Beginners Hub

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

Contents:

videos showcasing concept
videos of DataSHIELD in use
vignette to try yourself
appendix: omics instructions
Useful links

Introduction by Paul Burton:

Explains the overall architecture of DataSHIELD.

Introductory videos:

Series of videos explaining the rationale for DataSHIELD and the issues it addresses (click the left/right arrows below right to move through videos)

DataSHIELD coding demo (live workshop recordings):

Alex Westerberg gives a beginner demonstration of simple DataSHIELD functions in use.

Beginners Tutorial (DataSHIELD v6.1)

Appendix: omics instructions:

Juan Ramon Gonzalez of ISGlobal demonstrates omics analyses tools available in DataSHIELD.

Vignette accompanying video:RPubs - Tutorial: Omics data analysis with DataSHIELD

Useful Links

Support page on DataSHIELD website

DataSHIELD on Github

Sub pages of beginners hub:

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...