Neil chue hong, software sustainability institute director, and mario antonioletti, research software engineer, will give an overview of the important role that software plays in research and innovation and describe some of the institute s activities around the research software community in the uk and in edinburgh. Media in category research ins titutes i n edinburgh this category contains only the following file. Since then the initiative has started to propagate to other institutes in the edinburgh. The analysis are using python and are shared within jupyter notebooks. Software management plans web page on the software sustainability institute web site. Job purpose the jobholder will work as part of the project office for the software sustainability institute ssi, a collaboration between the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton funded by all seven uk research councils. The software sustainability institute ssi is an epsrcfunded project based at the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton, and draws on a team of experts with a breadth of experience in software development, project and programme. Stfc scientific computing department scd manages high performance computing facilities, services and infrastructure, supporting some of uks most advanced scientific facilities. Participating in or organising an event types participation in workshop, seminar, course. The software sustainability institute is a national facility for cultivating and improving research software to support worldclass research, headquartered at the university of edinburgh. Neil is the founding director and principal investigator of the software sustainability institute, and is based at the university of edinburgh. Developing a pathway to research software sustainability. The institute is based at the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and.
It is the lead institution of the software sustainability institute as well as the uk coordinator for software carpentry and data carpentry and coorganiser of the software engineering for science and wssspe. Advanced sustainable design msc edinburgh college of art. The software sustainability institute is not responsible for the content referenced in this guide. The software sustainability institute is a partnership between the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford, and southampton. The software sustainability institute the university of edinburgh. Software sustainability institute collaborations workshop 2018, cardiff, 2628 march 2018.
Software sustainability institute epcc at the university of. The event will take place on tuesday 14th may at 3. The next webinar in the series is titled software sustainability lessons learned from different disciplines, and will be presented by neil chue hong of the software sustainability institute university of edinburgh. The software sustainability institute the university of. Working with researchers, developers, funders and infrastructure providers, the institute. Sustainability reporting software the ecometrica platform. Aug 21, 2018 the next webinar in the series is titled software sustainability lessons learned from different disciplines, and will be presented by neil chue hong of the software sustainability institute university of edinburgh. The institute is based at the university of edinburgh epcc formerly edinburgh parallel computing centre with sites at the university of.
Media hopper create the university of edinburgh media platform. Opinion article four simple recommendations to encourage best. Dec 14, 2018 the aim of the software sustainability institute s fellowship programme is to gather information about the software used in research from all disciplines, and to encourage fellows to develop their interests in the area of software sustainability in their areas of work. Dec 07, 20 im delighted to have been named today as one of the sixteen software sustainability institute fellows for 2014. We help people build better software, and we work with researchers, developers, funders and infrastructure providers to identify key issues and best practice in scientific software. The next installment of the research programming in practice series will be by mike jackson. The four institutions in the consortium edinburgh, southampton. The following events will happen in the short future and have the support of at least one of the institute. To effect change, the software sustainability institute works with researchers, developers, funders, and infrastructure providers to identify and address key issues with research software. The software sustainability institute, of which the university of manchester is a collaborator, has been awarded.
Software sustainability institute to improve research. The software sustainability institute coordinates software carpentry in the uk, which gives researchers training to help them to confidently and efficiently develop software that improves their productivity by reducing rework and increasing reuse. The software sustainability institute, a team of software experts, from the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford and southampton, has been awarded. The funding, from the seven uk research councils that are part of uk research and innovation ukri, will enable the institute a team of software experts from the universities of edinburgh, manch. The software sustainability institute is using eventbrite to organize upcoming events. Edinburgh carpentries, a new training initiative, was launched o n september 2018 at the university of edinburgh in collaboration with the software sustainability institute. The software sustainability institute is a leading international authority on research software sustainability, working with researchers, funders. Pdf what does sustainability mean in and for software. The software sustainability institute is a national facility for the users and developers of research software. We propose a software sustainability institute for the uk which will establish a national focal point a facility for research software users and developers based around specialist software engineering skills for driving the continued improvement and impact of research software, using as its foundation the concept of practical peer.
In 2016 the software sustainability institute ran the. As a researcher, you want to encourage collaboration. In addition to a communications team, the community team runs workshops and a fellowship programme. Changing research software attitudes and practices.
It is led by epcc in collaboration with the universities. Keep up to date with the latest news from the software sustainability institute. Our mission is to become the worldleading hub for research software practice. Membership types membership of publicgovernment advisorypolicy group or panel software sustainability institute. They also discussed the question of what sustainability means in and for software engineering 5. The software sustainability institute edinburgh research.
Find contacts direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. The software sustainability institute has been collaborating on an nsf proposal with a us consortium led by dr karthik ram from the university of california, berkeley, and daniel s. Lucia michielin, currently working for the software sustainability institute, tells us about the edinburgh carpentries effort and a networking event to be held on the 24th of may. The advanced sustainable design msc programme at edinburgh college of art asks how we can transform our built environment by putting sustainable development into practice. Leading businesses make sustainability reporting software a core part of their strategy. Iaea workshop on software sustainability for safeguards instrumentation. Software sustainability institute epcc the university of edinburgh. Since 2010, the software sustainability institute has facilitated the advancement of software in research by cultivating better, more sustainable, research software to enable worldclass research better software.
