1 - 31 December, 2016: Instructor Training, Community Service Awards, Career paths, Steering Committee Elections.
This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.
##Highlights
- We are pleased to announce the first ever Library Carpentry instructor training in 2017.
- The very first Software Carpentry community service awards have been awarded.
- Greg Wilson will be taking up a position as Computer Science Educator Lead at Shopify, and will continue to work as a volunteer with the Carpentries.
- We are exited about the upcoming series of panel discussions on the variety of career paths available for our community members.
##Jobs
- Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCL (University College London) is looking for a physics teacher with IT skills.
##Tweets
- Have you considered making a donation to Software Carpentry?
- 8 best practices to improve your scientific software.
- A minimum standard for publishing computational results in the Weather and Climate Sciences.
- How to write a reproducible paper.
##General
The 2017 Steering Committee Candidates have shared their stories with us: Sue McClatchy, Rayna Harris, Kate Hertweck, Christina Koch, Mateusz Kuzak, Karin Lagesen, Belinda Weaver.
Python is not only for coding serious programs, you can also use it to create art.
Communication is the key to any successful foundation, we would like to better our communication between community, staff and Steering Committee.
Despite some severe wheather conditions in New Zealand, NIWA had a very succesful workshop.
The Steering Committee’s year in review by Rayna Harris.
A special thank you to everyone involved in the instructor discussin sessions during the year.
Some insight on how SWC and DC can lead you to new and exciting places.
7 workshops were run over the past 30 days. For more information about past workshops, please visit our website.
Upcoming Workhshops:
January 229th AAS Meeting, Oklahoma State University, NERC / The University of Bristol,University of Nebraska - Lincoln, University of Oxford, The University of Washington eScience Institute, Michigan State University, University of California Berkeley, University of Oklahoma, University of Connecticut, Software Carpentry @ UW Madison, LCG-Aula 1-2, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, UNAM, University of Michigan, NERC / The University of Bristol, Langley Research Center, Imperial College London, Neuroscience Research Australia, ResBaz Hobart, Python Stream, ResBaz Hobart, R Stream.
February Simon Fraser University, University of Toronto, University of Texas at Arlington, AMOS / MSNZ Conference, University of Auckland, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.