Computing for Economists (CIDER STARS)

Organized and taught six sessions for CIDER STARS fellows and Pre-docs, focusing on computing skills for economists. Sessions targeted pre-doctoral and early-career scholars.

Computing for Economists (CIDER STARS)

Instructor: Lars Vilhuber

Term: Fall

Location: Various

Time: Irregular

Schedule

Week Date Topic Materials
1 2026-09-22 Introduction to Reproducibility

Overview and setup

2 2026-09-25 Why you should learn (and love) the command line

Learn it!

3 2026-10-09 Writing Articles that Combine Text and Code (Dynamic Documents)

Tools and workflows

4 2026-10-20 Reproducibility, Transparency, and Data Ethics

Ethical considerations and best practices for reproducible research

5 2026-10-23 Advanced Topics: Day N-1 Reproducibility

Specialized computing tasks

6 2026-10-27 Wrap-up and Q&A

Final session, open questions. Also how to create an archive