From aedf646c76f219dbafc606569b5ac8401b1e48a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 16:48:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 01/10] First draft --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 174 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 174 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6aa7f268 --- /dev/null +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -0,0 +1,174 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: October 2024 Newsletter +editor: Robert Chisholm +slug: 2024-10-10-newsletter +date: 2024-10-10T12:00:00Z+0100 +tags: +category: +link: +description: +type: text +--- + +## The University of Sheffield Research Software Engineering Community Newsletter October 2024 + +Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter for the research software community at The University of Sheffield, featuring +news, opportunities, events and training for you. + +### News + +- The University Library has collected [the experiences of staff involved in creating and using Open Educational Resources (OER)](http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/open-access/open-educational-resources/oer-case-studies) +- Users of BEDE and other EPSRC Large Scale Facilities (LSF) are encouraged to respond to [UKRIs LSF user survey](https://engagementhub.ukri.org/epsrc-researchinfrastructure/lsfusersurvey). +- [Recordings of sessions from OpenFest 2024](https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.c.7465654) are now available to watch back online. + +### Events + +#### Upcoming Local Events + +- SheffieldR User Group is hosting hybrid weekly [hackathons throughout October on Fridays](https://sheffieldr.github.io/posts/2024-10/) for those participating in HacktoberFest 2024. +- [CMI Town Hall](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/machine-intelligence/events/shefai-community-meeting-8) (Weds 16th Oct) Eighth CMI community and networking event. +- Open Access Week: Oct 21st-25th is International Open Access Week, and the university library is hosting a [programme of events](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/open-access/open-access-week-2024) to explore the value and possibilities of open access scholarship. + - Tues Oct 22nd 1-1.30pm - White Rose University Press - A bitesize introduction. [Book your place here](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/white-rose-university-press-a-bitesize-introduction-tickets-1029731543767) +- Open Research Conversation's [Autumn-Winter Schedule](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch/events/open-research-conversations) has now been announced with 5 Wednesday lunchtime events from October through February. + - Weds Oct 23rd 12-1pm - Beyond open access: Democratising knowledge through accessible research outputs. [Book your place here](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-open-access-democratising-knowledge-through-accessible-outputs-tickets-1028028971327). + +#### Upcoming External Events + +- [pyOpenSci Fall Festival 2024](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyopensci-fall-festival-2024-registration-1000762657047) (Oct 29th - Nov 1st) - A week of events to empower scientists to write better code and share their outcomes openly. +- [UK Technology Specialists Network Conference](https://itss.org.uk/uk-technology-specialists-network-conference-2025/) April 29-30th 2025 +- [Cambridge RSE Seminar series](https://rse.group.cam.ac.uk/seminars) Thursday's 1pm (currently scheduled till Dec 5th) + - [Open source research software project life cycles: understanding project maturity successes, and challenge events](https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/219982) (Thurs Oct 17th 1pm) + + +### Articles, Blogs, Papers & Podcasts + +#### Articles & Blogs + +- [Dual licensing R packages with code and data](https://epiverse-trace.github.io/posts/data-licensing.html) +- [Technical Properties of Sustainable Software](https://bssw.io/blog_posts/technical-properties-of-sustainable-software) + + +#### Papers + +- [2024] [Research Software Engineering: Bridging Knowledge Gaps](https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.14.4.42) +- [2024] [Understanding and effectively mitigating code review anxiety](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10664-024-10550-9) +- [2024] [A Vision on Open Science for the Evolution of Software Engineering Research and Practice](https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12132) +- [2024] [Just Enough Software Engineering for Domain Scientists in Research Software Development](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10603285) +- [2023] [The replication crisis has led to positive structural, procedural, and community changes](https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-023-00003-2) + +#### Podcasts + +- Code for Thought - [Bonus: Green Computing at RSECon24](https://codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/episodes/15766448-en-bonus-green-computing-at-the-rse-conference-2024-in-newcastle) + +### Training + +#### At Sheffield + +**FAIR2** + +The [FAIR2 for Research Software Training Programme](https://rse.shef.ac.uk/training/fair4rs/) has been developed +by the RSE, Data Analytics Service and Library teams and will be launched in October. An introduction to the programme +will be given in a [LunchBytes session 2024-10-22](../events/lunchbytes-2024-10-22.html). The full syllabus is now live on [MyDevelopment](https://mydevelopment.