This page links together all the materials that a new DataSHIELD users will find useful.

Contents:

  • videos showcasing concept

  • videos of DataSHIELD in use

  • vignette to try yourself

  • further instructions

  • appendix: omics instructions



Introduction by Paul Burton:

https://youtu.be/J4sbZW2Uqak


DataSHIELD uses distributed computing and parallelized analysis to enable full pooled meta-analysis of horizontally partitioned individual level data without the need to access the individual level data at each study.

Confused? Here's a breakdown:



DataSHIELD uses distributed computing...

...and parallelized analysis...


DataSHIELD on Github