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. Join the lab Slack (under construction).

Tutorials

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.