ARDC (built from ANDS, NeCTAR, and RDS) and RDS Nodes - QCIF, Intersect, NCI, TPAC, VICNode, eRSA and Pawsey have joined forces to organise a monthly Tech Talk virtual and face-to-face meeting. The Tech Talks are a monthly community gathering to showcase uses and discuss the technical side of Australia's research infrastructure.

For more and latest information about this Monthly Tech Talk event, please visit the event page at the MeetUp.

Topic - Recognition for Researchers who Code - update on the RSE (Research Software Engineer) community in Australia / New Zealand.

This is a Tech Talk focused around the community of Recognition for Researchers who Code. This is a part of the Researcher Software Engineer (RSE) international community. (With a Special International guest attending a Melbourne conference.)

This Tech Talk is to build awareness of the Research Software Engineer (RSE) community and to identify volunteers for the RSE community. If you are an academic/researcher who codes but are lacking recognition and metrics needed to progress your academic career; a 'generalist' who brings communities together and can engage with both researchers and technical staff; or a professional software engineer working in the research space; you should think about attending this meeting.

Recognition for Researchers who Code (https://rse-aunz.github.io/)
Thanks to Rowland Mosbergen, Petascale Campus Initiative, Unimelb for chairing.

Speakers:

1. Natalie Meyers, eResearch Librarian at University of Notre Dame (Special Guest)
Title: Retention of female researchers who code - introduction to the RSE community around software credit, curation and retention

2. Ariane Mora, Software Engineer, Research Assistance, University of Qld
Title: Docker - learning curve from beginner to intermediate

Description: Ariane had to learn Docker in an industry software environment, but has had experience working in research software environments as well. In this talk, she will talk about the learning curve for Docker, what she would have done differently to become an intermediate user, the benefits she has seen, and to which situations she would apply it in research software.

Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariane-mora-786894b3/

3. Nooriyah Poonawala-Lohani, Research Communities Advisor, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure
Title: Discussing the latest RSE Survey (International / Australia)

4. Nick May, Research Software Engineer, RMIT
Title: RSE 2019 Deliverables

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The general purpose of this virtual plus face-to-face meeting is twofold:

1. Provide a national forum for developers working with research data and/or research data management to discuss topics of interest

2. Enable a dialogue between developers and NCRIS facilities

This event is for anyone who wants to know more about tech aspects of data and NCRIS facilities:

• developers

• data scientists

• researchers who are building data tools

• data technologists

• data librarians

How does virtual and face-to-face work?

Tell us which of the 12 hubs you'll be attending (on the next page when you complete this Eventbrite registration.)

• If attending you are highly recommended to physically attend at one of the hubs where feasible. For attendees who are not able to reach a hub, please select "Join Remotely" when registering (see links below). Limited remote attendee spaces.

• First 30 remote attendees in will be emailed the Zoom Meeting ID. Further attendees will be waitlisted and emailed Zoom Meeting ID if space.

• To guarantee attendance, join one of the physical meetings or set up your own location. Min: 4 attendees.

• If you are unable to join on the day remotely, you can access the slides shortly after the event.

If you wish to set up a new hub location for Monthly Tech Talks, please request using the meeting contact below

The talks will take about an hour (3:00pm-4:00 pm AEDT), followed by face-to-face networking and discussion at the 11 hub locations (4:00pm-5:00 pm), facilitated by local hub facilitators:

Adelaide: University of Adelaide: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide North Terrace campus. (starts 2.30pm ACDT)

Brisbane/Toowoomba:

1. UQ: Room 505, level 5, Axon Building 47, University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus (starts 2.00pm AEST)
2. USQ: Q528B, QBlock, Toowoomba Campus, University of Southern Queensland (starts 2.00pm AEST)

Canberra: Canberra (Australian National University): Meeting room 1, 9 Liversidge Street, Acton, ACT 2601 (starts 3.00pm AEDT)

Hobart: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere: Huon Room, Building 1 Reception Level, Castray Esplanade, Battery Point (starts 3.00pm AEDT)

Melbourne:
1. Deakin University: Deakin Downtown, 727 Collins Street (starts 3.00pm AEDT)
2. Monash University: RB Scotton Rooms, Rm G37 (woth-west corner), S.T.R.I.P. 1, 15 Innovation Walk, Monash University Clayton Campus (starts 3:00 pm AEDT)
3. La Trobe University, Bundoora: Vislab, Research Commons, La Trobe Library (starts 3.00pm AEDT)
4. Victoria University, Footscray: Room A323, Footscray Park Campus (starts 3.00pm AEDT)

Perth:
1. ARRC, Rm 2B01 (26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington) (starts 12.00pm AWST)
2. Edith Cowan University, Building 31, Level 4, Room 439, Joondalup Campus (starts 12.00pm AWST)

Sydney: University of Technology Sydney: Room CB01.09.29, Level 9, UTS Tower, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, City Campus (starts 3:00 pm AEDT)

Want to know more?

For more information about this Monthly Tech Talk event, please visit the event page at the Tech talk MeetUp.

Contact: mingfang.wu or richard.ferrers -at- ardc.edu.au.

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