The introductory talk given by the Software Sustainability Institute's Simon Hettrick at the 2013 Workshop for e-Infrastructure trainers event, which took place at the Hartree Centre, in Cheshire.
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Introductory Talk - Workshop for e-Infrastructure trainers
1. So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute
www.software.ac.uk
Workshop
for
e-‐Infrastructure
trainers
Unless
indicated
otherwise
slides
licensed
under
Simon
He>rick
s.he>rick@so#ware.ac.uk
14
August
2013,
Hartree
Centre,
Daresbury
2. So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute
www.software.ac.uk
So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute
• A
na2onal
facility
for
cul2va2ng
world-‐
class
research
with
so#ware
§ Four
themes:
community,
consultancy,
policy,
training
• Training
focuses
on
developing
the
so#ware
skills
base
§ So#ware
Carpentry,
guides,
so#ware
surgeries
#eitrainers
3. So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute
www.software.ac.uk
Why
run
a
workshop?
• April
2013
presenta2on
at
e-‐IAUCF
on
provision
of
e-‐Infrastructure
training
• Everyone
wants
to
work
together
• Sharing
best
prac2ce,
discovering
new
resources,
easier
access
to
market,
preven2ng
duplica2on
• Training
community
is
fragmented
• Hold
a
workshop
to
bring
trainers
together
and
test
the
viability
of
a
training
community
#eitrainers
5. So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute
www.software.ac.uk
Providing
the
skills
for
e-‐Infrastructure
• A
collabora2on
between
trainers
§ DCC,
DiRAC,
HPC
Short
Courses,
NAG,
STFC,
So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute.
• Five
recommenda2ons
for
change
1. Improving
communica2on
between
trainers
2. Understanding
the
cost
of
training
3. Relying
on
trainers
rather
than
volunteers
4. Working
together
to
publicise
training
5. Providing
incen2ves
to
produce
and
share
training
materials
• Circulate
report
in
September
8. So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute
www.software.ac.uk
What’s
on
• Lightning
talks
• Networking
• Break
outs
and
repor2ng
back
• Wrap
up
#eitrainers
9. So#ware
Sustainability
Ins2tute
www.software.ac.uk
Break
outs
• First
couple
of
minutes:
choose
Chair
and
Scribe
• Discuss!
• Last
ten
minutes:
write
up
Top
five
points
• Email
notes
to
group
• Chair
or
scribe
reports
back
–
5
mins
report,
2
mins
ques2ons
#eitrainers