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.
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 |