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/curriculum/06573f55-12e4-44f1-be4c-fac5ea9d6851) (requires login). + +**Sheffield Bioinformatics Core** + +The Sheffield Bioinformatics Core is pleased to announce a schedule of courses for the new academic year. These courses provide an introduction to the R programming language, Unix environment (required for the use of the University's High Performance Computing facilities) and also specific applications in RNA-sequencing. +You can now sign-up for these courses using myDevelopment (search for "bioinformatics"). Course charges still apply, and upon sign-up we will contact you for a valid grant code or cost centre. In-person attendance is encouraged, but online options are also available. + +- Data Manipulation and Visualization - October 28th, 30th and November 1st 13:00 - 16:00 - (£72 for students and £80 for staff) +- Introduction to RNA-seq analysis - November 12th 13:00 - 16:00 (£32 for students and £40 for staff) +Introduction to the Command-Line for Bioinformatics - November 27th 13:00 - 16:00 (£32 for students and £80 for staff) +- Introduction to RNA-seq analysis in R - December 1st, 3rd and 5th 13:00 - 16:00 (£72 for students and £80 for staff) + +Where multiple dates are listed, you will need to attend all dates. You can also find more information on these course on their website (https://sbc.shef.ac.uk) + +#### Outside Sheffield + +- [SSI Software Practices in the Social Sciences programme](https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/ssi-announces-research-software-practices-social-sciences-programme) - A new programme of 1-hour workshops covering topics such as Relational Databases, Reproducible Analysis and Data Cleanup for Social Scientists. +- [UK Data Service](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/) provide access to a wide range of reusable social sciene data, and training to enable researchers to make the most of it. + - Mon Oct 14th 10am - [Introduction to synthetic data for longitudinal data managers](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-synthetic-data-for-longitudinal-data-managers/) + - Mon 10th 10am - [Safe Researcher Training](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/safe-researcher-training-67/) + - [and more...](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/training-events/) + - with recordings of past trainings available on their [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/ukdataservice) + +### Funding Opportunities + +- [FAIR-IMPACT's 3rd call](https://fair-impact.eu/3rd-open-call-route-2-support-opens-30-sept), deadline 4th Dec, hopes to fund applicants in four areas + - Managing data types, schemas and vocabularies and crosswalks for FAIR researcher related metadata (in partnership with FAIRCORE4EOSC) + - Creating EOSC compliant interoperability policies based on the EOSC Interoperability Framework (IF) + - Testing the trustworthy and FAIR-enabling repositories prototype + - Implementation of a shared API for semantic catalogues +#### Jobs + +There are two positions within the University of Sheffield currently being advertised. + +- + +Check for advertised RSE and RSE-adjacent roles at the [RSE society's vacancies +board](https://society-rse.org/careers/vacancies/). + +### Community + +#### Digital Research Practice Support Community + +The DRPS community is a group for people that support researchers in carrying out research in the digital age. Meetings +are held monthly, with discussions around events, training and opportunities related to the field. + +You can join the google group +[here](https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/sheffield.ac.uk/g/digital-research-practice-support-community-group/about) to +stay informed. + +The next meeting is scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 18th September 2024. + +#### LunchBytes + +[LunchBytes](https://rse.shef.ac.uk/community/lunch-bytes/) are short talks from the research community on research +software, data, and infrastructure. + +##### LunchBytes needs YOU + +LunchBytes are organised by and for the research software community at The University of Sheffield. If you'd like to +curate a session on a topic or present something, get in touch by emailing +[lunchbytes-organisers-group@sheffield.ac.uk](mailto:lunchbytes-organisers-group@sheffield.ac.uk) or suggest topics +[on the jamboard](https://jamboard.google.com/d/1-51cRf0pwZl8O10CnLeJGAqKcnbww-QGaYjszFK-H38/). + +### Support + +#### Code Clinics + +Why not come to a [Code Clinic](https://rse.shef.ac.uk/support/code-clinic/)? We're keen to help you. + +Code Clinics are fortnightly supported sessions run by the RSE team and IT Services’ [Research +IT](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research) team. They are open to anyone at TUoS writing code for research to +get help with programming problems and general advice on best practices. + +At each session, members of the RSE and/or Research IT teams will be available to review code, advise, troubleshoot, and +suggest ways to improve your computational workflows. + +#### Research IT HPC Drop In + +HPC Drop-In sessions are providing assistance with HPC related user issues such as challenges in scaling an application +from desktop to supercomputer. We are considering extending the number of our sessions to two or three weekly. These +interactive sessions could provide a better interface with our users than our non-interactive ticketing system. These +sessions are advertised on the [HPC mailing list](https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/sheffield.ac.uk/g/hpc). + +#### Research IT Consultations + +Alongside the HPC Drop-In sessions, Research IT are also running one to one consultations to solve in depth user +specific problems. These consultations can be booked via our webpage. If you are interested please visit the following +link: . + +## Sheffield RSE Team + +The Sheffield RSE Team aims to [collaborate](https://rse.shef.ac.uk/collaboration/) with you to help improve your +research software. They can [provide dedicated staff](https://rse.shef.ac.uk/collaboration/provision/) to ensure that +you can deliver excellent research software engineering on your research projects. + +## Research IT + +[Research IT](https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research) directly