Best RSE Podcasts (2026)

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[DE] Jupiter HPC für die Wissenschaft - mit A Herten und B von St Vieth 39:47

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Deutsche Ausgabe: Anfang September 2025 wurde der neue Hochleistungsrechner Jupiter in Betrieb genommen, mit viel Fanfaren und Prominenz. Zurecht, denn Jupiter ist der schnellste Rechner in Europa. Aber wie kriegt man so eine Maschine am Laufen? Und wie kann man sie instand halten. Das habe ich mit meinen Gästen Andreas Herten und Benedikt von St V…

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[EN] Meet the 2025 SSI Fellows - Sangeeta Bathia, Jyoti Bhogal and Deborah Udoh 36:03

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English Edition: In this last English episode of this season, I'd like to introduce you to the three Software Sustainability Institute fellows for this year: Deborah Udoh, Jyoti Bhogal and Sangeeta Bathia. All three have ambitious goals for their fellowship ranging from training, building networks to public health. I'd like to thank the Software Su…

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[EN] Digital Humanities at Southampton - with James Baker 44:24

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English Version: our journey this week takes us to Southampton University - the Digital Humanities group, led by James Baker, my guest. And there is a lot more to the digital in Digital Humanities than software. James takes us through a tour through the exciting work that happens there: Links: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centr…

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[EN] AudioUniverse: Let Data Speak for Themselves - with Ch Harrison, J Trayford 38:07

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English Edition: WHAM, BOOM, CLAC, WHOOSH - sound can represent many things, so why not experimental data? James Trayford and Chris Harrison want to show that you can, with their project called Audio Universe. And we're going to hear some of the sound samples during my conversation with them. Links: https://www.audiouniverse.org the project's home …

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[FR] Kwollect et Alumet: les outils pour mesurer la consommation d'énergie de HPC - G Raffin, S Delamare 31:25

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édition française: On sait, que les centres de calcul consomment beaucoup d'énergie. Pour déterminer combien, on peut utiliser l'outils logiciels comme Kwollect et Alumet. Simon Delamare (Kwollect) et Guillaume Raffin (Alumet) nous expliquent comment Kwollect et Alumet fonctionnent. https://gitlab.inria.fr/grid5000/kwollect https://www.grid5000.fr/…

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[EN] PyMoDAQ: No more reinventing the wheel - with Sébastien Weber 32:25

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Connecting instruments and managing data transfer between machines is bread and butter stuff for scientists. But you don't want to do the same thing each time you get a new machine or change to another one. Which is why my guest Sébastien Weber from Toulouse, France, created PyMoDAQ, an Open Source Python tool to help you with automating all of tha…

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[EN] Getting to grips with the Coding Interview - Mike Mroczka 42:31

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Job interviews and coding tests are daunting. But most of us have to go through them at least once in our lives. Like Mike Mroczka, my guest, who is a software engineer. To share his experiences and help others he wrote a book how to get on top of coding interviews: "Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview". I met with Mike to discuss how interviewing…

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[EN] Publishing with Quarto 37:37

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For this week's episode I met with (some of) the core developers behind Quarto, an open source tool for scientific publishing: Carlos Scheidegger, Gordon Woodhull and Christophe Dervieux. Listen to our chat and find out more what Quarto is, how it works and what's in store for the future. Links https://quarto.org https://github.com/quarto-dev/quart…

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[DE] Hirne, Zellen und KI - mit Eric Upschulte 37:48

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Deutsche Ausgabe: mein Gast diese Woche ist Eric Upschulte vom FZJ (Forschungszentrum Jülich) der mit seiner Software CellDetection den Preis für die Software des Monats April 2025 ausgezeichnet wurde (neben anderen Preisen). Was genau CellDetection macht, und das man es auch für total andere Gebiete verwenden kann, erfahrt Ihr in dieser Folge. Lin…

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[EN] Let Benchmarking Commence... the HPC RSE workshop at ISC 2025 in Hamburg 49:01

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This year's RSE (research software engineering) workshop at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Hamburg, Germany, focused on one theme: continuous benchmarking for high performance computing. Organisers Rene Caspart and Robert Speck tell us how it all went, while keynote speakers Michele Mesiti and Jayesh Badwaik give us concrete e…

