From hidden to visible: how can we recognise research software?
Latest version published on 1 August, 2023.
At the SSI’s Collaborations Workshop 2023, we examined the challenges of assessing research software outputs for academic evaluation in a fair and useful manner.Highlights of the Research Software Camp: FAIR software
Latest version published on 27 July, 2023.
Our Research Software Camp: FAIR software ran from 19 to 30 June 2023. Over the course of two weeks, we hosted talks and workshops which aimed to teach introductory skills, empower researchers with the necessary skills and knowledge to develop and maintain software and provide guidance and resources around the topic of FAIR software.Attending the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science meeting in Padova
Latest version published on 26 July, 2023.
The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) could be described as a psychology-focused SSI. It brings together people interested in improving research methods and practices in psychological science and provides a community, grants, and training and networking opportunities.Harnessing the Power of Code Reviews: Insights from our Digital Humanities Code Review Workshop
Latest version published on 20 July, 2023.
Code reviews are an essential practice to ensure standards in the software development industry and the area of digital humanities (DH) should be no exception. These comprehensive checks offer a pathway to ensure code is not just valid, but also clear to others, maintainable, and permits the author to grow and further develop skills based on constructive feedback.Research Software Security Snippets #2
Latest version published on 17 July, 2023.
In this instalment of Research Software Security Snippets, we're going to talk about secrets! Not those deep and dark things, but rather all those bits of information you need in your code for it to run that you don’t want shared with everyone else.Zero to not zero: When and how to start a community
Latest version published on 6 July, 2023.
By SSI Fellows Meag Doherty, Jesper Dramsch.
How do you create something from nothing?
Lost and Frustrated but Persistent, part 2: personal narratives about usability challenges with Open Source Scientific Software
Latest version published on 4 July, 2023.
Over the course of four days earlier in April, a group of us at the Open Science Retreat spent time discussing challenges and opportunities with usability in Open Source Scientific Software. As a way to wrap up the time spent together, a few group members wrote personal narratives (including self-assigned catchy titles!) that highlight some of the individual and collective experiences in usability.Lost and Frustrated but Persistent, part 1: personal narratives about usability challenges with Open Source Scientific Software
Latest version published on 3 July, 2023.
Over the course of four days earlier in April, a group of us at the Open Science Retreat spent time discussing challenges and opportunities with usability in Open Source Scientific Software. As a way to wrap up the time spent together, a few group members wrote personal narratives (including self-assigned catchy titles!) that highlight some of the individual and collective experiences in usability.Resources for making your research software FAIR
Latest version published on 29 June, 2023.
The FAIR Data principles originated from data management and were created to improve the infrastructure supporting the re-use of scholarly data. In this post, we have collated resources for making software FAIR.Coding Confessions at RSECon2022
Latest version published on 27 June, 2023.
Coding Confessions was created at a hackday during the SSI’s 2021 Collaborations Workshop. The idea is that software developers “confess” some of their past mistakes. Everyone who writes software makes mistakes, and normalising talking about them will help prevent them from being repeated.