{"id":742,"date":"2017-08-20T10:57:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/?p=742"},"modified":"2017-08-20T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T14:57:46","slug":"quant-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/quant-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Quant Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason coordinated Quant Camp, an optional full emersion short course on quantitative skills for early career BIOS grad students from all disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>The goals of the course were to provide hands on practical experience in problem solving, to introduce best practices in scientific computing, overview of scientific workflows and project management, integrating\u00a0models, theory, &amp; data and basic concepts in statistics and probability.<\/p>\n<p>Students learned about random variable, data distributions &amp; disease on Day 1, state space models and ecosystem measurements on Day 2, and uncertainty and cancer on Day 3. \u00a0They also worked in groups to develop their own independent projects where they applied the quantitative skills they learned.<\/p>\n<p>Other course instructors were Beth Archie, Alex Perkins, Stuart Jones and a call-in by Zach Schafer. \u00a0Incoming McLachlan graduate student Megan Vahsen was the TA for the course.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures from the course.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-742 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/quant-camp\/fbf627f43b204aa0b70624caa29ddb73\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2017\/08\/FBF627F43B204AA0B70624CAA29DDB73-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-750\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-750'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Group!  14 students, 4 professors, one coordinator\/cook\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/quant-camp\/img_20170817_080423\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2017\/08\/IMG_20170817_080423-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-744\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-744'>\n\t\t\t\tDiscussing state space models with Stuart Jones\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/quant-camp\/img_20170817_103751\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2017\/08\/IMG_20170817_103751-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-745\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-745'>\n\t\t\t\tViewing NEON&#8217;s flux tower at UNDERC\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/quant-camp\/img_20170817_111726\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2017\/08\/IMG_20170817_111726-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-746\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-746'>\n\t\t\t\tLearning about dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in lakes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/quant-camp\/img_20170817_113957\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2017\/08\/IMG_20170817_113957-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-747\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-747'>\n\t\t\t\tMore lakes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/quant-camp\/img_0639\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2017\/08\/IMG_0639-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-743\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-743'>\n\t\t\t\tLearning about uncertainty with Jason McLachlan\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason coordinated Quant Camp, an optional full emersion short course on quantitative skills for early career BIOS grad students from all disciplines. 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