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Workforce Development / Capacity Building

2018 – Membership formalized with Carpentries

In-person workshops held at NASA centers

6 instructors trained

2019 – In-person workshops held at NASA centers

6 instructors trained

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Objective: Offer DEVELOP participants opportunities to build skills in data science and coding

Image: DEVELOP Software Carpentry workshop pre-COVID

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2020–2022 – Virtual workshops open to all DEVELOP participants

Collaboration with Geospatial Centroid (CSU)

6 instructors trained

2023 – Hybrid workshops open to all DEVELOP participants

Collaboration with Geospatial Centroid (CSU)

5 instructors to-be currently going through training

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Image: DEVELOP Software Carpentry workshop (2020)

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Curriculum:

  • The Unix Shell
  • Version Control with Git
  • Programming with Python
  • Programming with R
  • Introduction to Geospatial Raster and Vector Data with Python (Alpha stage)

Workshops:

  • Hybrid: In-person with Microsoft Teams
  • Virtual machines available to DEVELOP participants
  • 75 – 100+ workshop participants (depending on DEVELOP term)
  • ~10 helpers assisting with each workshop

Instructors:

  • 30 trained instructors (~10 active )
  • 5 instructors to-be currently going through check-out steps

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