supports research, both academic and +commercial. We provide large scale HPC systems, advice on everything from statistics to ML to data pipelines and +training for both students and staff. + +Working with academics, our staff are embedded within research groups on both long and short term engagements. From 5c1070fef83d264c1038679a75d9505535f96fa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 19:45:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Update _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md Co-authored-by: Neil Shephard --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index 6aa7f268..28205669 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ news, opportunities, events and training for you. - [2024] [Research Software Engineering: Bridging Knowledge Gaps](https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.14.4.42) - [2024] [Understanding and effectively mitigating code review anxiety](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10664-024-10550-9) -- [2024] [A Vision on Open Science for the Evolution of Software Engineering Research and Practice](https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12132) +- [2024] **Pre-print** [A Vision on Open Science for the Evolution of Software Engineering Research and Practice](https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12132) - [2024] [Just Enough Software Engineering for Domain Scientists in Research Software Development](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10603285) - [2023] [The replication crisis has led to positive structural, procedural, and community changes](https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-023-00003-2) From 094ff26663d9aa3156792d2d8fda748ccc390f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 19:47:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Update _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md Co-authored-by: Neil Shephard --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index 28205669..fcc6367d 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ news, opportunities, events and training for you. #### Upcoming External Events - [pyOpenSci Fall Festival 2024](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyopensci-fall-festival-2024-registration-1000762657047) (Oct 29th - Nov 1st) - A week of events to empower scientists to write better code and share their outcomes openly. +- [DiRAC GPU Hackathon, Durham University](https://dirac.ac.uk/training_events/dirac-nvidia-hackathon-2024/) (Nov 26-28th), application deadline 12pm October 16th. - [UK Technology Specialists Network Conference](https://itss.org.uk/uk-technology-specialists-network-conference-2025/) April 29-30th 2025 - [Cambridge RSE Seminar series](https://rse.group.cam.ac.uk/seminars) Thursday's 1pm (currently scheduled till Dec 5th) - [Open source research software project life cycles: understanding project maturity successes, and challenge events](https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/219982) (Thurs Oct 17th 1pm) From bbe19dfff5ba6f5b912fbc027ffe9cb582edc78e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 19:47:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 04/10] Update _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md Co-authored-by: Neil Shephard --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index fcc6367d..a579f98f 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ Where multiple dates are listed, you will need to attend all dates. You can also There are two positions within the University of Sheffield currently being advertised. -- Check for advertised RSE and RSE-adjacent roles at the [RSE society's vacancies board](https://society-rse.org/careers/vacancies/). From 18851ae2448ea36e5787dd583e00b984b8cbe18a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 19:51:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 05/10] Update _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md Co-authored-by: Neil Shephard --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index a579f98f..6314c16b 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ You can join the google group [here](https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/sheffield.ac.uk/g/digital-research-practice-support-community-group/about) to stay informed. -The next meeting is scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 18th September 2024. +The next meeting is scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 6th November 2024. #### LunchBytes From 47580674df555e4bf7069257c3cce91c80a50321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:31:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 06/10] Lunchbytes notice. --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index 6314c16b..39e9beb5 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ The next meeting is scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 6th November 2024. [LunchBytes](https://rse.shef.ac.uk/community/lunch-bytes/) are short talks from the research community on research software, data, and infrastructure. -##### LunchBytes needs YOU - -LunchBytes are organised by and for the research software community at The University of Sheffield. If you'd like to -curate a session on a topic or present something, get in touch by emailing -[lunchbytes-organisers-group@sheffield.ac.uk](mailto:lunchbytes-organisers-group@sheffield.ac.uk) or suggest topics -[on the jamboard](https://jamboard.google.com/d/1-51cRf0pwZl8O10CnLeJGAqKcnbww-QGaYjszFK-H38/). +Due to capacity within the RSE team, there was very limited LunchBytes content over the past academic year. +This should be changing soon, a new co-ordinator for LunchBytes has been found, with a plan to reboot these lunchtime + seminars in the spring semester. + +More information will be coming out over the coming months, so keep your eyes peeled if you'd like to learn more about +research software and associate