About this event#
In the third meetup of the series, we discussed ways to make your research code more open and usable — to your future self and to others. The tips and tricks our speakers shared can also help get recognition for the code you develop through traditional mechanisms such as publications.
Topics covered:
- Motivations, benefits, and risks of sharing and reusing code
- How to determine whether you can use other people’s software
- What contributes to the reusability of code
- Open source licensing — when, how, and what
- GitHub and version control for open research
- Making software citable, including publishing papers on software
Useful resource: CodeRefinery lesson on Social Coding and Open Software
Speakers#
| Name | Role | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Adeyinka Oresanya | Software Developer | Community Health Analytics in Open Source Software (CHAOSS) |
| Chioma Onyido | Bioinformatics Engineer | Bioconductor & Covenant University |
| Juan Pablo Flores | Senior Program Manager | GitHub |
| Dr Kate Huddlestone | Senior Lecturer | Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Mars Lee | Technical Illustrator | NumPy & Open Source Design |