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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 | N.ChueHong@software.ac.uk

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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

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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.”

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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

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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