Amsterdam Bootcamp

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

What started out as an unexpected proposal from Greg became very much alive on May 2nd, as 40 physicists poured into the classroom at VU University Amsterdam and started up their laptops. After introducing the teachers (Stefano Cozzini and Justin Ely) and the helpers, we were off: the very first Software Carpentry bootcamp in the Netherlands!

In the months leading up to the bootcamp, I had been surprised at the sense of timeliness the bootcamp generated. People here clearly see the need for computational training, most importantly young scientists themselves—available tickets were mostly gone within a week.

Onno Broekmans on The Carpentries

Amsterdam Bootcamp