Research software management, sharing and sustainability workshop

Special

• Do you manage and share software for research?
• Are you encountering problems when managing research code?
• Is current best practice working for you and your group - or not?
• Would you like to discuss solutions for these problems with other researchers and research software experts?

Jisc, in collaboration with SSI, University of Cambridge, University of Sheffield, University of Bath, University of Leicester, University of Birmingham, the British Library and STFC are inviting all researchers interested and passionate about developing or using research software to join a workshop on this subject.

• Bookings cannot be taken through UTBS. To book a place on this course please visit http://bit.ly/researchsoftwarebook

• Researchers
• Librarians
• Administrative staff
• PhDs
• PIs
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

We aim to:

• bring a range of experts who can answer and guide you with your most critical issues
• provide you with a list of available resources on the subject and tailored to the problems that you are encountering when managing research code
• listen and collate the most common problems that you are having in this area

At the workshop, you will have the opportunity to:

• share your experience and best practice around managing and sharing software for research
• discuss and explain the blockers and issues you are having with the current best practice and why it is not working in your research group
• work with others on developing new solutions for problems that might not have been tackled yet in this area

Workshop

10:30 Coffee, registration

11:00 Welcoming remarks: Marta Teperek

11:10 Keynote speaker: Neil Chue-Hong, Software Sustainability Insitute

11:50 Stephen Eglen: Best practice in managing research code

12:30 Lunch (provided). Activity over lunch: Identifying and prioritising main problems with research software - What's my main problem with research software?

13:30 Group work facilitated by Laurent Gatto, Stephen Eglen and Kirstie Whitaker: What's the solution to my problem? Technical problems

14:10 Reports from group work

14:25 Coffee break

14:50 Group work facilitated by Laurent Gatto, Stephen Eglen and Kirstie Whitaker: What's the solution to my problem? Cultural change

15:30 Reports from group work

15:45 Closing remarks and next steps: Neil Chue-Hong

16:00 Wine reception

• To book a place on this course please visit http://bit.ly/researchsoftwarebook
• An initial list of resources that may be of interest is available on the research data network site https://research-data-network.readme.io/docs/research-software

One session of 6 hours