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[EN] Unleashing digital skills in research - with Phil Reed 28:12

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English Edition: Meet Phil Reed from the University of Manchester and SSI fellow. In my chat with Phil we touch on a number of themes, like how to boost digital skills for people outside the research software domain, like librarians. And look out for Phil's other endeavours (hint: towards the end of the episode). Links: https://www.software.ac.uk/f…

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[EN] Sounds from outer space - the Voyager Programme - with Bill Kurth 51:47

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[FR] Pandorae: un outil d'exploration - avec Guillaume Levrier à la {BnF 56:20

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Edition française: Guillaume Levrier est chercheur associé à la Bibliothèque nationale de France - Francois Mitterand. Il est l'auteur d'une application Open Source appelée Pandorae. Une application pour simplifier, normaliser et explorer les documents ou données numériques. Bonne écoute https://github.com/Guillaume-Levrier/PANDORAE Pandorae sur Gi…

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[EN] Fusion Energy and Open Source Software? With Rémi Delaporte-Mathurin 35:05

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My guest this week, Rémi Delaporte-Mathurin from MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts/US, will tell us about the first Open Source Software in Fusion Energy (OSSFE) conference from earlier 2025 - but also why it is important to use and develop open source software in the field and the difficulties he met during his career. Links: https://ossfe.github.io/O…

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[EN] Meet the 2025 SSI Fellows - with Mike Simpson, Esther Plomp, Niko Sirmpilatze 36:34

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Better Software - Better Research! This is the mission of the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) since 2010. To support this, the SSI has been running a fellowship programme. In this episode you'll hear from 3 different fellows from the 2025 cohort about their motivation and plans for their fellowship. Maybe you want to join, too? You can appl…

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[EN] ATLAS: a titan amongst particle physics experiments - with Christian Gutschow 40:52

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Meet Christian Gutschow, particle physicist and research software engineer at UCL (University College London, UK). Christian is one of the scientists working on the ATLAS experiment at CERN. And together we try to give you a glimpse of what is going on in this massive experiment that tries to unlock the secrets of matter. Software plays a crucial p…

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[EN] Bring your own classroom - with The Code Refinery 39:00

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The Code Refinery has been training researchers on how to write better software since 2016. In this episode Samantha Wittke, Richard Darst and Radovan Bast tell us how it all started, how CodeRefinery is run and what's in store for the future. Do look out for their workshops for September and October 2025. Links: https://coderefinery.org/ The CodeR…

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[EN] Welcome to the autumn and winter season of Code for Thought 9:10

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Welcome to Season 10 of Code for Thought. To warm us up for the forthcoming winter and autumn season, here a list of the episodes and content you can look forward to. The season will start in earnest on 2 September. Get in touch Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email …

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[EN] A Service for All Seasons - the MetOffice UK 54:08

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English edition: In the last episode of this season of Code for Thought, I want to take you on a tour through the MetOffice in Exeter, UK. My host Dimitri Theodorakis and some colleagues of his talk us through some of the exciting work happening there. Links: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research overview of research at the MetOffice https://en.wik…

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Episode 63: Personal Purpose, Professional Success - CEO "Whisperer" Dr. Bob Lorber Talks Business 38:47

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Podcast SummaryWhat if the secrets to thriving in both business and personal life were hidden in the journey of a former street kid from the Bronx? Meet Dr. Bob Lorber, affectionately dubbed the "CEO Whisperer," who transformed his life from aspiring veterinarian to influential consultant and author. Bob's story is a testament to the power of mento…

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[DE] Ein Code Klub beim Max Planck Institut - mit Jonas Hagenberg, Vera Karlbauer 34:39

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Deutsche Ausgabe: Vera Karlsbauer und Jonas Hagenberg arbeiten am Max-Planck Institut für Psychiatrie in München. Aber Software und Datenverarbeitung spielt auch dort eine große Rolle. Vera und Jonas erzählen uns etwas über ihre Arbeit und über den Code Klub den sie gegründet haben um anderen Forschenden und Studierenden den Zugang und Umgang mit S…

