Amy Brown on The Carpentries

Getting to Know: Katy Huff

Thu, 30 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

This is the second in a series of posts about our contributors. We're posting these so our community can get to know each other better. If you'd like to be profiled, or you'd like to nominate another member, send an email to communications@lists.software-carpentry.org.

This profile is of Katy Huff, a member of our steering committee, who is also on the finance subcommittee. We already know a little about Katy from her election nomination post; now, read about her history with Software Carpentry and her surprising backup career plan.

Getting to Know: Matt Davis

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The subject of the first of our "Getting to Know" series of contributor profiles is Matt Davis, a long-time Software Carpentry team member. Matt is the vice-chair of our Steering Committee, and the Software Carpentry Foundation liason for the Lesson Organization and Development subcommittee.

Job Opportunity at University College London

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The University College London Research Software Development Team is recruiting a research software developer. Their ideal candidate will have experience creating and maintaining research software in one or more fields, and will "design, extend, refactor and maintain scientific software accross all subject areas". Sound like you? Have a look at James Hetherington's post about the position. Good luck!

Introducing Arliss Collins

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

The incredible expansion of Software Carpentry over the last few months has been exciting and a little overwhelming, so we're pleased to introduce the newest member of the Mozilla Science Lab team, Arliss Collins. Arliss's background is in engineering and project management, and she'll be working with me, Kaitlin and Greg on bootcamp management, infrastructure development and maintenance, and communications.

Feedback from Arizona

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Julie Messier, a plant ecologist and doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona who organized the recent bootcamp there, has posted about the bootcamp on her blog.

New Camps Coming Up

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

We have arranged plenty of bootcamps in the last few weeks; here's what's coming up:

Site	Dates	Registration Status
American University of Beirut	Mar 20–21	not yet open
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Mar 24–25	not yet open
University College London	Apr 4 and 8	not yet open
EGI Forum, Manchester	Apr 11	open
University of Wisconsin - Madison	Apr 29–30	not yet open
University of Oxford	May 9–10	restricted
NESCent	May 16–17	not yet open
Duke University	May 20–21	not yet open
University of Massachusetts Amherst	May 23–24	not yet open
University of Alberta	May 30–31	open
Tufts University	June 3–4	not yet open
University of Southampton	June 3–4	restricted
University of Oklahoma	July 1–2	restricted
Indiana University	July 11–12	not yet open
Utah State University	July 16–17	not yet open
University of Notre Dame	July 18–19	not yet open
University of Iowa	September 5–6	not yet open

And of course we're always looking for more eager researchers who want to organize a camp at their institution. If you're interested, please contact us for more information about what's involved.

Registration for Amsterdam Bootcamp is Open

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Registration is now open for the upcoming bootcamp for physicists at VU University in Amsterdam.