Anthony Gitter

It would be valuable to log how we spend our time during the lessons. We could track 10 minute blocks and annotate them as: - lecture - group discussion and...

Participants have responded well to the paper charting assessment activity, and we plan to include this in future versions of the workshop. However, there could be ways to improve the...

Modify example datasets

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There were a few instances were our sample datasets did not give the desired outcome, which made it hard to impress the points we wanted to make about hyperparameter or...

@qualiaMachine reviewed the workshop materials and had the following suggestions. > a. Found a typo [here](https://gitter-lab.github.io/ml-bio-workshop/04-trees-overfitting/index.html): "It is easy to go to deep in the tree" should be "too" instead...

Updating polls

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Some of the polls in the 2021-02-25 workshop were effective and others were not as effective. Specific suggestions include: - Remove the first poll "T-Cell Classification: Exploring Model Training". There...

There are several classifiers in ml4bio we do not use or describe. We can quickly note these and link to the relevant guide, perhaps in the Conclusions episode.

Participants work through methods section

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One of our goals is for participants to be able to read machine learning literature in their domain. How can we reintroduce this as a in-workshop or post-workshop activity? Should...

Different lessons refer to the data files to load in different ways. Some include the subdirectory and others do not. We should be consistent about this and include the subdirectory...

We have a written code of conduct but never mention it during the workshop. The Carpentries instructor training recommended referring to the code of conduct during instructor introductions. The goal...

For future online workshops, we can better organize the breakout rooms. A few specific ideas include: - Set times for each breakout room in the instructor notes and automatically close...