SSI Fellow Peter Schmidt is the host and creator of the Code For Thought podcast, the community podcast for research software engineers and researchers who code. 

Here is a full list of the April episodes:

scikit-learn: Software is People

scikit-learn is a highly successful and popular Python library for data science and machine learning. It is open source and has a large contributor base. 

Peter had the pleasure to meet with some of the scikit-learn team to talk about how they got involved and how it is possible to run an Open Source project of this size and scale. 

Lecturers without Borders - Eugenia Covernton

Lecturers without Borders wants to bring scientists and school students together. It is an exciting project and for this episode Peter talked to Eugenia Covernton, who's leading the non-profit organisation. 

So, if you are a travelling researcher or RSE, or even if you want to do it from the comfort of your home, LeWiBo gives you an opportunity to share your work in schools.

Make computing GREENER - Loïc Lannelongue

How can we make computing environmentally more sustainable? Meet Loïc Lannelongue, who - together with Michael Inouye - created the Green Algorithms project. Amongst other things, it allows us to estimate the carbon footprint of our algorithms and computing jobs. 

The project has been awarded the HDR UK Susannah Boddie Award for Impact of the Year in March 2024. 

The making of a diveRSE community - Jeremy Cohen, Michael McLeod

In this episode, Peter talks about two different aspects of diversity in tech and research software engineering in particular. First, we hear from Jeremy Cohen, who has been running the DiveRSE seminar series since 2022 and is the co-author of a paper on the subject (link below). Then I talk to Michael McLeod, who is telling us about the role LGBTQ+ people play in tech. 

ByteSized RSE: Property Based Testing - Duncan McGregor and Nicholas del Grosso

Property based testing can help you make your tests more effective and your code more robust. Together with Duncan McGregor and Nicholas del Grosso, Peter talks about what property based testing is and in particular goes into one widely used implementation for Python - the Hypothesis library.