| 09:15-10:00 |
Arrival and registration – tea and coffee available |
| 10:00-10:10 |
Plenary session 1
Conference welcome and introduction
Jeremy Cohen, Imperial College London and Ilektra Christidi, UCL
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| 10:10-10:55 |
Keynote
Andrea Townsend-Nicholson, UCL
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| 10:55-11:10 |
UKRI dRTP Skills
Bryan Jones, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UKRI
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| 11:10-11:40 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:40-13:00 |
Plenary session 2
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Contextualising open science training programmes
Sara Villa, Yo Yehudi and Malvika Sharan
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| 12:00 - 12:20 |
Professionalising diverse data science roles
Emma Karoune and Malvika Sharan
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| 12:20 - 12:25 |
Why are we creating an Open Source Programme Office at UCL? How are we doing so?
David Pérez-Suárez, Mosè Giordano, Miguel Xochicale and Sam Cunliffe
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| 12:25 - 12:30 |
DisCouRSE: Developing a Community of Leaders
Jonathan Cooper
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| 12:30 - 12:35 |
CCP-AHC: A new collaborative computational community for arts, humanities, and culture research
Eamonn Bell, Karina Rodriguez and Jeyan Thiyagalingam
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| 12:35 - 12:55 |
Diversity and Inclusion in Practice: What you need to know when you plan to hire International RSE and dRTPs
Yo Yehudi, Sarah Villa, Aman Goel, Toby Hodges and Malvika Sharan
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Poster lightning talks
Each poster presenter gets 2 minutes for a very brief pitch highlighting their poster as we go into the lunch break and poster session...
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| 13:00-14:15 |
Lunch and posters
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| 14:15-15:15 |
Parallel track talks - session 1
Research Software Track
| Session chair: |
Maria Broadbridge |
| 14:15 - 14:25 |
Track introduction
Maria Broadbridge
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| 14:25 - 14:45 |
SoFAIR - Making Software FAIR: A machine-assisted workflow for the research software lifecycle
David Pride, Petr Knoth, Matteo Cancellieri and Laurent Romary
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| 14:45 - 15:05 |
AI OnDemand: Segmenting Images at Scale with Ease
Cameron Shand, Marie-Charlotte Domart, Jon Smith and Amy Strange
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| 15:05 - 15:10 |
Python Profiling and Optimisation & the RPC SIG
Jost Migenda and Robert Chisholm
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Research Data Track
| Session chair: |
Katarina Buntic |
| 14:15 - 14:25 |
Track introduction
Katarina Buntic
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| 14:25 - 14:45 |
Introducing Helix: Imperial College London's New FAIR Data Repository
Christopher Cave-Ayland and Wayne Peters
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| 14:45 - 15:05 |
Developing a sustainable data infrastructure for physical sciences
Nicola Knight, Samantha Pearman-Kanza, Louise Saul and Cerys Willoughby
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Research Computing Infrastructure/HPC Track
| Session chair: |
Gavin Yearwood |
| 14:15 - 14:35 |
Building a Production-Ready Barts Health Secure Data Environment: Tooling, Access Control, and Cost Governance
Idowu Samuel Bioku, Evan Hann, Tony Wildish, Steven Newhouse, Benjamin Eaton, Ruzena Udin and Francene Clarke-Walden
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| 14:35 - 14:55 |
Harnessing the power of AIRR supercomputers for trusted research
Jim Madge, Matt Craddock and Martin O'Reilly
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| 14:55 - 15:15 |
No Secrets, Just Trust: Securely Deploying Infrastructure Without Persistent Credentials
Brian Maher
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| 15:15-15:45 |
Break - refreshments and posters
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| 15:45-16:30 |
Parallel track talks - session 2
Research Software Track
| Session chair: |
Jamie Knight |
| 15:45 - 15:50 |
Two more tiny Python packages for scientific computing: mpi-pytest and petsctools
Connor Ward
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| 15:50 - 16:10 |
Mini-guide to reproducible Python code
Diego Alonso Álvarez
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| 16:10 - 16:30 |
Towards a declarative, reproducible, homogeneous, cross-platform command-line
environment across remote HPC machines
Krishnakumar Gopalakrishnan
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Research Data
| Session chair: |
TBC |
| 15:45 - 16:05 |
CaSDaR (The Careers and Skills for Data-Driven Research) Network+: Empowering Data Stewards for Research Excellence
Samantha Pearman-Kanza, Simon Coles, James Baker, Simon Hettrick and Isobel Stark
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| 16:05 - 16:25 |
Shoehorning Interoperability in Astronomical Science Data Metadata Model Mapping
Michael Johnson and Erin Brassfield Bourke
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Research Computing Infrastructure/HPC Track
| Session chair: |
Deepak Aggarwal |
| 15:45 - 15:50 |
Developing the next generation of dRTPs
Stephanie E.M. Thompson
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| 15:50 - 16:10 |
Addressing the HPC Skills Shortage Through Learning Pathways and Visible Infrastructure
Jeremy Cohen, Weronika Filinger, Eirini Zormpa and Michael Bearpark
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| 16:10 - 16:30 |
EasyBob, the friendly software installation bot
Jörg Saßmannshausen
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| 16:30-17:00 |
Final plenary session
Closing keynote: Shaping Research Culture Through Communities: Lessons from Open Science
Malvika Sharan, The Alan Turing Institute and OLS
Abstract: Ever been in a research team or community where you felt truly
welcome, empowered, and excited to engage? This experience is rarely accidental. The secret
sauce lies in intentional facilitation, genuine spaces for collaboration, and inclusive
community management. My talk will explore lessons (the ingredients) from both a community
member's and a community builder's perspective. Drawing from my experience participating in
and building Open Science communities, specifically The Turing Way and Open Life Science (OLS),
I will highlight key aspects and actionable strategies for engaging and supporting research
communities. Attendees, whether in 'formal' or informal roles, will leave with valuable
insights and familiar reminders on fostering inclusive communities, improving research
culture, and preserving the inherent joy of collaboration. Ultimately, it's about investing
in communities to achieve research goals that serve our society.
Closing comments
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