Research software is used within all research domains and across all the phases of research. It has pivotal role in enabling reproducible research and open science. But why should you think about research software management in your practices? How can you get support to develop your code and make it more reuseable and impactful?
 
In this edition of the Data Conversations, we show what support is available at the VU ITvO and UB to develop and share your code, and get rewarded for it. Researchers, Students and Staff from different Faculties, Institutes, Services and disciplines will have a chance to hear and learn what is new on the topic of Research Software Management and research software development.
 

Come and share your software, data and open science stories and hear others. Find the registration button at the bottom of this page.  

Agenda

12:00 - 12:05 Grab your lunch and get comfortable

12:05 - 12:30 Meron Vermaas

Make your code count 

12:30 - 12:55 Peter Vos & Patrick Bhairosing  

Introducing IT for Research “Helping researchers help themselves”

12:55 - 13:00 - wrapping up the session

13:00 - 13:30 - time for further discussion and networking

About the speakers 

Meron Vermaas

Meron Vermaas is VU Amsterdam's Coordinator Research Software Management. He works on improving software sustainability by focusing on developing expertise in software practices, infrastructure, and support.
Meron has worked in computational neuroscience at the Donders Institute Nijmegen and UMC Utrecht, where he obtained a PhD.

Patrick Bhairosing 

Patrick Bhairosing is the manager of the IT for Research team. He works on optimizing the team and its capacity. He is also responsible for developing and implementing Research Support IT and its strategy.

Peter Vos

Peter Vos is a member of the IT for Research team. You may know him as a technical advisor in the Research Data Management Programme. His main focus over the past few years has been Yoda and SRAM. In the future, he will (re)focus on software development and management.

Location

The location is Main Building 1st floor, Library Launch; the room behind the Lending Desk. You can ask at the lending desk for help or just walk inside until you see the screen.

What to expect?

This edition of the Data Conversations will feature two short talks from colleagues who support research. Each talk will be about 15 minutes long and there will be time for a Q&A session.  There will be opportunities to share your own experience.

Don't miss the free lunch at the beginning of the event! Those who are willing to stay longer than an hour are welcome to continue discussion and networking after the presentations. 

Who should attend?

Data Conversations brings together researchers, research support staff, and data management, and data science experts from all subject areas. Students, early career researchers as well as experienced academics are welcome to attend.

About Data Conversations

Data Conversations started at the University of Lancaster in the UK. The Data Conversations at the VU Amsterdam are intended to provide a forum for researchers from different subjects and disciplines to exchange practices and ideas around open data, FAIR data, research data management and related open science topics.