if you are having issues and we will do our best to direct you to whatever resources we have/accommodate you however we can.
-I think the material in this course is important, fun, and this is an opportunity to learn a lot. But life is more important than a course and if there was ever a time that life might get in the way of learning, it’s likely now.
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Grading
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C - Needs improvement - 70%+
We rarely give out grades below a C and if you consistently submit work, and do your best you are very likely to get an A or a B in the course.
+When I was a JHBSPH student in 2011-2016, I had a scholarship from my country 🇲🇽 which had specific grade requirements, so I recognize that while most employers won’t care about your grades over your grad school projects, you might have strong reasons for aiming for high grades.
Relative weights
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Code of Conduct
-We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), political beliefs/leanings, or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of course participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any work event, including group meetings, conferences, talks, parties, Twitter and other online media. This code of conduct applies to all course participants, including instructors and TAs, and applies to all modes of interaction, both in-person and online, including GitHub project repos, Slack channels, and Twitter.
+We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), political beliefs/leanings, or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of course participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any work event, including group meetings, conferences, talks, parties, Twitter, and other online media. This code of conduct applies to all course participants, including instructors and TAs, and applies to all modes of interaction, both in-person and online, including GitHub project repos, Slack channels, and Twitter.
+I was also part of the Bioconductor Code of Conduct committee for a few years. You might find the Bioconductor Code of Conduct useful as it is translated into different languages by native speakers of said languages: https://bioconductor.github.io/bioc_coc_multilingual/.
Course participants violating these rules will be referred to leadership of the Department of Biostatistics and the Title IX coordinator at JHU and may face expulsion from the class.
All class participants agree to:
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Typos and corrections
-Feel free to submit typos/errors/etc via the github repository associated with the class: https://github.com/lcolladotor/jhustatcomputing2023. You will have the thanks of your grateful instructor!
+Feel free to submit typos/errors/etc via the GitHub repository associated with the class: https://github.com/lcolladotor/jhustatcomputing2023/issues. You will have the thanks of your grateful instructor!
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