practices, or share what you know! ### Support From d86a53d3929e2420a3a6a3f930b356db888b8467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:46:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 07/10] data standardisation --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index 39e9beb5..2a798ccc 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ news, opportunities, events and training for you. #### Upcoming Local Events -- SheffieldR User Group is hosting hybrid weekly [hackathons throughout October on Fridays](https://sheffieldr.github.io/posts/2024-10/) for those participating in HacktoberFest 2024. -- [CMI Town Hall](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/machine-intelligence/events/shefai-community-meeting-8) (Weds 16th Oct) Eighth CMI community and networking event. +- Fridays during October - SheffieldR User Group is hosting hybrid [weekly hackathons](https://sheffieldr.github.io/posts/2024-10/) for those participating in HacktoberFest 2024. +- Weds 16th Oct - [CMI Town Hall](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/machine-intelligence/events/shefai-community-meeting-8) Eighth CMI community and networking event. - Open Access Week: Oct 21st-25th is International Open Access Week, and the university library is hosting a [programme of events](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/open-access/open-access-week-2024) to explore the value and possibilities of open access scholarship. - Tues Oct 22nd 1-1.30pm - White Rose University Press - A bitesize introduction. [Book your place here](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/white-rose-university-press-a-bitesize-introduction-tickets-1029731543767) - Open Research Conversation's [Autumn-Winter Schedule](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch/events/open-research-conversations) has now been announced with 5 Wednesday lunchtime events from October through February. @@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ news, opportunities, events and training for you. #### Upcoming External Events -- [pyOpenSci Fall Festival 2024](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyopensci-fall-festival-2024-registration-1000762657047) (Oct 29th - Nov 1st) - A week of events to empower scientists to write better code and share their outcomes openly. -- [DiRAC GPU Hackathon, Durham University](https://dirac.ac.uk/training_events/dirac-nvidia-hackathon-2024/) (Nov 26-28th), application deadline 12pm October 16th. -- [UK Technology Specialists Network Conference](https://itss.org.uk/uk-technology-specialists-network-conference-2025/) April 29-30th 2025 -- [Cambridge RSE Seminar series](https://rse.group.cam.ac.uk/seminars) Thursday's 1pm (currently scheduled till Dec 5th) - - [Open source research software project life cycles: understanding project maturity successes, and challenge events](https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/219982) (Thurs Oct 17th 1pm) +- Until Nov 10th - [MATLAB Shorts Mini Hack](https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/2024-matlab-mini-hack.html): Use upto 2,000 characters ofr MATLAB code to generated a MATLAB movie and win prizes. +- Thursday's 1pm - [Cambridge RSE Seminar series](https://rse.group.cam.ac.uk/seminars) (currently scheduled till Dec 5th) + - Thurs Oct 17th 1pm - [Open source research software project life cycles: understanding project maturity successes, and challenge events](https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/219982) +- Oct 29th - Nov 1st - [pyOpenSci Fall Festival 2024](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyopensci-fall-festival-2024-registration-1000762657047): A week of events to empower scientists to write better code and share their outcomes openly. +- Nov 26-28th - [DiRAC GPU Hackathon, Durham University](https://dirac.ac.uk/training_events/dirac-nvidia-hackathon-2024/): **application deadline 12pm October 16th.** +- April 29-30th 2025 - [UK Technology Specialists Network Conference](https://itss.org.uk/uk-technology-specialists-network-conference-2025/) ### Articles, Blogs, Papers & Podcasts @@ -77,10 +78,10 @@ will be given in a [LunchBytes session 2024-10-22](../events/lunchbytes-2024-10- The Sheffield Bioinformatics Core is pleased to announce a schedule of courses for the new academic year. These courses provide an introduction to the R programming language, Unix environment (required for the use of the University's High Performance Computing facilities) and also specific applications in RNA-sequencing. You can now sign-up for these courses using myDevelopment (search for "bioinformatics"). Course charges still apply, and upon sign-up we will contact you for a valid grant code or cost centre. In-person attendance is encouraged, but online options are also available. -- Data Manipulation and Visualization - October 28th, 30th and November 1st 13:00 - 16:00 - (£72 for students and £80 for staff) -- Introduction to RNA-seq analysis - November 12th 13:00 - 16:00 (£32 for students and £40 for staff) -Introduction to the Command-Line for Bioinformatics - November 27th 13:00 - 16:00 (£32 for students and £80 for staff) -- Introduction to RNA-seq analysis in R - December 1st, 3rd and 5th 13:00 - 16:00 (£72 for students and £80 for staff) +- Oct 28th, 30th, Nov 1st 1-4pm - Data Manipulation and Visualization (£72 for students and £80 for staff) +- Tues Nov 12th 1-4pm - Introduction to RNA-seq analysis (£32 for students and £40 for staff) +- Weds Nov 27th 1-4pm - Introduction to the Command-Line for Bioinformatics (£32 for students and £80 for staff) +- Dec 1st, 3rd, 5th 1-4pm - Introduction to RNA-seq analysis in R (£72 for students and £80 for staff) Where multiple dates are listed, you will need to attend all dates. You can also find more information on these course on their website (https://sbc.shef.ac.uk) @@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ Where multiple dates are listed, you