UPDATE: Please see the course website here. Materials for the site are in a GitHub repository.

Our goal is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by teaching them basic computing skills like:

The D-Lab invites students from the Energy and Resources Group to an information session. The D-Lab provides students with the resources to learn how to collect, manage, process, analyze and store both quantitative and qualitative data. This information session will inform students about the various services that D-Lab provides, with a special emphasis on resources that would be most relevant for ERG students and researchers.

This workshop will teach participants how to build a visually appealing, easy-to-use personal website with Dreamhost and Wordpress. Particular attention will be paid to building a personal academic site, such as those widely desired by graduate students entering the job market. 

No web development or design experience is necessary for attending this workshop. However, due to the initial challenge of installing wordpress and setting up a domain, we will be splitting this workshop into two days.