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[EN] Open Research - at FOSDEM 2025 37:26

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FOSDEM is the annual event for all things free and open source software in Europe happening over the 1st weekend in February in Brussels. In this episode I want to talk about one "dev room" (developer room) in particular: the one on Open Research, that has been running since 2020. Over the course of a day, we heard from a variety of speakers on top…

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Episode 62: Leaving the State - Baker Tilly's Chris Parker Shares Strategic Tax Prep for Relocation 47:27

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Thinking about leaving the Golden State for a more tax-friendly environment? You're not alone, and Chris Parker from Moss Adams is here to help. Join us for an enlightening conversation about the intricacies of tax-compliant relocation as we explore practical strategies for establishing residency in a new state. Chris recounts his unexpected career…

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[EN] Parsl: a Python library for parallel programming - with Dan Katz and Ben Clifford 40:11

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Parallel programming is hard. Say Hi to Parsl a Python library and tool that aims to make the task a bit easier. I spoke with two of the key people on the project, Dan Katz and Ben Clifford. https://github.com/parsl/parsl the GitHub repo of Parsl https://funcx.org FuncX http://montage.ipac.caltech.edu Montage programme mentioned in the discussion h…

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[DE] Software entwickeln mit KI? Ein Gespräch mit Carina Haupt und Chris Stenkamp 35:19

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Meine Gäste Carina Haupt und Christoph Steinkamp vom DLR beschäftigen sich mit der Frage, inwieweit der Einsatz von Large Language Models (wie z.B. ChatGPT) bei Forschungsprojekten und deren Softwareentwicklung helfen? Große Versprechungen - aber kleine Brötchen? Get in touch Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören…

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Episode 61 : From Produce to Principal, Rick Smith's Journey With Tri Counties Bank. 43:27

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Could a leap from the produce aisle to the banking world be the secret to thriving in finance? Rick Smith, CEO of Tri Counties Bank, certainly makes a compelling case. Hear Rick's remarkable journey, starting from his beginnings in Sacramento to his innovative integration of bank branches in grocery stores in 1993. Rick's energetic narrative highli…

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[EN] Pandoc: a swiss-army knife for documents - with J MacFarlane, A Krewinkel 39:16

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John MacFarlane and Albert Krewinkel from Pandoc take us through the history and development of this very popular Swiss-army knife for digital documents and document publishing. Pandoc is, of course, open source. And if you want to contribute, don't be shy! https://github.com/jgm/pandoc GitHub repo https://www.lua.org Lua language https://pandoc.or…

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[EN] Let's Go Atomic (with Design) - Brad Frost 41:41

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Brad Frost is the author of a book called Atomic Design, in which he tries to help UI/UX designers improve their workflow and approach and create digital apps. We also talk about the changing roles of designers and design in a world where we get new gadgets all the time. As Brad says in his book: let's go atomic Links: https://bradfrost.com Brad's …

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Episode 60: Paralyzed to Powerful: Robert Paylor's Inspiring Journey 41:01

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Podcast SummaryWhat if you faced a moment that changed your life forever? Join me, Kelly Brothers, as I share the extraordinary story of Robert Paylor, a promising rugby player whose life took a dramatic turn during a 2017 national championship match. Robert opens up about his journey from Sacramento, where his passion for rugby began, to becoming …

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[DE] Rechnen mit Quantencomputern - mit Elisabeth Lobe und Peter Schuhmacher 52:22

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Dr Elisabeth Lobe und Dr Peter Schuhmacher vom DLR geben uns einen (nicht ganz so) kleinen Einblick in die Welt von Quantencomputern und an welchen Themen sie daran arbeiten. Ein spannendes Gebiet auf dem viel passiert! Hier eine Reihe von Links https://qci.dlr.de/en/alqu/ Die Quanteninitiative und die daran beteiligten Projekte https://qci.dlr.de/…

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[EN] From Volcanos to Open Source - John Stevenson 47:22

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My guest is John Stevenson from the British Geological Survey (BGS) and there is a lot to cover in this episode: John's switch from science to engineering; how to move from proprietary to open source software - and the hot stuff: volcanos. And what John did in volcanology. Here are a few links: https://www.bgs.ac.uk/people/stevenson-john/ John's pr…

