This talk will provide a practical introduction to using Git and GitHub from within RStudio to support reproducible and collaborative data science. We’ll cover the basics of version control, setting up repositories, managing changes, and working effectively with collaborators through GitHub. The session is aimed at R users with little or no prior experience of Git.

Speaker: Glen Martin

Glen is a Senior Lecturer in Health Data Science in the Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on developing and implementing clinical risk prediction models using large-scale health data, with expertise in multivariate modelling, missing data, and model translation. He holds a PhD in Health Data Science and is a Chartered Statistician. Glen has led and contributed to major research projects funded by NIHR, MRC, Wellcome Trust, and others, and has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers. He is Programme Director for the MSc Health Informatics programme, jointly delivered with UCL, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Agenda:

30-40 min talk followed by snacks, coffee, and free discussion.

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