index.Rmd

---
title: "Getting Started on AnVIL"
date: "`r format(Sys.time(), '%B %d, %Y')`"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
documentclass: book
bibliography: [book.bib, packages.bib]
biblio-style: apalike
link-citations: yes
description: "Guides to help new AnVIL users set up their accounts and start doing research on the AnVIL platform"
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```{r include=FALSE}
# automatically create a bib database for R packages
knitr::write_bib(c(
  .packages(), "bookdown", "knitr", "rmarkdown"
), "packages.bib")
```

# About this Book {-}

This book is part of a series of books for the NHGRI’s Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL).  Here, we present opinionated step-by-step guides for setting up accounts focused on three personas: PIs, Analysts, and Consortia.

```{r, echo=FALSE}
ottrpal::include_slide("https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kGxHkP0JVPNF1kla5XEqaIt1yz9s4ZbgzJ2zfL7GmTE/edit#slide=id.gf8e59f4b48_0_0")
```

Additional guides are provided to help you with Workspaces, launch interactive tools, and start working with data.  Learn more about AnVIL by visiting https://anvilproject.org or reading the [preprint](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.22.436044v1).

Other books in this series include:

- [Using AnVIL in the Classroom](https://jhudatascience.org/AnVIL_Book_Teacher_Guide)
- Analysis Exercises Using AnVIL
- Galaxy on AnVIL