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More information \u0026 sign-up can be found on the website [here](https://www.surf.nl/en/agenda/cluster-computing-for-social-scientists-with-r).\n\n![image](img/abm.png)\n\n## Prerequisites\n- Some `R` knowledge \u0026 experience :)\n- `R`, minimum version `4.2.0` (download [here](https://cran.r-project.org/))\n- If you are on Windows: `RTools` (download [here](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/))\n- Recommended IDE: `RStudio` (download [here](https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download))\n- Install the following packages:\n  ```r\n  install.packages(c(\"Rcpp\", \"tidyverse\", \"pbapply\", \"sf\", \"mgcv\"))\n  ```\n- Download this repository ([link](https://github.com/sodascience/ossc_workshop/archive/refs/heads/main.zip)) and unzip it to a nice location\n- Open the project by double-clicking on `ossc_workshop.Rproj` in the folder.\n\n## Schedule\n\n| Time  | Title                                           | Required resource                   |\n| :---- | :---------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------- |\n| 09:00 | Introduction to Supercomputing and the OSSC     | [`slides`](./slides/OSSC_SURF.pdf)  |\n| 11:00 | Lecture: computational limits in social science | [`slides`](./slides/intro.pdf)      |\n| 11:45 | Hands-on: a parallel agent-based model in R     | [`assignment`](./hands_on/intro.md) |\n| 12:30 | Break                                           | `lunch`                             |\n| 13:30 | Lecture: supercomputing with R                  | [`slides`](./slides/supercomp.pdf)  |\n| 14:15 | Hands-on: submitting an R array job             | [`assignment`](./hands_on/super.md) |\n| 15:15 | Break                                           | `coffee :)`                         |\n| 15:30 | Lecture: combining \u0026 analysing the results      | [`slides`](./slides/results.pdf)    |\n| 16:15 | Conclusion \u0026 Q\u0026A                                | `your remaining attention!`         |\n\n## End result: a map of the Netherlands\nThe below map would take around 6 months to produce using the naïve implementation on a normal computer. You will learn how to compute it in a few hours on a supercomputer.\n\n![map](img/segr_map.png)\n\n## Contact\n\nThis project is developed and maintained by the [ODISSEI Social Data\nScience (SoDa)](https://odissei-data.nl/nl/soda/) team.\n\n\u003cimg src=\"img/soda_logo.png\" alt=\"SoDa logo\" width=\"250px\"/\u003e\n\nDo you have questions, suggestions, or remarks? File an issue in the\nissue tracker or feel free to contact [Erik-Jan van\nKesteren](https://github.com/vankesteren)\n([@ejvankesteren](https://twitter.com/ejvankesteren))\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsodascience%2Fworkshop_ossc","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsodascience%2Fworkshop_ossc","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsodascience%2Fworkshop_ossc/lists"}