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[EN] From Research to Production? With Duncan McGregor 32:28

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How can you transition from photo-type or exploratory research software to production code? Can you? I've been discussing this with my guest Duncan McGregor. In the first part of our discussion we touch on how you can effectively analyse large data sets that are distributed over different locations with tools like Dask. Links: https://www.youtube.c…

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[EN] ByteSized RSE: AI assisted coding - with Liam (Jianliang) Gao 34:24

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English Edition: In this last episode for the ByteSized RSE "miniseries" we talk about AI assisted coding - and the (long) history how engineers tried to come up with assisting tools to make our code better and more robust. My guest is Liam Gao from Imperial College, London, UK. Links: https://github.com/features/copilot GitHub Co-Pilot https://hug…

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Episode 59: Cross-Cultural Leadership the Disney Way with Doug Lipp. 49:22

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Business leadership expert Doug Lipp takes center stage in this episode as we explore his fascinating journey from Sacramento to Tokyo Disneyland and beyond. Doug's unexpected passion for Japanese culture, ignited in high school, not only shaped his education but led to pivotal moments in his career, like his internship and subsequent role with Dis…

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[DE] Hermes - oder wie veröffentliche ich meine Software. Mit S Druskat und M Meinel 38:25

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Deutsche Ausgabe: Das Hermes Projekt versucht das Publizieren von Software zu vereinfachen und auch zu automatisieren. Stephan Druskat und Michael Meinel, beide vom DLR und dem deRSE e.V. erklären uns was es damit auf sich hat. Links: https://hermes.software-metadata.pub/en/latest/ Hermes homepage https://docs.software-metadata.pub/en/latest/ Herme…

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[EN] ByteSized RSE: What's the carbon footprint of my app? 33:41

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English Edition: This episode is all about 'green computing' and how we can check the impact of our computing efforts. Helping me with that are Kirsty Pringle (SSI), Loic Lannelongue (University of Cambridge, UK) and Andy Turner from the EPCC in Edinburgh (UK). Tools discussed in this episode: https://www.green-algorithms.org Green Algorithms home …

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[FR] RésIn: un nouveau réseau pour les ingénieurs - avec A Baneyx et D Antolinos-Basso 43:41

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Edition française: le projet RésIn - réseau d'ingénieurs RésIn est une collaboration entre Science Po et l'Université Paris Cité pour valoriser le travail des ingénieurs pluridisciplinaires. Audrey Banyex et Diégo Antolinos-Basso (maintenant à l'Université de Neuchâtel, Suisse) nous expliquent pourquoi créer ce réseau et à quoi il sert. Liens: http…

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[EN] ByteSized RSE: Project Management with GitHub 28:21

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English Edition: How can repository services like GitHub or GitLab help you manage your project. Listen to my conversation with three guests, Gemma Turon (Ersilia), Ben Clifford (Parsl) and Mike Simpson (Uni Newcastle) how they use GitHub PM tools effectively in their work. Links: https://ersilia.io Ersilia project - Gemma Turon https://github.com/…

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[DE] TEACH Konferenz in Berlin im November 2024 - ein Rückblick 41:41

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Deutsche Ausgabe: Ende November 2024 fand in Berlin ein Austausch von Ausbildern und Tutoren bei Helmholtz statt - unter dem Namen TEACH. Wie kann man dem wachsenden Bedarf and Weiterbildung gerecht werden und welche Mittel und Tools helfen dabei. In diesem kleinen Rückblick spreche ich mit den OrganisatorInnen und Sprechern der Veranstaltung: Prof…

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[EN] ByteSized RSE: Design with a capital D - Zihao Lu and Meag Doherty 31:57

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English Edition: together with Meag Doherty and Zihao Lu I want to shine a light on UX/UI design in research and put the capital "D" back into it. The way we design our software and research projects shapes the way not only the way they are being used, but also how successful they will be. Links: https://www.figma.com/ Figma tool for wireframing ht…

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[FR] OCamL: un langage multi-paradigme - avec Florian Angeletti 43:39

