Training

General training material

Workshop courses material

VectorByte 2026  Workshop training material

  • introduce the VecTraits and VecDyn databases as well as simple analysis pipelines for both databases.

  • Data digitization and curation for both databases (including AI tools).

  • Simple statistical and mathematical methods for analyzing trait and abundance data for disease vectors.

  • This workshop is appropriate for participants who have working experience with R and beginning to intermediate statistical knowledge (e.g., ANOVA, hypothesis testing, linear regression).

VectorByte 2023 Workshop training material  

  • Introduction to the VecTraits database

  • Introduction to traits

  • Data Wrangling in R

  • Introduction to Linear Models

  • Nonlinear Modeling (including Thermal Performance Curves – TPCs)

  • Intro to Bayes

  • Bayesian computation and MCMC

  • bayesTPC

VectorByte 2025  Workshop training material

  • Regression in R Refresher (Transformations and Diagnostics)

  • Time dependent regression analysis

  • Basics of Forecasting Time Series using R

  • Introduction to the VecDyn database

  • Introduction to climate and weather data for time dependent analyses

  • Gaussian Process models (GPs) for Time Dependent Data

  • Dengue Forecasting Challenge (Brazil)

VectorByte 2024  Workshop training material  

  • Regression in R Refresher (Transformations and Diagnostics)

  • Time dependent regression analysis

  • Basics of Forecasting Time Series using R

  • Introduction to the VecDyn database

  • Introduction to climate and weather data for time dependent analyses

  • Gaussian Process models (GPs) for Time Dependent Data

  • Dengue Forecasting Challenge (Puerto Rico)