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RSEConUK 2019

The Fourth Conference of Research Software Engineering was held at the University of Birmingham.

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Sam Cox

University of Nottingham
Research Software Engineer (HPC)
sam.cox144@gmail.com

12:30 BST

HPC Champions Workshop - Colocated with RSEConUK2019James Grant • Andy Turner • Josephine Beech-Brandt

19:00 BST

Pre-Conference summer buffet and drink reception hosted by Google The High Field Pub

09:00 BST

Welcome and Introduction 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallAndrew Edmondson • Claire Wyatt

09:30 BST

Keynote: Internet of Things, AI, and what lies beyond... 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallAndy Stanford-Clark

10:30 BST

Refreshments 6. The Great Hall

11:00 BST

#1D1 - Legacy Software - A case study in optimisation of legacy software 4. Aston Webb, Room WG12Michele Mesiti

11:45 BST

#1C2 - Mentoring and Inclusivity - RSE mentoring scheme: a discussion 5. Nuffield Building, Room G17Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran • Mozhgan Kabiri Chimeh • Anna (Ania) Brown • Alys Brett • Alexander Konovalov • Jonathan Cooper • Paul Richmond

12:30 BST

Lunch sponsored by Digital Science 6. The Great Hall

13:30 BST

#2B1 - Useful Tools and Libraries - A beginner's guide to Kivy: a multi-touch GUI library for Python 2. Aston Webb C Block Lecture TheatreSam Cox

14:15 BST

#2C2 - Policy and Culture - Creating Impact from research - an opportunity for RSE career development 5. Nuffield Building, Room G17David Gavaghan • Kirsty Pringle • Paul Richmond • Mihaela Duta • Louise Brown

15:00 BST

Refreshments 6. The Great Hall

15:30 BST

Lightning Talks for Posters 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallTeri Forey • Aiman Shaikh • Kirsty Pringle • Ed Bennett • Anna Krystalli • Anna (Ania) Brown • Simon Hartley • Eli Chadwick • Andrew Lee • Jeremy Cohen • mark_woodbridge.75y7tky • Daouda Sawadogo • Timothy Booth • Tim Powell • Benjamin Mort • Giannis Savva • Matthaios Alexandrakis • Michael Croucher • James Dingle

16:30 BST

Society of Research Software Engineering Address 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallSociety trustees • Alys Brett

18:25 BST

Poster Session with drinks and nibbles 6. The Great HallTeri Forey

18:30 BST

P10 - DYNAMO: Dynamic Analysis Modelling and Optimisation of GDI engines 6. The Great HallAiman Shaikh P14 - Implementation and performance comparison of queuing algorithms for use in Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations 6. The Great HallGiannis Savva • Michail Stamatakis P15 - Code Review tools beyond pull requests, in academia 6. The Great HallMatthaios Alexandrakis P19 - NAG and the RSE community 6. The Great HallMichael Croucher P3 - RSE Enabling High Performance Computing 6. The Great HallAnna (Ania) Brown P8 - SOMBRERO: A high-performance parallel benchmark from computational particle physics 6. The Great HallEd Bennett

19:30 BST

Buffet conference dinner (for all attendees, no ticket needed) sponsored by Oracle 6. The Great Hall

08:30 BST

Registration (Foyer) 6. The Great Hall

09:00 BST

Welcome 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallAndrew Edmondson • Claire Wyatt

09:10 BST

Lightning talks for DAY 3 Workshops 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallRoland Guichard • Andrew Laidlaw • Tania Allard • Phil Ridley • Diego Alonso Álvarez • Sarah Gibson • Angela Herring • Fergus Cooper • Andres-Leonardo Martinez-Ortiz • Mubashar Sapru

09:30 BST

#3C1 - Design Methodologies and Project Planning - Cheap, fast, or secure? When research projects meet real-world participants 2. Aston Webb C Block Lecture TheatreEmma Tonkin • Gregory J. L. Tourte

10:00 BST

#3C2 - Design Methodologies and Project Planning - Retrofiting research software engineering practices to active research tools 2. Aston Webb C Block Lecture TheatreGregory J. L. Tourte

10:30 BST

#3D3 - Machine Learning - Investigating Deep Learning Approaches for Robust Zooplankton Identification 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallChris Wood • George Graham • Fiona Reid • Yeow Tong Yeo

11:00 BST

Refreshments 6. The Great Hall

11:30 BST

Keynote: Bad Science/Wrong Number 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallBen Goldacre

12:30 BST

Lunch and poster prize awards 6. The Great Hall

13:30 BST

#4D1 - Cloud Technologies and Case Studies - Case study of porting a pipeline to EMBL-EBI Cloud Portal 4. Aston Webb, Room WG12David Yuan

14:00 BST

#4D2 - Cloud Technologies and Case Studies - Empowering domain experts with DARE, a new cloud-based platform and working environment 4. Aston Webb, Room WG12Rosa Filgueira

14:30 BST

#4C2 - Building a high performance network for HPC in the Cloud 5. Nuffield Building, Room G17Brendan Bouffler

15:00 BST

Refreshments 6. The Great Hall

15:30 BST

#5C1 - Tools and Case Studies - Autograd: A cool software trick for avoiding maths 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallPashmina Cameron

16:00 BST

#5C2 - Tools and Case Studies - Air Quality & Python: Developing Online Analysis Tools 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallDouglas Finch

16:30 BST

#5C3 - Tools and Case Studies - From Paper to Tech - an RSE Project on Patient Safety in Leicester Hospitals 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallTeri Forey

17:00 BST

Society of Research Software Engineering AGM 1. Bramall - Elgar Concert HallSociety trustees • Alys Brett

19:00 BST

Drinks Reception, pre conference dinner (Foyer) 6. The Great Hall

19:30 BST

Conference dinner sponsored by IBM (attendees with a confirmed place can attend) 6. The Great Hall IBM address, sponsor of the conference dinner 6. The Great HallJohn McNamara

21:45 BST

After dinner speaker 6. The Great HallDr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

09:00 BST

#6W3a - Build a BinderHub for hosting Reproducible Software in the Cloud (part 1) 3. Dome Lecture Theatre (access via stairs only)Sarah Gibson

10:30 BST

Refreshments 6. The Great Hall

11:00 BST

#6W3b - Build a BinderHub for hosting Reproducible Software in the Cloud (part 2) 3. Dome Lecture Theatre (access via stairs only)Sarah Gibson

12:30 BST

Lunch and notices 6. The Great Hall

13:30 BST

#6W6a - Oracle Workshop (part 1) 4. Aston Webb, Room WG12Christopher Woods • Matt Williams • Thom Leggett • Mike Riley • Rich Pitts

15:00 BST

Refreshments 6. The Great Hall

15:30 BST

#6W6b - Oracle Workshop (part 2) 4. Aston Webb, Room WG12Christopher Woods • Matt Williams • Thom Leggett • Mike Riley • Rich Pitts