So#ware  Sustainability  Ins2tute  

www.software.ac.uk    Workshop  for  

e-­‐Infrastructure  trainers    

 

Unless  indicated  otherwise  slides  licensed  under  

Simon  He>rick            s.he>rick@so#ware.ac.uk  14  August  2013,  Hartree  Centre,  Daresbury  

So#ware  Sustainability  Ins2tute  

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So#ware  Sustainability  Ins2tute  

•  A  na2onal  facility  for  cul2va2ng  world-­‐class  research  with  so#ware  §  Four  themes:  community,  consultancy,  policy,  training  

•  Training  focuses  on  developing  the  so#ware  skills  base  §  So#ware  Carpentry,  guides,  so#ware  surgeries  

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Why  run  a  workshop?    

•  April  2013  presenta2on  at  e-­‐IAUCF  on  provision  of  e-­‐Infrastructure  training  

•  Everyone  wants  to  work  together  •  Sharing  best  prac2ce,  discovering  new  resources,  easier  access  to  market,  preven2ng  duplica2on  

•  Training  community  is  fragmented  •  Hold  a  workshop  to  bring  trainers  together  and  test  the  viability  of  a  training  community  

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Providing  the  skills  for  e-­‐Infrastructure  

So#ware  Sustainability  Ins2tute  

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Providing  the  skills  for  e-­‐Infrastructure  

•  A  collabora2on  between  trainers  §  DCC,  DiRAC,  HPC  Short  Courses,  NAG,  STFC,  So#ware  Sustainability  Ins2tute.  

•  Five  recommenda2ons  for  change  1.  Improving  communica2on  between  trainers  2.  Understanding  the  cost  of  training  3.  Relying  on  trainers  rather  than  volunteers  4.  Working  together  to  publicise  training  5.  Providing  incen2ves  to  produce  and  share  training  materials  

•  Circulate  report  in  September  

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How  the  workshop  works  

So#ware  Sustainability  Ins2tute  

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Three  tenets  

1.  Everything’s  flexible  2.  Everything’s  online  

§ www.bit.ly/eIWorkshop  3.  Email  everything  

§  e-­‐infrastructure-­‐trainers-­‐2013@googlegroups.com  

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What’s  on    

•  Lightning  talks  • Networking  •  Break  outs  and  repor2ng  back  • Wrap  up  

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Break  outs  

•  First  couple  of  minutes:  choose  Chair  and  Scribe  •  Discuss!  •  Last  ten  minutes:  write  up  Top  five  points  •  Email  notes  to  group  •  Chair  or  scribe  reports  back  –  5  mins  report,  2  mins  ques2ons  

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Housekeeping  

•  Twi>er:  @So#wareSaved,  #eitrainers  •  Toilets  •  Tours  •  Fire  alarms  •  Wifi  

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Links  

•  Presenta2on  at  e-­‐IAUCF:  h>p://slidesha.re/1dhlR9Z  

•  Collabora2ons  Workshop:  so#ware.ac.uk/cw14  

•  Providing  skills  report:  s.he>rick@so#ware.ac.uk