will need to attend all dates. You can also - [SSI Software Practices in the Social Sciences programme](https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/ssi-announces-research-software-practices-social-sciences-programme) - A new programme of 1-hour workshops covering topics such as Relational Databases, Reproducible Analysis and Data Cleanup for Social Scientists. - [UK Data Service](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/) provide access to a wide range of reusable social sciene data, and training to enable researchers to make the most of it. - Mon Oct 14th 10am - [Introduction to synthetic data for longitudinal data managers](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-synthetic-data-for-longitudinal-data-managers/) - - Mon 10th 10am - [Safe Researcher Training](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/safe-researcher-training-67/) + - Mon Oct 14th 10am - [Safe Researcher Training](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/safe-researcher-training-67/) - [and more...](https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/training-events/) - with recordings of past trainings available on their [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/ukdataservice) From 057a6f8eb70a86407f9e0e11e49cce9271d2091f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:48:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 08/10] fixup --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index 2a798ccc..c5cc2174 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ news, opportunities, events and training for you. #### Papers -- [2024] [Research Software Engineering: Bridging Knowledge Gaps](https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.14.4.42) +- [2024] **Seminar Report** [Research Software Engineering: Bridging Knowledge Gaps](https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.14.4.42) - [2024] [Understanding and effectively mitigating code review anxiety](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10664-024-10550-9) - [2024] **Pre-print** [A Vision on Open Science for the Evolution of Software Engineering Research and Practice](https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12132) - [2024] [Just Enough Software Engineering for Domain Scientists in Research Software Development](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10603285) @@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ Where multiple dates are listed, you will need to attend all dates. You can also - Creating EOSC compliant interoperability policies based on the EOSC Interoperability Framework (IF) - Testing the trustworthy and FAIR-enabling repositories prototype - Implementation of a shared API for semantic catalogues -#### Jobs - -There are two positions within the University of Sheffield currently being advertised. +#### Jobs Check for advertised RSE and RSE-adjacent roles at the [RSE society's vacancies board](https://society-rse.org/careers/vacancies/). From 77d3eeafc510b444d54f41e81e23321e490adba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:50:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 09/10] fixup lunchbytes --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index c5cc2174..05deae04 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -126,11 +126,9 @@ The next meeting is scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 6th November 2024. software, data, and infrastructure. Due to capacity within the RSE team, there was very limited LunchBytes content over the past academic year. -This should be changing soon, a new co-ordinator for LunchBytes has been found, with a plan to reboot these lunchtime - seminars in the spring semester. +This should be changing soon, a new co-ordinator for LunchBytes has been found (Research IT's Farhad Allian), with a plan to reboot these lunchtime seminars in the spring semester. -More information will be coming out over the coming months, so keep your eyes peeled if you'd like to learn more about -research software and associate practices, or share what you know! +More information will be coming out over the coming months, so keep your eyes peeled if you'd like to learn more about research software and associated practices, or share what you know! ### Support From f3e1c75dc7e01344a436b9f052c420f2568e18f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Chisholm Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:15:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Update _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md Co-authored-by: Neil Shephard --- _newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md index 05deae04..249b7050 100644 --- a/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md +++ b/_newsletters/2024-10-10-newsletter.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ news, opportunities, events and training for you. #### Upcoming External Events -- Until Nov 10th - [MATLAB Shorts Mini Hack](https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/2024-matlab-mini-hack.html): Use upto 2,000 characters ofr MATLAB code to generated a MATLAB movie and win prizes. +- Until Nov 10th - [MATLAB Shorts Mini Hack](https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/contests/2024-matlab-mini-hack.html): Use upto 2,000 characters of MATLAB code to generate a MATLAB movie and win prizes. - Thursday's 1pm - [Cambridge RSE Seminar series](https://rse.group.cam.ac.uk/seminars) (currently scheduled till Dec 5th) - Thurs Oct 17th 1pm - [Open source research software project life cycles: understanding project maturity successes, and challenge events](https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/219982) - Oct 29th - Nov 1st - [pyOpenSci Fall Festival 2024](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pyopensci-fall-festival-2024-registration-1000762657047): A week of events to empower scientists to write better code and share their outcomes openly.