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Making machine learning more reproducible with scientists at EuroSciPy 2022

Jesper Sören Dramsch talks about EuroSciPy, his first in-person event after the pandemic, where he presented his machine-learning tutorial and a talk on citations, review and collaborations to make machine learning in research reproducible.

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My first RSECon as a Research Software Engineer

This year’s RSECon in Newcastle (6th-8th September 2022) was my first time attending RSECon as an RSE. The reason why I say “as an RSE,” is because way back in 2019, whilst I was still an astronomy PhD student, I managed to convince my supervisor that I should attend RSECon, because, hey, this might be a future career path for me – and it actually became my career path at the end of last year.
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Global gathering of research software funders sets the agenda for supporting sustainable research software

This blog post was first posted by the Research Software Alliance and Netherlands eScience Center. On 8 and 9 November, the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and Netherlands eScience Center organised the International Funders Workshop: The Future of Research Software.
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News

Fellows newsletter: December 2022

The SSI Fellows Newsletter shares activities and opportunities taking place within the SSI Fellows' community.
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Byte-sized RSE Session on Testing your Python Code

The next Byte-sized RSE session, covering testing your python code, will take place on Tuesday 13th December, 13:00-14:00 UK.
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NERC workshop on intermediate research software skills for atmospheric sciences

The University of Manchester and The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) will be piloting a workshop on intermediate research software skills for Earth, atmospheric and oceanic sciences from 27 to 31 March 2023. The workshop will take place at the University of Manchester. 

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Events

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Collaborations Workshop 2023 (CW23)

The Software Sustainability Institute’s Collaborations Workshop series brings together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, policy makers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software.

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"We are in a position to fundamentally reorganise the heart of the software. By doing so, this will enable us to maintain the software into the future and facilitate the process of adding new functionality to the software ... SSI can assist in having software usable by others not just for a few months or a year, but rather for a much longer software lifetime"

- Eric Rexstad, Distance