Cloud4Bio

See cloud4bio.github.io for a description of mission, location, time and approach to serverless data science. 

Weekly Meeting (Wednesday's 9:30-11:30)  -  gotomeeting. 

It is important to recall the hybrid self-directed learning nature of this venue, combined with that of a problem solving clinic towards Precision Prevention. Both aspects share the definition of the agenda of each session by the attendants. That is the role of this wiki, that of a communal space for learning and problem solving. It follows a series of sessions at other institutions, starting with joint workshops by MDAnderson Cancer Center and Rice University in 2006, evolved into weekly hackathons at UAB in 2011, and matured into the Cloud-centric model in 2011 at Stony Brook University (SUNY), where it continues: bit.ly/i2matics . That wiki uses the same Google Sites platform as this one, and can be used for reference material and live engagement - they meet at the same time we do (Wednesday's 9:30-11:30).

Checklist for attendants 

(we can help you, no need to do it before hand):

1. Review mission and approach at cloud4bio.github.io.

2. Make sure to have Chrome browser installed - Chrome's Dev Tools will be our reference IDE for client-side programming.

3. Ask for edit access to this wiki if you plan on attending with some regularity. Note each session is documented in its own page, under the corresponding year in the top right banner of this page.

4. Create a GitHub account if you don't have one already and pick a github client - use github's own if you don't have a favorite already.

5. Get node, Chrome's headless browser, for server-side programming.

6. (Optional) If you're looking for a cool text editor, vscode is a good choice.

7. (Optional) Add bit.ly/cloud4bio to your phone's Home Screen.