Workshop: With Better Figures and Statistics, have GRANTS and PAPERS accepted

Overview of the Workshop

The workshop combines short lectures with hands-on sessions. It will begin with a lecture by Prof. Hans-Jörg Schulz (Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University), who will introduce principles for creating meaningful and interactive figures for research papers and grant proposals. Participants will be invited to submit graphical abstracts, workflows, or figures, either from their own work or from the literature, that they would like to improve or learn how to construct. Prof. Schulz will discuss common challenges and demonstrate strategies for improvement.

This will be followed by a session led by Prof. Ute Hahn (Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University), focusing on the statistical interpretation of results, working with curves, and comparing parameters using appropriate quantitative methods.

In the final part of the day, participants will take part in a hands-on hackathon, where they will analyze a dataset, generate curves, visualize results, and apply the theoretical concepts introduced earlier in the workshop.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Target Audience

The workshop is designed for early-career researchers, including data scientists, basic and translational researchers, clinical researchers, and clinicians.
Participants are expected to have basic programming experience, preferably in Python and/or R.

Instructors

Organizers

  • Zahra Tabatabaei, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen
  • Jon Sporring, Professor, University of Copenhagen

Practical Information

  • Registration deadline: 18 February 2026
  • The workshop is free of charge.
  • Lunch & coffee breaks are included.
  • During registration, participants will be asked to submit any graphical abstracts or figures they would like to work on, as well as provide dietary information.