When the software sustainability institute met mice. He enables research software users and developers to drive the continued improvement and impact of research software, and is responsible for representing both the institute and uk researchers at a. The institute is based at the university of edinburgh epcc formerly edinburgh parallel computing centre with sites at the university of manchester, the university of oxford and the university of southampton. Uk software sustainability institute edinburgh research.
The edinburgh centre for robotics is a national centre for excellence focusing on robotics and autonomous systems ras technology the software sustainability institute based at the universities of edinburgh, manchester, oxford, and southampton helping uk researchers use software. Software sustainability institute university of edinburgh. Edinburgh carpentries software sustainability institute. This project is conceptualizing a us research software sustainability institute that will validate and address various classes of concerns impacting all software development and maintenance projects across all of nsf. Dmponline service from the digital curation centre which hosts software management plan templates. Katz, jeffrey carver, sandra gesing and nicholas weber as copis to prototype an organisation similar to the software sustainability institute. Research software management, sharing and sustainability workshop activity. We are distinctive in being a designbased programme. In 2018, we were awarded funding from all seven research councils.
He enables research software users and developers to drive the continued improvement and impact of research software, and is responsible for representing both the institute. The software sustainability institute works to make it easier to rely on software as a foundation of research. The software sustainability institute cultivates better, more sustainable, research software to enable worldclass research. The software sustainability institute was founded to support the uks research software. Software preservation benefits framework edinburgh.
Jun 04, 2019 the software sustainability institute is a leading international authority on research software sustainability, working with researchers, funders, software engineers, managers, and other stakeholders across the research spectrum. Software sustainability institute collaborations workshop. The software sustainability institute is a national facility for building better software based in the uk and founded in 2010. Choosing an opensource licence software sustainability. Edward wallace writes about his experiences getting involved with skills development for biologists through the carpentries, for which the software sustainability institute.
This repository is used to create and analyse international surveys. Research software is critical to supporting science. About the software sustainability institute software. The software sustainability institute is a leading international authority on research software sustainability, working with researchers, funders, software engineers, managers, and other stakeholders across the research spectrum. Job purpose the jobholder will work as part of the project office for the software sustainability institute ssi, a collaboration between the universities of edinburgh. The webinar will take place on wednesday, august 21, 2018 at 12. The software sustainability institute is a national facility for building better software based in the.
We propose a software sustainability institute for the uk which will establish a national focal point a facility for research software users and developers based around specialist software engineering skills for driving the continued improvement and impact of research software. Laurence tratt business profile software sustainability. Should you wish to contact people directly, use the form initial. The software sustainability institute software sustainability institute. Participating in or organising an event types participation in workshop, seminar, course hpc scientific advisory board.
Edinburgh carpentries edcarp is a local community of instructors and volunteers of the carpentries mainly at the university of edinburgh. About the software sustainability institute software sustainability. Software sustainability institute fellowship programme 2019. The institute is based at the university of edinburgh epcc formerly edinburgh. Software sustainability epcc at the university of edinburgh. The software sustainability institute helps people learn the skills needed to build better software, and ensure get credit and encouragement are given for developing sustainable software. View laurence tratts business profile as team at software sustainability institute. How can we make easier to find, access, deposit and reuse softwareneil chue hongsoftware sustainability institute 9 fair software. Expert group on software source code as heritage for sustainable development event activity. Our instructors are trained volunteers, who deliver workshops about introductory coding and coding best practices, specifically targeted at academics. Since then the initiative has started to propagate to other institutes in the edinburgh area, eg heriot watt university. By edward wallace, sir henry dale fellow and group leader in the school of biological sciences at the university of edinburgh. Software sustainability institute epcc at the university. In phases 1 prepare and 2 deploy we developed an understanding of the state of the nation of research software, its developersusers, its requirements, and how software is changing the way research is conducted.
Aug 25, 2018 in this webinar, ill present what the uks software sustainability institute has learned from 8 years of work in this area including efforts around understanding the scale of software use in. It use csv files to store questions and answers that are later transformed into a limesurvey tsv file. The carpentries at edinburgh edinburgh carpentries. The software sustainability institute is led by epcc, in partnership with the universities of manchester, oxford and southampton, and supported by the seven ukri research councils the software sustainability institute.
Edward wallace writes about his experiences getting involved with skills development for biologists through the carpentries, for which the software sustainability institute is the uk coordinator. Edinburgh carpentries, a new training initiative, was launched on september 2018 at the university of edinburgh in collaboration with the software sustainability institute. The training team runs training events and is the uk administrator for software and data carpentry workshops. As specialists in corporate sustainability reporting for over a decade, accuvio has built up a wealth of experience which is encapsulated in our easy to use financial grade sustainability and esg software. Mike is a software architect at the edinburgh parallel computing centre at edinburgh university, and provides consultancy and training as part of the software sustainability institute. University of edinburgh school of philosophy, psychology and language sciences. Thats because being a sustainable business means being a successful business. Jun 15, 2011 though its been clear for a while that it will play a key role in how companies address sustainability, until now there hasnt been a clear profile of who the buyers are, or a broad outline of the categories of itfs software solutions. The software sustainability institute events eventbrite. The university of edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in scotland, with registration number sc005336, vat registration number gb 592 9507 00, and is acknowledged by the uk.