-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AGDG-LIST:428] Summer Course in Guelph Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:12:24 -0500 From: Larry Schaeffer <lrs at uoguelph.ca> Reply-To: lrs at uoguelph.ca To: Animal Geneticist's Discussion <agdg-list at colostate.edu> The Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock at the University of Guelph is pleased to announce a one week summer course entitled "Animal Breeding Applications Using R" to be given by Bill Szkotnicki and Larry Schaeffer from June 11 to June 15, 2007. Details will be available in the new year on the CGIL website: http://cgil.uoguelph.ca/ The content of the course will be: Introduction to R Getting data in and out Introductory statistical models Packages and graphics functions Distributions and simulations Developing your own functions Accessing the operating system The R API Database connectivity Programming in R using Fortran and C subroutines Animal breeding applications - Inbreeding routines - Animal models - Iteration on data - Maternal genetic effects - Multiple traits - Random regression - Threshold models - Genomic applications On the application form you will be able to indicate particular problems that you would like to see covered, and we will try to work them into the course. -- Lep pozdrav / With regards, Gregor Gorjanc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Ljubljana PhD student Biotechnical Faculty Zootechnical Department URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/MR/ggorjan Groblje 3 mail: gregor.gorjanc <at> bfro.uni-lj.si SI-1230 Domzale tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861 Slovenia, Europe fax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try." Sophocles ~ 450 B.C.