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Raniere Silva

Posted on 23 February 2016

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Posted by r.silva on 23 February 2016 - 11:30am

This is my first week working with the Software Sustainability Institute at the University of Manchester. My official title is ‘Research Software Specialist’,  I will be part of the Institute's Community team and helping run and support its activities.

I'm from Brazil and Manchester's weather was pretty good during the beginning of this week. Not as sunny and hot as in Brazil but better than the average for this time of the year here.

I graduated with a BSc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Campinas where I did some research on linear programming and interior point methods. Before joining the institute I worked as a freelancer software developer using Python, Javascript and Julia.

In 2013, I joined Software Carpentry and in the last two years I have been involved in some way or another with all the Software Carpentry workshops in Brazil. Today Software Carpentry has grown to have 6 instructors based in Brazil! In 2015 I was elected as a member of the Software Carpentry Steering Committee and last week I was re-elected for the 2016's committee. Thank you to everyone that voted for me!

At the Institute I will help with the Fellowship Programme, Collaborations Workshop, building bridges with other research software related, investigating a set of deeper experiences blog post from the community and start discussions on a idea for a set of research software oriented FAQ’s.

Aside from my working life, I enjoy traveling, reading, walking and cooking (I'm vegan). A perfect weekend for me will include travel to somewhere new, walking a lot to visit nice places and reading a book on the airplane, train, bus or car. Unfortunately I can't do this every weekend.

I'm super excited to be part of the Software Sustainability Institute family because of the amazing work that has been done and look forward to interacting with the community!

You can find me on Twitter or Facebook. And sometimes when I have free time I write on my blog.

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