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The 2013 Summer School will use Amazon Web Services to host virtual GMOD instances containing the software and demo data used during the course. See [[Cloud|GMOD in the Cloud]] for more information on the GMOD Amazon Machine Images available to the public. The tutorials used on the course will be available on this wiki for interested persons to work through. | The 2013 Summer School will use Amazon Web Services to host virtual GMOD instances containing the software and demo data used during the course. See [[Cloud|GMOD in the Cloud]] for more information on the GMOD Amazon Machine Images available to the public. The tutorials used on the course will be available on this wiki for interested persons to work through. | ||
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| + | GMOD thanks the [http://nescent.org National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)] for its continued support of the GMOD project and for providing the venue for this course. NESCent is interested in outreach to groups who are underrepresented in evolutionary biology and improving evolution education, and offers resources for scientists, educators, and the general public that meet these goals. | ||
GMOD thanks the generous grant from the Amazon [http://aws.amazon.com/grants/ AWS in Education program], which provided free compute time on Amazon Web Services for the course tutors and participants. | GMOD thanks the generous grant from the Amazon [http://aws.amazon.com/grants/ AWS in Education program], which provided free compute time on Amazon Web Services for the course tutors and participants. | ||
Revision as of 18:09, 8 January 2014
Dates: Friday July 19th - Tuesday July 23rd 2013
Venue: NESCent, North Carolina
GMOD 2013 Summer School wiki (contents available to course participants only)
The Course
The summer school comprises five days of hands-on courses on GMOD component installation, configuration, and usage. Most sessions are four hours (a half day), and the evenings feature work sessions where the instructors are available to answer questions and help participants use the tools with their data. The instructors on the course are experienced component developers and GMOD project staff.
The course covers the following topics in detail:
Course Work
The 2013 Summer School will use Amazon Web Services to host virtual GMOD instances containing the software and demo data used during the course. See GMOD in the Cloud for more information on the GMOD Amazon Machine Images available to the public. The tutorials used on the course will be available on this wiki for interested persons to work through.
Sponsors
GMOD thanks the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) for its continued support of the GMOD project and for providing the venue for this course. NESCent is interested in outreach to groups who are underrepresented in evolutionary biology and improving evolution education, and offers resources for scientists, educators, and the general public that meet these goals.
GMOD thanks the generous grant from the Amazon AWS in Education program, which provided free compute time on Amazon Web Services for the course tutors and participants.
