Festival of Code 2021

The Festival of Code (14 - 19 June 2021) celebrated听the contribution software and coding communities make to research and innovation. Participants learnt new skills, tools and insights, as well as developed their network across UCL. Attendees were听from all faculties, MSc and PhD听research students, researchers and members of professional services.听

The festival's themes were:听Celebrating Communities | Exploring Open Science | 颁谤别补迟颈苍驳听滨尘辫补肠迟 | R Project听Showcase | Collaborative Hackday

We would like to thank听our colleagues from who have organised these events.听Follow 听#UCLCodeFest. Download the flyer or听programme.

Monday 14th June:

Celebrating听Communities

Time	Events
10:00 - 11:15	Funder panel: Challenges & opportunties of听funding research software Software is used across research cycle. Join this panel discussion to learn听about funding opportunities which support research software and funders' perspectives regarding the challenges of funding research software.听Slides: EPSRC: Challenges & opportunities of funding research software听 Sage Publishing:听听听 Wellcome Trust:
11:30 - 12:30	Coding culture:听the cultural values of five coding communities This reflective panel discussion will explore the histories, the cultural differences, and the shared values of five coding communities - Python, R, Julia, Ruby, & Fortran. Join us to hear from experienced听programmers on how they see the programming听community they belong to. Organised by听Gui Heurich (UCL Anthropology) and he is working at the intersection coding听and anthropology.听
14:00 - 16:00	Past, Present & Future of Research Software Engineering @UCL 皇家华人as the first university, in 2012, to create a professional dedicated research software development group. Since then, the听UCL Research Software Development Group听has grown and expanded its services it provides to UCL's researchers. Join us to hear the story behind some of the researchers that have been supported by this group,听 find out about the specialised services we offer to improve your research, and learn more about 皇家华人's new听Centre for Advanced Research Computing听from our new director James Hetherington. Organised by the听Research Software Development Group听(Research IT Services)

Time

Events

10:00 - 11:15

Funder panel: Challenges & opportunties of听funding research software

Software is used across research cycle. Join this panel discussion to learn听about funding opportunities which support research software and funders' perspectives regarding the challenges of funding research software.听Slides:

EPSRC: Challenges & opportunities of funding research software听
Sage Publishing:听听听
Wellcome Trust:

11:30 - 12:30

Coding culture:听the cultural values of five coding communities

This reflective panel discussion will explore the histories, the cultural differences, and the shared values of five coding communities - Python, R, Julia, Ruby, & Fortran. Join us to hear from experienced听programmers on how they see the programming听community they belong to.

Organised by听Gui Heurich (UCL Anthropology) and he is working at the intersection coding听and anthropology.听

14:00 - 16:00

Past, Present & Future of Research Software Engineering @UCL

皇家华人as the first university, in 2012, to create a professional dedicated research software development group. Since then, the听UCL Research Software Development Group听has grown and expanded its services it provides to UCL's researchers. Join us to hear the story behind some of the researchers that have been supported by this group,听 find out about the specialised services we offer to improve your research, and learn more about 皇家华人's new听Centre for Advanced Research Computing听from our new director James Hetherington.

Organised by the听Research Software Development Group听(Research IT Services)

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Tuesday 15th June:

Exploring听Open Science

Time	Events
10:00 - 11:00	An Introduction to Open Science Practices: From Code to Data and Beyond Find out about the benefits of open science and explore practices of code and data sharing, replications, as well as open access publishing. Learn about tools/platforms which can help you to embed open science in your work flow. Organised by Dr Sandy Schumann (UCL Department of Security and Crime Science)听\|听
11:15 - 12:15	Code sharing as an Early Career Researcher: the good, the bad and the ugly Join us to discuss the benefits and barriers to code sharing for Early Career Researchers, get practical advice about how to do it (e.g. via GitHub), and explore ways it can be encouraged at 皇家华人. Organised by听Louise McGrath-Lone (Institute of Health Informatics),听Ania Zylbersztejn, Rachel Pearson ( bothGOS Institute of Child Health) \| 听\|
14:00 - 16:00	Use of Docker for Efficient Software Development & Reproducible Research A valid piece of code can produce different results based on its computational environment, libraries and other dependences. Join this interactive workshop to听learn how to use Docker to overcome these issues and improve the reproducibility of your听research.听听听 Organised by听Mian Ahmad \| UCL Computer Science听Technical Support Group听\|听Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences

Time

Events

10:00 - 11:00

An Introduction to Open Science Practices: From Code to Data and Beyond

Find out about the benefits of open science and explore practices of code and data sharing, replications, as well as open access publishing. Learn about tools/platforms which can help you to embed open science in your work flow.

