As part of the CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School in Trieste, ELIXIR Training has contributed in the organization of the flanking Advanced Bioinformatics workshop (19-23 Aug 2019) with a particular focus on Machine Learning applications and workflows.

This advanced bioinformatics course provided an overview of the current status of different NGS workflows (variant calling, RNA-Seq, etc), and combined them with the appropriate Machine Learning and Data Mining approaches. After providing a strong foundation of the underlying theory and concepts, the course relied heavily on hand-on exercises and tutorials in order for the participants to directly apply and practice on methods and techniques presented throughout each day.

The course was led by Fotis E. Psomopoulos (INAB-CERTH) from ELIXIR Greece, with Amel Ghouila (H3ABionet) and Phelelani Mpangase as co-instructors of the course. Moreover, the daily training activities were supported by Maria Tsagiopoulou (INAB|CERTH) as a helper.