Generalised Additive Mixed Models Workshop
University of Reading
December 12th – 14th, 2022
We are happy to announce the Generalised Additive Mixed Models (GAMMs) Workshop, taking place at the University of Reading from December 12th – 14th, 2022.
The workshop will be led by Dr Stefano Coretta (University of Edinburgh). More information about the workshop will be provided in due course. Please check back for updates as we will be updating this information as we get closer to the workshop.
Venue, Travel and Accommodation
This workshop is part of the Implementing advanced quantitative methods in linguistics research project, funded by the British Academy.
Although the workshop will be taking place in a computer lab, please bring your own laptop with you to work from. Please ensure you have the latest versions of R and RStudio installed.
To get an idea of what will be covered during the workshop, please see Stefano’s GAMMs Workshop on GitHub. Please follow the ‘software pre-requisites’ section on the GitHub page to ensure you have the required R packages installed before the workshop.
Please see the preliminary workshop schedule below. Please note that each session will include short breaks.
Day 1: Introduction to GAMMs (12/12/2022)
Session 1 (10.00am – 12.00pm)
Lunch (12.00 – 1.30pm)
Session 2 (1.30pm – 4.00pm)
Day 2: Introduction to GAMMs (13/12/2022)
Session 3 (10.00am – 12.00pm)
Lunch (12.00 – 1.30pm)
Session 4 (1.30pm – 4.00pm)
Day 3: BYO Data (14/12/2022)
Session 5 (11.00am – 12.00pm)
Lunch (12.00 – 2.00pm)
Session 6 (2.00pm – 4.00pm)
Venue, Travel and Accommodation
Venue
The workshop will be taking place in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading. This is Building 56 on the campus map (grid reference C6), or alternatively find it here on google maps.
Travelling to the University
The university is well served by local bus links. From the town centre, it is easiest to take either the 17 or (X)4 bus to the ‘Three Tuns’ stop. This stops just outside the Earley Gate entrance to the university (see campus map grid reference B7) and is only a short walk to the workshop venue. Bus number 19a from town also stops by the Earley Gate entrance, but is less frequent.
Alternatively, from the town centre, the number 21 bus also stops at the university, but on the other side of campus (see campus map grid reference C3). You would then need to walk across campus to the workshop venue. Buses 3, 8 and 9 also stop just outside the other side of campus, by the Shinfield Road entrance (campus map grid reference C2).
Travelling to Reading
Reading has excellent rail links from various destinations in the UK. Trains from London come from either London Paddington or London Waterloo. Trains from London Paddington take 20-30 minutes to get to Reading town centre. From there, you can take a local bus to campus. Alternatively, you can take the slower train from London Waterloo – Reading and get off at Earley station. The workshop venue is about a 20 minute walk from Earley station along Wokingham Road.
For those travelling from further afield, the closest airport is London Heathrow. Railair provide a coach service from the airport to Reading town centre, stopping at Reading train station.
Accommodation
On-campus accommodation can be booked via the Cedars Hotel website. Reading town centre also has various other accommodation options, which you can book via your preferred travel booking website.
The workshop is funded by the British Academy.
