Research Data and Methods Workshop Series

Workshop series by CRC 1252 - Prominence in Language at the University of Cologne.

Workshops on research methodology, data management, and academic practices for graduate students, postdocs, and researchers.

Next Upcoming Session

Available Workshops

View the complete workshop catalog for detailed information about each session.

Possible Future Topics

Topics we may look at in future workshops, reading groups, or practical sessions:

Tools & Workflows

• Basic introductions to LaTeX, GitHub, Python, R, AI assistance, annotation tools etc.
• R Markdown / Quarto for documents, presentations, reveal.js, and pandoc
• Collaborative writing, version control, and workflow / pipeline design
• Open source alternatives to closed-source software, applications, and online services

Data, Annotation & Research Practice

• Research data management
• Data archives, data sharing, and NFDI
• Introduction to multimedia annotation tools such as ELAN, Praat, and Inception
• Backups, data protection, privacy, encryption, and scheduled backups
• Quality assessment and metadata validation

Statistics & Data Analysis

• Basic introductions to statistics such as significance testing and regression modeling
• GAMs
• Statistics best practices
• Data analysis sessions using participants' own data

Open Research & Publishing

• Open science, open access, open source, and open data
• Dissemination, preprints, repositories, FAIR practices, metadata, and licenses

AI & Current Methods

• AI in linguistics and scientific workflows, including best practices for using generative AI assistants
• Open science practices in LLMs and current AI technology

Alternative Formats

• Reading group sessions
• Presentations of work in progress

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What you will find there:

• Announcements and workshop coordination
• Questions about tools, methods, and setup
• Shared links and follow-up resources
• General exchange with other CRC members

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Additional Information

• Getting Started: Onboarding materials for new CRC 1252 members
• Contributing: See our contributing guide to contribute materials
• Resources: Additional resources for research support

CRC 1252 "Prominence in Language" research initiative, University of Cologne.