Introduction to using Docker for reproducibility in R

*What are we going to learn:
Docker is a platform for creating “containers” on your system. You can think of them like a mini system on your computer. They are completely self-contained, isolated environments on your system. These containers include their own operating system, application software, scripts, data, etc. Containers are useful for a lot of things, but here I’ll focus on a quick introduction to using Docker for reproducibility in R. I will demonstrate on how to set-up Docker, run R on a Docker container and few other use cases.

*Who is going to present:
Malindrie is a PhD candidate at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland. She works on developing bioinformatics methods for the analysis of large-scale single-cell data using advanced statistical modelling and uses modern statistics tools to understand human disease. Malindrie completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Statistics in 2016.

• When are we meeting?
  The talk will start at 5:00 pm for approximately 45 mins and 15 min Q&A. After that we invite you to stay for in-person and/or virtual catch up.

The presentation will start at 5:00 pm********

• Where are we meeting?
  We will meet at study room 01-W227, Law Library (Walter Harrison Library), UQ St. Lucia campus- this will be a hybrid event with a Zoom link available.
  map: https://goo.gl/maps/5AmevJ4dqiDUtkEn7

We look forward to seeing you there!

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