US-RSE Virtual Workshop

We are excited to announce that the US-RSE Association will host a virtual workshop on April 22 and 23, 2020!

Registration link

Recordings of session 1 and session 2 are available on Youtube.

Workshop Agenda

This workshop will be held in three online sessions:

The RSE Landscape - Reports on RSE groups and activities, with discussion (Wednesday 4/22, 12:00-1:30 PM EDT)
- Welcome and Overview (5 min) Charles Ferenbaugh, LANL
- Presentations (4x10 min)
  - US-RSE: Past, Present, & Future Ian Cosden, Princeton
  - RSE Group at Harvard University Mahmood Shad, Harvard
  - Northwestern Research Software Engineering Support - Christina Maimone, Northwestern
  - Research Software Engineers @ PACE GT - Nuyun (Nellie) Zhang, Georgia Tech
- Panel discussion (45 min)
Technical Talks - Short talks about projects that RSEs are working on (Wednesday 4/22, 3:00-4:30 PM EDT)
- Introduction (2 min) - Chris Hill, MIT
- Presentations I (3x10 min)
  - Data Analytics and Provenance Tools Development at GT PACE - Fang (Cherry) Liu, Georgia Tech
  - Development of ASPIRE Python Package: Reconstructing 3D Density Map of Biomolecule From 2D Cryo-EM Images Junchao Xia, Princeton
  - Research Data Management for Medical Data with Pyradigm - Pradeep Raamana, Baycrest Health Sciences
- Stretch Break (5 min)
- Presentations II (4x10 min)
  - Development of an Automated High-Throughput Animal Training Platform Sarah Leinicke, Harvard
  - Software for Renewable Energy Integration Kaspar Mueller, Intellectual Ventures
  - Spack: What Is It, What’s New, and What’s on the Roadmap? Todd Gamblin, LLNL
  - Scientific Software Management at PACE Kevin Manalo and Chris Stone, Georgia Tech
Next Steps for the US-RSE Association - Breakout sessions to discuss ideas. What do you want from US-RSE? (Thursday 4/23, 12:00-1:30 PM EDT)
- Introduction (10 minutes) - Jordan Perr-Sauer, NREL
- Breakout Sessions
  - What are some problems that US-RSE can help solve? (15 minutes)
  - What activities should US-RSE encourage or participate in? (15 minutes)
  - Q/A Session related to starting an RSE group. (30 minutes)

The workshop is free, but we ask that all participants preregister so that we know how many to expect and can prepare appropriately. ~~Please register here.~~

If you have questions or would like to contribute please contact contact@us-rse.org or reach out via slack. To join the slack channel follow the link to join US-RSE here.