The second session of our Machine Learning series is a hands-on workshop: "Introduction to R".

R is a great language for statistics, graphics and data analysis, widely used in biology.
Join us on the 13th December, 16:00, in room 4.540 (MSA), registration here.
Dr. Roland Krause (LCSB) will give a beginners' introduction to this programming language.

What is all the fuss about Machine Learning? And why should you care?
Dr. Francisco Azuaje will give an overview of the basic concepts of Machine Learning, the main current approaches and challenges, and will show why and how it can be applied to biological problems.

“Give a scientist a tool and you feed science for a day. Teach a scientist to be open and you feed science for a lifetime.”

Open Science is of major importance for the science community. But how can Open Science be actively promoted and which advantage does it bring to scientists?

Just in time for spring, we are back from our extended winter break - And no, we haven't been only sleeping!

1. New board
Our former President Eugen and founding members Marouen and Alberto defended their PhD thesis and are officially doctors now. Congratulations to all of them!!!
The board now consists of Susanne (new President), Federico, Gaia, Nikki, Dheeraj, Anna and Apurva.

We had such a good time in the June SciPub that we decided to organize another one before summer holiday.
Thanks again to everyone who came and had a good time with us, to the RSG team for the organization, and FNR for the financial support.
See you after the summer break!