The following is a list of workshops presented by the SCF in recent years, with links to the content.
Core computational skills workshop
Based on the department workshop for incoming graduate students in August 2025. Introductory and intermediate coverage of version control (with Git), debugging, testing, good coding practices, numerical issues, packaging, reproducibility, and automation. Last updated August 2025.Introduction to computing and to Python
Based on the department workshop for incoming graduate students in August 2025. Last updated August 2025.Databases and SQL
Based on Chris Paciorek’s workshop in February 2025. Intermediate level coverage of database concepts, SQL (including subqueries and window functions), and database creation. Last updated February 2025.An intensive introduction to R
Based on the SCF/D-Lab R bootcamps held every August, 2013-2023. Last updated August 2023.An intensive introduction to Python
Based on the SCF Python workshop last held August 2023. Deprecated in favor of the Python introduction above. Last updated August 2023.