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In 2009 a group of engineers Jeff Bezanson, Stefan Karpinski, Viral Shah and Alan Edelman set out to develop a new language that is open source, easy to use but also highly performant. They called this language "Julia" and it appeared ca 2012. Since then the community of Julia developers has grown year on year, with some exciting projects happening at e.g. Nasa but also commercial products.In this first part of episodes on Julia I want to get a flavour of the Julia language, what it is used for and how the community of developers is developing. I am talking to Logan Kilpatrick (Community Manager of Julia) and then with Mayeul d'Avazac and Mose Giordano, both practitioners and contributors.  Here are a few links you might be interested in:https://julialang.org the main go site for the Julia programming language. If you want to learn Julia, go to https://julialang.org/learning/https://julialang.org/blog/2012/02/why-we-created-julia/ the Blog post explaining why Juliahttps://www.youtube.com/c/TheJuliaLanguage/videos there is a great set of videos on Julia on YouTube https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia checkout the repo and see what's currently going on with Juliahttps://discourse.julialang.org/t/tiobe-index-rank-23-as-of-jan-2021/42730/5 how does Julia fare in the world of computing. Look at the rankinghttps://juliacomputing.com/blog/2021/01/newsletter-january/ Julia adoptionGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! If you're like to support this show, you can leave a little tip at https://en.tipeee.com/code-for-thought-podcast/ Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

The Nordic RSE network held a 3 day workshop in December 2020 and I was delighted to record a panel discussion on the subject of 'Research Software Engineering careers and their position in academia'.Despite the fact that some countries established roles for research software engineers (e.g. the UK, US and France), in many places aspiring RSEs face obstacles and hurdles to turn their passion into a career. Samantha Wittke from Aalto University in Finland chaired the discussion. Interesting links:Declaration of Research Assessment (DORA) https://sfdora.orgNordic RSE organisation https://nordic-rse.orgSome of them universities participants were joining fromhttps://www.ntnu.no (Home to Digital Lab, Norway)https://www.helsinki.fi/en (University of Helsinki, Finland)https://www.kth.se (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)https://www.aalto.fi/fi (Aalto University, Finland)https://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/self-service/research-support/rcs/research-software-engineering/ (RSEs at Imperial College, London, UK)Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! If you're like to support this show, you can leave a little tip at https://en.tipeee.com/code-for-thought-podcast/ Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Talking about sociology in software development is rare. But that is exactly what happened at a meet-up I went to in Paris in 2019. Fabien Lamarque, software craftsman from Bordeaux, gave a presentation on what sociology can teach us in terms of team dynamics and team structure. Specifically, the work of Pierre Bourdieu, a leading French philosopher and sociologist. In this episode we talk about a number of important aspects facing today's software developers: team structure, flat teams and hierarchy and how télétravail - remote working - has impacted all of that during the pandemic. Here is a list of books and links mentioned in this episode: https://fabien-lamarque.eu/Bourdieu-and-sociology-in-software-development/ - Fabien's Blog post in English on Pierre Bourdieu and here in French https://fabien-lamarque.eu/les-impacts-de-Bourdieu-sur-les-coding-dojo/Jo Freeman's position paper on 'The tyranny of structurelessness' https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htmCulture and Power: The sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, an introductory book by David SwartzPierre Bourdieu: vie oeuvres concepts (French) Patrice BonnewitzMutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution, by Pëtr KropotkinExtreme Programming Explained, by Kent Beck  Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! If you're like to support this show, you can leave a little tip at https://en.tipeee.com/code-for-thought-podcast/ Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

It's publish or perish for researchers and scientists. In addition to that many researchers and scientists from African countries struggle to get their work published and recognised. The team around https://info.africarxiv.org AfricarXiV work hard to address that.Here are a few links mentioned in this episode you may want to check:https://www.stm-assoc.org The International Association of science, technology and medical publishinghttps://www.tcc-africa.org the Training Centre in Communication in Africahttps://peerreviewweek.wordpress.com Peer Review Weekly and annual event for networking of partners in the publishing and peer review sectorhttps://www.sspnet.org The Society for Scholarly Publishinghttp://openaccessweek.org Open Access WeekGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! If you're like to support this show, you can leave a little tip at https://en.tipeee.com/code-for-thought-podcast/ Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Most of today's research depends on software. So, reproducing science and research results is ever more important. For this episode I have been following a 'ReproHack' event held at the University College of London in late 2020. This event was the first of its kind held at UCL. In particular, since - due to the coronavirus pandemic - it was run entirely online.Listen to find out more about this event and what ReproHacks are from organisers, participants and presenters.ReproHack web page https://reprohack.github.io/reprohack-hq/ and Twitter account https://twitter.com/reprohackReproHacks are happening all over the globe. Here a selectionLatin R community ReproHack  https://latin-r.com/blog/reprohack-enReproHack in Belgium https://www.elixir-belgium.org/training/reprohack-hackathon-reproducible-data-analysisReproHack Leiden 2019 (there will be one in 2021 as well) https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2019/11/reprohackGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! If you're like to support this show, you can leave a little tip at https://en.tipeee.com/code-for-thought-podcast/ Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In this episode I speak with Richard Gunn and Sarah King from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).Recognising the work research software engineers do is one thing. But funding and supporting career paths in it quite another. In the UK,  the EPSRC together with the Science and Technology Facilities Council  (STFC) have provided fellowship programmes to help getting roles and career paths off the ground.Some links:EPSRC https://epsrc.ukri.orgHidden Ref and their work to recognise software contributions in scientific output https://hidden-ref.orgREF (Research Excellence Framework) in the UK https://www.ref.ac.ukGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! If you're like to support this show, you can leave a little tip at https://en.tipeee.com/code-for-thought-podcast/ Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Welcome to Code for Thought. The new podcast about software, engineering, research and anything in between.In this episode I want to give you some background of research software engineering (RSE) and a taster for things to come.If you want to find out more about RSEs and what we do look up the following linksthe Software Sustainability Institute  https://www.software.ac.uk the (UK) Society for Research Software Engineering https://society-rse.orgAnd, of course, our other podcast show RSE Stories at https://us-rse.org/rse-stories/ where you can meet our colleagues from around the globe.Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! If you're like to support this show, you can leave a little tip at https://en.tipeee.com/code-for-thought-podcast/ Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/