Research Software Engineering

Research Software Group Seminar: talk by Volodymyr Kharchenko

3pm Thursday 19th June JC 1.33A Please join us for a talk at Research Software Group seminar by our guest Dr Volodymyr Kharchenko from the Department of Economic Cybernetics at the Faculty of Information Technologies, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (https://nubip.edu.ua/en). Talk title: Current research and collaboration opportunities with the Faculty … Research Software Group Seminar: talk by Volodymyr Kharchenko

EDI Talk: Why Do We Need Diversity in Research Software Engineering

On Thursday 22nd May the EDI committee hosted a talk on “Why Do We Need Diversity in Research Software Engineering?” by the Software Sustainability Institute Fellows Deborah Udoh (OLS) https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/deborah-udoh and Olexandr Konovalov (St Andrews) https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/olexandr-konovalov. On display we had a collection of posters designed by students to promote and raise awareness of EDI aspects, … EDI Talk: Why Do We Need Diversity in Research Software Engineering

Research Software Group Lunchtime Seminar – Friday 23rd May

There will be a Research Software Group Lunchtime Seminar on Friday May 23rd at 1pm, in room 1.33B. Talk Title: “People First: Sustaining Research Software by Sustaining the People Who Build It” Speakers are Software Sustainability Institute Fellows: Deborah Udoh (OLS) and Olexandr Konovalov (St Andrews) – https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/deborah-udoh – https://www.software.ac.uk/fellowship-programme/olexandr-konovalov Abstract What does it mean to build … Research Software Group Lunchtime Seminar – Friday 23rd May

Georgios Gerasimou (University of St Andrews): Frontiers in computational revealed preference analysis

RESCHEDULED: please note the changed date and a non-standard time! Abstract: Prest is a recently published piece of open-source software for computational revealed preference analysis that provides novel ways to estimate decision makers’ preferences over choice alternatives by analysing their observable choice behaviour. This software is informed by classic as well as recent developments in … Georgios Gerasimou (University of St Andrews): Frontiers in computational revealed preference analysis

Need new software or an interface? Our students can help you design it for free! First deadline Friday 20th December

We are looking for five projects from within the University that have to do with creating new software and/or hardware. Suitable projects can come from individual researchers, practitioners/companies, Schools, or any Departmental Unit that is thinking about building some software or hardware system that will be facing humans (this includes the public, but also experts … Need new software or an interface? Our students can help you design it for free! First deadline Friday 20th December

IBANS drop-in session

IBANS (Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences) will be running the first drop-in session of on December 11th at 3pm in the Seminar Room in the Psychology & Neuroscience building (first floor). Niki Khan (School of Psychology and Neuroscience) writes: “The drop-in sessions are designed to be periodic social events with catering, where people can … IBANS drop-in session

Daniel S. Katz (University of Illinois): Parsl: Pervasive Parallel Programming in Python

Please note non-standard date and time for this talk Abstract: High-level programming languages such as Python are increasingly used to provide intuitive interfaces to libraries written in lower-level languages and for assembling applications from various components. This migration towards orchestration rather than implementation, coupled with the growing need for parallel computing (e.g., due to big data … Daniel S. Katz (University of Illinois): Parsl: Pervasive Parallel Programming in Python