Organised by Dr Sandy Schumann (UCL Department of Security and Crime Science)听|听

11:15 - 12:15

Code sharing as an Early Career Researcher: the good, the bad and the ugly

Join us to discuss the benefits and barriers to code sharing for Early Career Researchers, get practical advice about how to do it (e.g. via GitHub), and explore ways it can be encouraged at 皇家华人.

Organised by听Louise McGrath-Lone (Institute of Health Informatics),听Ania Zylbersztejn, Rachel Pearson ( bothGOS Institute of Child Health) | 听|

14:00 - 16:00

Use of Docker for Efficient Software Development & Reproducible Research

A valid piece of code can produce different results based on its computational environment, libraries and other dependences. Join this interactive workshop to听learn how to use Docker to overcome these issues and improve the reproducibility of your听research.听听听

Organised by听Mian Ahmad | UCL Computer Science听Technical Support Group听|听Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences

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Wednesday 16th June:

颁谤别补迟颈苍驳听滨尘辫补肠迟

Time	Events
10:00 - 11:00	Driving impact from research software Marina shares her 14 years of experience in supporting UCL academics achieve measurable impact from their software, whether for commercial or non-commercial distributions, open source or closed source, and from departments as diverse as chemistry, architecture, medical computing (and more). 听 Organised by听Marina Santilli ()

Time

Events

10:00 - 11:00

Driving impact from research software

Marina shares her 14 years of experience in supporting UCL academics achieve measurable impact from their software, whether for commercial or non-commercial distributions, open source or closed source, and from departments as diverse as chemistry, architecture, medical computing (and more). 听

Organised by听Marina Santilli ()

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Thursday 17th June:

R Project showcase

Time	Events
10:00 - 16:00	R Project Showcase We celebrated听UCL masters student and early-career researcher projects that use R. We launched the showcase with a keynote speech by Dr Kirsten McMillan, a Senior Researcher at听, focusing on canine ecology and population management. Congratulations to the听UCL R Showcase winners: Indigo Brownhall, Naomi Launders, & Inga Usher Organised by听Ellen Webborn (UCL Energy Institute); Scott Orr (Institute for Sustainable Heritage \|听\|听听

Time

Events

10:00 - 16:00

R Project Showcase

We celebrated听UCL masters student and early-career researcher projects that use R. We launched the showcase with a keynote speech by Dr Kirsten McMillan, a Senior Researcher at听, focusing on canine ecology and population management.

Congratulations to the听UCL R Showcase winners: Indigo Brownhall, Naomi Launders, & Inga Usher

Organised by听Ellen Webborn (UCL Energy Institute); Scott Orr (Institute for Sustainable Heritage |听|听听

Friday 18th June:

Collaborative Hackday听

Time	Events
10:00 - 16:30	UCL Bioimage Analysis Collaborative Hackday This hackday brings together the community and听we will work in self-organising small groups on a bioimage-analysis-related software project for a day. Join to听meet听new people and develop听ideas together.in self-organising small groups.听 All levels of expereince, researchers, academics, PhD students, and professional service staff are all听welcome.听 Submit your idea for a project when you sign up and you will be given the opportunity to pitch it to other participants on the day. If you get enough people interested, work with them on your idea for the day! Organised by听Giulia Paci (LMCB) \|听Alessandro Felder (RITS) \|听Pablo Vicente Munuera (LMCB) \| Jonas听Hartmann (UCL Biosciences) \|听 Adam Tyson (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre) \| Haroon Chughtai (RITS)听\|听UCL BioImage Analysis Interest Group

Time

Events

10:00 - 16:30

UCL Bioimage Analysis Collaborative Hackday

This hackday brings together the community and听we will work in self-organising small groups on a bioimage-analysis-related software project for a day. Join to听meet听new people and develop听ideas together.in self-organising small groups.听 All levels of expereince, researchers, academics, PhD students, and professional service staff are all听welcome.听

Submit your idea for a project when you sign up and you will be given the opportunity to pitch it to other participants on the day. If you get enough people interested, work with them on your idea for the day!

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