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CodeRefinery mid-term presentation

Radovan Bast, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

 

NeIC Board meeting, Dec 15, 2023

Text: CC-BY 4.0

CodeRefinery project https://coderefinery.org

.left-column50[ We teach all the essential tools which are usually skipped in academic education so everyone can make full use of software, computing, and data.

We don't just give courses, but we are a training network that you can join to share the effort and bring better courses to your community. ]

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  • Started in 2016

  • Now in phase 3 (2022 - 2025)

  • 0.9 FTE/year funded by NeIC

  • In-kind partners: NRIS/Sigma2, UiO, NAISS, ENCCS, CHC Aarhus, DeiC, CSC, Aalto U

  • Huge need for beginner and intermediate training ]

Benefit realization (1/2)

.quote[I've been on many courses, I organize some bioinformatics courses myself, but it was certainly one of the best if not the best course I've attended. Thank you for your time and engagement :)]

Benefit realization (2/2)

  • Output: All our material is open

  • Quality: Measured by feedback (example)

  • Reach: We reach 500-1000 learners each year

  • Community: Total number of messages in our open chat: 92844

  • Nordic-RSE: Yearly un-conference. First in-person conference in 2024.

  • International connections: We get invited to conference workshops and BoFs, and asked for endorsements

  • GitLab: Over 288 active users, 226 groups, with over 390 active projects

Sustainability

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Focus for 2024

  • Attract funding

  • Community management

  • More outreach

  • Establishing a governance structure

  • Better communicate the value to join

  • GitLab service future ]

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Possible financing models

  • Fully .emph[in-kind] (however current in-kind contribution is below collaboration agreement)

  • Establish a .emph[non-profit] organization and set up payment/membership model

  • Participate in funding calls (through which legal entity?) ]

High-level question to the NeIC Board

NeIC can be a career-growth opportunity and a project incubator. NeIC already has the community and a critical size for this.

How can we get the local/line management (who allocates people to budgets and sets priorities) behind this? It is the line management that often decides what staff should focus on.