[Crib-list] TODAY... SPEAKER: Fernando Perez (UC, Berkeley) | Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 | 1:00 PM in Room 32-144 (STATA)

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 	T O D A Y . . .


 			Special SEMINAR

 		   Hosted by  Prof. Alan Edelman (MIT)



DATE:		Friday, September 21, 2018

TIME:		1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

LOCATION:	Building 32, Room 144  (STATA)



TITLE:		Sustainable development of scientific open source tools:
 		     a view from Jupyter


SPEAKER:	Fernando Perez  (UC,Berkeley)


ABSTRACT:

It is by now well established that software plays an increasingly important 
role in scientific research. We are gradually recognizing the importance of 
tools that are robust, well-tested, documented, and that support reproducible 
research practices. However, the development of such tools is a complex, 
resource-intensive process for which most scientists are poorly trained, and 
that is rarely recognized by the incentive structures of professional research.

In this talk, I will discuss some of the work we have done in Project Jupyter 
from the perspective of these issues.  I will highlight some recent technical 
developments in Jupyter that may be of interest to the GCC/BOSC audience, and 
will discuss lessons we have learned in over 15 years of building these tools 
at the intersection of research, education and industrial partnerships.

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