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A path to the light: stopping ‘secret’ software, managing maintenance and evidencing impact

How can we better recognise the value of software (by thinking about impact from the start and resisting ‘secret’ software)? Should funders be the default option for software support (depends on the circumstances), and what other options exist (several)? Should all research software be maintained (probably not)?

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Highlights from Collaborations Workshop 2021

Collaborations Workshop 2021 (CW21) brought together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, policy makers, leaders and educators to explore FAIR Research Software, Diversity and Inclusion, and Software Sustainability. Here we will share some highlights from the three-day virtual event.
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What are the formats, tools and techniques for harvesting metadata from software repositories?

Daniel Garijo, Stephan Druskat, Mark Turner and Alex Henderson discuss software metadata: 1) highlight issues with current practices, 2) provide pointers to tools that may help improve the situation and 3) summarise incentives for the research community to start adopting best practices for software metadata.
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News

Webinar on new Cerebras system on 10 June

Prof. Mark Parsons, Director of EPCC at the University of Edinburgh, and Andy Hock, VP of Product at Cerebras, will announce a new state-of-the-art 'as a Service' offering for natural language processing (NLP)​ models at a webinar on 10 June.
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New guide: How reproducible should research software be?

A new guide has been published attempting to answer the question 'How reproducible should research software be?'.
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Website unavailable on 2 June 0730 - 0930 BST

The Software Sustainability Institute website will be down for scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 2nd June between 07:30 and 09:30 BST.

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Events

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Carpentries Instructor Training

The SSI is running The Carpentries Instructor Training online over four mornings from 15-18 June 2021. 

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