[bioundgrd] You're Invited: Mathworks/BUSA MATLAB Biostatistics Workshop!

[Joyce Roberge]

Mathworks/BUSA MATLAB Biostatistics Workshop!

**RSVP HERE**:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wwYd_xs3FuAUSvHNKe4PkMJLNt8ylmgNWlETIKCE6xU/viewform

Attendance is currently limited to 40 participants; if you RSVP, you commit to attending.

Note: It may be necessary that you bring your own laptop. If so, or if you prefer to use your own, you will need to have Matlab 8.1 installed, along with the Statistics, Bioinformatics, and Curve-Fitting Toolboxes. These can be selected as add-ons during installation.
Tutorial for MIT Students: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7144438

What: BUSA is collaborating with MathWorks to put on a unique MATLAB/Biostatistics workshop! This is a great opportunity to learn how to use MATLAB's Statistics Toolbox and Bioinformatics Toolbox to analyze data. The event will culminate in a µHackathon challenge, with prizes from Mathworks! More details below.

When: Saturday, April 27th. 2 PM - 5 PM

Where: Specific Room to be determined.


Event Overview:

MATLAB for Biologists: Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization

MATLAB provides a flexible data analysis and visualization environment for a wide range of applications, including statistics, image processing, bioinformatics and systems biology.  In this hands-on workshop, we will provide an introduction to the MATLAB platform for data analysis and visualization.

Topics include:
·         Data access and manipulation
·         Interactive tools for data visualization
·         Creating scripts and functions to automate tasks
·         One-click report generation to share your results


µHackathon:
The workshop will conclude with a short µHackathon challenge. The challenge will involve comparing the gene expression profiles from different cancer types using a few different statistical techniques. The objective of the challenge will be to identify the subset of the genes that are differentially expressed across the tumor types. The challenge will explore concepts of data filtering, visualization, hypothesis tests and false discovery rates.

Fun and geeky MATLAB goodies for the first 3 attendees that successfully complete the challenge!


MathWorks' site: http://www.mathworks.com/
BUSA's site: http://web.mit.edu/busa/

Hope to see you there!





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