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Samantha Wittke, SSI Fellow 2025, CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland
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The CodeRefinery project
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CodeRefinery workshops
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How to engage with, contribute to, and benefit from our resources
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Nordic-RSE
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Many researchers write code but lack formal training beyond programming
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Collaboration on code can be frustrating and inefficient
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Research code is often poorly documented and non-reproducible
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Good coding practices are often not part of standard academic training
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Our mission since 2016:
- A community-driven, publicly funded project
- Hands-on training in practical coding tools for research
- Focus on “good enough” software practices to improve efficiency
- Support for Open Science and FAIR software development
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Similar efforts: INTERSECT, SURESOFT, DIGITAL RESEARCH ACADEMY, The Carpentries FAIR RS and probably many more ...
.remark[Topics which are .emph[helpful for researchers] and .emph[essential for RSEs].]
- Git & Version Control – No more lost files or confusion over changes
- Reproducible Research – Ensure results can be verified and reused
- Collaborative Coding – Work efficiently with colleagues & open-source communities
- Efficient Coding Techniques – Write cleaner, modular, and scalable code
- Documentation & Testing – Make your code understandable and error-free
- Open Science & FAIR Principles – Share your work for maximum impact
All Lesson materials available under CC BY 4.0 license
- Format: Online and reverse hybrid through local classrooms
- Hands-on exercises – Not just lectures, but real tool experience
- Collaborative learning – Learn alongside peers with expert guidance
- Beginner-friendly – No prior experience with the tools we teach required!
~ 15 people in-kind + volunteers
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- Networking – Connect with peers and experts.
- Collaborative projects – Work with others on teaching and outreach.
- Specialized workshops – Covering High-Performance Computing (HPC) and more.
- Open learning materials – Use, modify, and contribute!
✅ Join a workshop as a learner or observer
✅ Bring your team and learn together
✅ Host a local classroom for others to learn together
✅ Use CodeRefinery materials for your own training
🙌 Teach with us – Become a co-instructor
📝 Contribute to lesson materials – Improve and expand lesson content
💡 Provide feedback – Help us refine teaching and materials
Tested in 10 large online and 28 in-person workshops
- We reach over 500 persons/year
- Over 30 instructors / speakers
- Over 100 helpers / exercise leaders
.remark["Thank you for six great days of learning Git, testing, modular code, Sphinx (!) and more. I already started incorporating Sphinx in my current project."]
.remark["I write my codes now in such a way that the person who will be taking over my job would have less time figuring out what is going on."]
-> Results from post-workshop survey 2024
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We teach topics which are .emph[helpful for researchers] and .emph[essential for RSEs].
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Nordic-RSE colleagues hang out and discuss on the CodeRefinery community chat
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Networking platform for specialized research supporters in Nordics
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Community and professional development network for RSEs
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Events to bring RSEs and RSE adjacent people together
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Support whose who want to bring RSE services and skills to their community.
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- May 20 -21, 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Next week, 45 registrations (+10 from last year!)
Join our community discussions in Zulip We are on BlueSky, Mastodon and LinkedIn
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Visit coderefinery.org
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Register for an upcoming workshop
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Become an ambassador
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Support e-mail: support@coderefinery.org
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Visit nodic-rse.org
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Support e-mail: secretary@nordic-rse.org
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These slides: 10.5281/zenodo.15428448
- All text: CodeRefinery project, CC-BY 4.0
- Slide 7: ATC tower, P. R. Miller, CC-BY 2.0
- Slide 7: Monitor setup, R. Darst
- Slide 7: Logos, (c) respective organizations
- Slide 1 & 13: Nordic-RSE logo, (c) Nordic-RSE
- All other images: CodeRefinery project, CC-BY 4.0