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# CodeRefinery - a hub for FAIR Software practices

### UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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# About me

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- I write research software and teach programming to researchers and lead the
  [CodeRefinery project](https://coderefinery.org).

- I lead the [high-performance computing group](https://hpc.uit.no) and the
  [research software engineering group](https://research-software.uit.no) at UiT.
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# NeIC: key facts

## Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration

- Provides .emph[funding, management, a framework and a network] for projects
  that improve digital infrastructure and research in the Nordic-Estonian
  region

- **Topics**: Health, Climate and biodiversity, Atmospheric sciences,
  High-energy physics, Software development, Authentication & Authorization
  Infrastructure, Architectures, User interfaces

- 6 member countries, ~45 partners, ~230 persons

- Budget in 2022: 74 MNOK ~7,5 M€ (one third in-kind)

- [NeIC annual report 2021](https://wiki.neic.no/w/ext/img_auth.php/c/c7/Annual_Report_2021_single.pdf)

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# FAIR principles and software

Researchers need to navigate many tools and concepts.

.cite[(c) [Scriberia](http://www.scriberia.co.uk) for [The Turing Way](https://the-turing-way.netlify.com), CC-BY]

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# Team and project: [coderefinery.org](https://coderefinery.org/)

- Started in 2016, now we are in phase 3 until 2025
- **Partners**: NeIC (1 FTE), Aalto University, ENCCS, CSC, .emph[DeiC], Sigma2/NRIS, SNIC, T1C for interactive HPC (DK), USIT/UiO

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- Over 2000 persons trained
- Over 30 instructors/speakers
- Over 100 exercise leads
- **Pioneering teaching methods**
- **Working in public**
- Lesson material
- Video recordings
- Manuals
- Training network
- Brand
- Impact
- Community
- Knowledge
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# CodeRefinery: bridging the gap

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# Our course portfolio via [coderefinery.org](https://coderefinery.org)

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- Version control
- Collaboration using Git
- Testing
- Documentation
- Notebooks
- Modular code development
- Reproducible research
- Software licensing
- How to share and publish code
- .emph[How to organize a code project]
- **...**

Lessons and recordings: https://coderefinery.org/lessons/
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# A typical CodeRefinery workshop

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# Participating as a learner

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# Participating as an organization

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## How to give a concert

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- Assemble band
- On-board new band members
- Organize venue
- ~~Tour bus and hotel~~
- Announce
- Print posters and advertise
- Set playlist
- Deal with tickets and cancellations
- Provide rehearsal space
- Rehearse and update the set
- Provide security and manage audience
- Sound check
- Tune the instruments
- .emph[Play the show]
- Broadcast, light, and record
- Clean up
- Give interviews
- Edit and publish recording
- Publish memoirs
- Get money for the next tour
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# What we have learned

- .emph[Coordination effort] starts to outweigh lesson preparation and teaching
- The importance of .emph[communicating value to organizations]
- .emph[Outreach and marketing] takes time and work
- Learners and volunteers typically join for a short time
- Building long lasting relationships takes effort

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# Big problem: visibility and outreach

.quote[[ ] check this box if you would like to be informed about events in future organized by us. This is how we will store your contact information: ...]

Ideas:
- roll-ups
- info-screens
- events
- stands
- office hours
- newsletter

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# GitLab: "adopt-a-service"

- Code repository hosting for Nordic research software: https://coderefinery.org/repository/

- Over 300 active users, 175 groups, with over 400 active projects

- .emph[Operated by DeiC]

- ~50k DKK/ year: **ca. 15 DKK per active user and month**

- Funding beyond 2024/2025 currently unclear

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# Lessons learned/ observations

- From local computing centers towards national (e.g.
  [Sigma2/NRIS](https://www.sigma2.no/)) and international compute resources
  (e.g.
  [EuroHPC](https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/)/[LUMI](https://lumi-supercomputer.eu/))

- .emph[Distributed support staff]: Organizations will have to collaborate on training and .emph[stay close to the users]

- .emph[Good enough practices] that are used better than perfect practices not
  applied

- Instead of "good for others": ".emph[good for your future you] and as side
  effect good for others"

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# Where to start: Code review

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# Future

- Put the project on the map

- Non-profit organization

- .emph[Better communicate expectations, needs, and goals]

- Make this something that people put on their CVs

- Make this something that organizations put on their homepages

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# How you can help