Resources

Here are some resources for new students in the lab.

Software

1. Install R Studio.
2. Install LaTeX. Note that all .tex documents can be compiled via R Studio.
3. Make a GitHub account & install GitHub Desktop.
4. Join the lab repo.
5. Install Slack and join the lab Slack.

R packages

1. Install deSolve for solving ODEs
2. Install ggplot2 for generating figures
3. Install tidyr and dplyr for data processing

Tutorials

You do not have to read any of these in advance to join the lab. They’re just resources I’ve personally found valuable over the course of my research career.

1. For basic epidemic modeling, refer to Epidemics by Ottar N. Bjørnstad.
2. For basic epidemic model fitting, refer to this paper.
3. For general statistical and mathematical modeling in ecology, refer to Ecological Models and Data in R by Ben Bolker.
4. Lecture notes on Theoretical Community Ecology by Stefano Allesina.