2021-12-08 Reprothon 2021: Take two!

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What it's about
This is our second time hosting Aberdeen study group's version of a hackathon and we are excited to be back!

Briefly, during this event people from diverse backgrounds will come together to solve a coding or programming problem.

The Reprothon will aim to answer questions surrounding the longevity and reproducibility of code by working through queries available on StackOverflow and testing whether the accepted answer still works.
Each participant will submit their results through a simple form which will be collated into a master spreadsheet, the event will be tracked live and after the closing date the admin team will analyse the results.

Who is it for
This event is open to anyone, the more participants we have the more code we can test so please share far and wide!

When and where
12th December 2021
16:00-18:00
Will be run on MS Teams.

How to prepare
We will send out information nearer the time about how to register. Once registered, you will then receive a confirmation email with your unqiue reprothon ID!

As this event will be focused on testing code reproducibility there may be a few things you would like to consider:

• A good internet connection
• R version 4.0+ (if you need to update R you can do that following the guide here)
• Ability to install packages in R (if you are using a university PC or laptop you may not have the required privileges to do this, so contact you IT department)

Hope to see you there!