The open source software R (http://www.r-project.org) is a programming language and integrated suite of software facilities for statistical computing and graphical display. It is widely used for statistic software development and data analysis. The R environment is free and runs on all common operation systems. This workshop provides an entry-level introduction into R covering the following topics: (1) preliminaries, (2) simple manipulations, (2) basic R objects, (3) data import/export, (4) writing functions, and (5) graphical procedures.

Maximum number of participants: 10
Location: GMCS 206D
Instructor: Chao-Jen Wong
Date: 4:00pm - 6:00pm, April 3, 2008
Contact: cjwong [at] myth [dot] sdsu [dot] edu

How to sign up: Send your name and major to cjwong [at] myth [dot] sdsu [dot] edu.
Requirement: Participants should bring a laptop with R pre-installed. (Let me know if you have problems installing R prior to the workshop.) Programing experience and knowledge of R are not required for attending this workshop.

LaTeX is a document preparation system designed to produce publication-quality typesetting, especially for mathematical text. Working with a markup language is different from working with a word processor; you need to mark up the source file and add commands to format the text. Following a quick introduction, you will find that it is intuitive to typeset an article. This workshop also provides an introduction to Beamer - a LaTeX class for creating presentations.

Maximum number of participants: 12
Location: San Diego State University, GMCS 206D
Instructor: Chao-Jen Wong
Date: 4:00pm - 6:00pm, April 10, 2008
Contact: cjwong [at] myth [dot] sdsu [dot] edu
Office: GMCS 206F

How to sign up: Send your name and email address to cjwong [at] myth [dot] sdsu [dot] edu.
Computer equirements: Participants should bring a laptop with LaTeX installed. A functional wireless connection is recommended.
How to get LaTeX:

• Windows   Download MiKTeX 2.7. Among several text editors for LaTeX, I recommend the LaTeX editor, LEd.
• Linux   You should already have LaTeX pre-installed. Check your software source for LaTeX package.
• MacOS X   If you do not already have LaTeX installed, MacTex is recommended.

Some useful documents:

• The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
• The not so short introduction to LaTeX

Tutorial and simple templates prepared by C.J. Wong:

• A Short Tutorial to LaTeX (tutorial.pdf) (tex)
• A short template of for a Beamer presentation (BeamerPres.tex) (pdf)
• A simple template for a LaTeX input file (simpleTemplate.tex)