Hacking Ecology: Facilitatingdata-intensive research in ecology

A Weecology Production

Ethan P. White@ethanwhite

ethanwhite.org

Slides:http://is.gd/hackeco

OK

Images: NASA JPL, jpl.nasa.gov; D. Estrin et al., environment.ucla.edu, Kokopelad, commons.wikimedia.org

EcoDataRetriever

1. Train2. Hire3. Collaborate4. Reward

Alex SzalayImage: Jake Vanderplas, https://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2014/08/22/hacking-academia/

Train

Period of Training

Days Weeks Months Years

Semester(coming soon)

ScientificProgramming

Groups

UniversityCourses

SoftwareDeveloper Researcher

Research SoftwareEngineer

Hire

Ben MorrisUndergrad

Henry SenyondoLab Engineer

Daisie HuangEngineer @ Dryad

Dan McGlinnPostdoc

Me: “I need to hire a Research Software Engineer.”

University: “A what?”

Me: “A staff position in my lab to develop software.”

University: “So, like a Statistician?”

You Gotta ShareYou Gotta Care*

* That's right, 1000 bonus points for your Dynamic Ecology bingo

Collaborate

“rOpenSci is all about community. Join us!”

https://ropensci.org/

Code is a core contribution to modern science

Reward

“academia fails to properly reward the valuable skill set of the data scientist”

– Jack Vanderplas

SoftwareDeveloper Researcher

1. Train2. Hire3. Collaborate4. Reward

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