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Edition française: Nous sommes ravi d'accueillir Florian Angeletti d'INRIA, qui est très connu pour son travail sur OCamL (anciennement Objective CamL), le langage multi-paradigme. OCamL est Open Source et très utilisé dans le métier de la recherche. Mais aussi dans certains secteurs industriels. https://ocaml.org https://dev.realworldocaml.org htt…

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Episode 58: Hamilton Jewelers-Creating the Gem That is Sacramento's Jewel. 45:57

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Join me as we embark on the inspiring journey of Daniel Farley, owner of Hamilton Jewelers Pavilions in Sacramento. Daniel shares how his family's immigrant roots from Mexico and Italy, along with the profound influence of his grandmother, shaped his passion for jewelry and business. Through a cherished childhood memory involving his father's thoug…

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[EN] An Emerging Voice - Deborah Udoh 30:38

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I met Deborah at the Research Software Engineering 2024 conference in Newcastle, UK, where she gave an impassioned speech about her drive to carve out a new career and new opportunities in STEM. Here she talks about how she got here and the obstacles she faces. My apologies, I initially uploaded the raw version of the interview. This should now be …

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[DE] Software Kompetenzen in der Wissenschaft - die Tagung in Hannover, Dezember 2024 41:12

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Deutsche Ausgabe: Vom 2.-4. Dezember 2024 fand in Hannover die Tagung zum Thema Digitale Kompetenzen in der Wissenschaft statt. Mit von der Partie waren ca 35 TeilnehmerInnen aus der Landschaft der Forschungssoftware EntwicklerInnen. Bei den Arbeitskreisen kamen dabei interessante und spannende Vorschläge heraus, wie Ihr hoffentlich in dieser Folge…

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Episode 57: Rachel Zillner and Kierstan DeLong-The Vision for RSE and The RADZ Group Portfolio. 45:37

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Experience the inspiring journeys of Rachel Zillner and Kierstan DeLong as they share their paths to leadership. From Rachel's entrepreneurial spark, kindled by her father's business endeavors, to Kierstan's passion for communication shaped by her upbringing, this conversation promises insights into the minds behind the new ownership of RSE—a leadi…

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[EN] ByteSized RSE: Gestalt and Data Visualisation - Kirsty Pringle 29:01

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Happy New Year and Welcome to Season 9 of Code for Thought. The season opens with a ByteSized RSE session - the short online courses with companion episodes for all of you who do science and write code. ByteSized RSE is sponsored by the Universe HPC project. Subject for this episode is data visualisation and how you could use the perception feature…

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[EN] Keeping Time - in Memoriam of David Mills (with Harlan Stenn) 28:43

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English Edition: In this last episode of 2024 I want to remember David Mills and his work on the Network Time Protocol (NTP). The tool that keeps our machines in sync. David Mills worked closely with Harlan Stenn from the Network Time Foundation on NTP and I was very fortunate to grab some of Harlan's time to talk to him about NTP and David Mills' …

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Encore episode: Field Official to Fox Sports Analyst. Mike Pereira's Uncommon Path to Success. 50:57

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What better episode to bring back than Mike Pereira now that we're deep into the football season and he's now actually in the booth with the very Tom Brady he references in this episode from earlier this year. Enjoy. When Mike Pereira steps into a room—or onto a field—stories and wisdom seem to follow him like a shadow on a sunny day. In our latest…

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Episode 56: Sacramento's Blueprint for Transformation with GSEC's Barry Broome. 51:38

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What if the economic downfall of your hometown sparked a journey that led you to revolutionize a city's future? Barry Broome, president and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, shares his incredible story of transformation from the industrial heartland of Ohio to spearheading economic development in Sacramento. Growing up amidst the coll…

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[EN] A MOOC for Reproducibility - A Legrand, Ch Pouzat, K Hinsen 38:40

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English Edition: Arnaud Legrand, Christophe Pouzat and Konrad Hinsen, three French researchers, who went through the pain of making research data and software reproducible. Out of that pain grew a set of online courses. I met with them to discuss how they developed the courses, the steps they had to go through and what the courses cover. https://ww…