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Introduction to the Institute / Getting the most out of CW16
21st March 2016, Collaborations Workshop 2016, EdinburghNeil Chue Hong (@npch), Software Sustainability InstituteORCID: 0000-0002-8876-7606 | [email protected]
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The Software Sustainability Institute
A national facility for cultivating better software to enable better research• Software reaches boundaries in its
development cycle that prevent improvement, growth and adoption
• Providing the expertise and services needed to negotiate to the next stage
• Developing the policy and tools tosupport the community developing andusing research software Supported by EPSRC Grant EP/H043160/1
+ EPSRC/ESRC/BBSRC grant EP/N006410/1
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Why collaborate?
Collaboration is a recursive process
where people work together at the intersection
of common goals by sharing
knowledge and building
consensus
Collaboration is the suspension
of mutual hatred and distrust for mutual gain
“You know, when you collaborate
with people, there's no rules about anything.”
Software Sustainability Institute
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Top Tips for Un-Conferencing1) You’re a participant, not an audience2) Get off the beaten trackand discover new things3) Change the culture, change the world
Software Sustainability Institute
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And you certainly can…
• Research Software Engineers Discussion session at CW12, taken forward by
James Hetherington and Simon Hettrick RSE Association setup (www.rse.ac.uk) 2015: EPSRC launches RSE Fellowships & Network
• Recipy Hack idea at CW15, led by Robin Wilson Presented at EuroSciPy 200+ stars on GitHub, 9,000 downloads from PyPI
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Welcome to the 8th Collaborations Workshop!2015 – Oxford e-Research Centre2014 – Oxford e-Research Centre2013 – Merton College, Oxford2012 – Queen’s College, Oxford2011 – e-Science Institute, Edinburgh2010 – e-Science Institute, Edinburgh2009 – e-Science Institute, Edinburgh
