• Chemistry: Christopher Cave-Ayland

  • Electronics and Computer Science: Don Cruickshank

  • Engineering: Ryan Pepper

  • Maths: Ian Hawke, Alice Harpole

  • Medicine: Alistair Bailey

  • Physics: Sam Manghan

  • Social Sciences: Arshad Emmanbux

  • Geography: Laura Graham

  • And...

Community Champions

Discussion groups

  1. Review the topics

  2. Vote for your favourite

  3. Break into groups

  4. Discuss

  5. Feedback

How will this community work?

  • What do we want to do?
  • Do we split into interest groups, domain groups, expert/beginner groups?
  • How frequently do we meet, and how do we communicate?
  • Other events that we should hold?

What would make you a better coder?

  • Expert talks on particular languages/tools/techniques?
  • How do we ask and answer questions?
  • Tutorials or mentoring on new techniques?
  • Peer review and testing?

What are the big software problems that are holding back your research?

  • How can we solve them?
  • What can we learn from other disciplines?
  • Do we want a shared infrastructure and, if so, what?

How do we get more beginners involved?

  • This isn't just an expert community
  • How do we need separate events for beginners?
  • The problem of not knowing about what can help
  • Separate events
  1. How will this community work?

  2. What would make you a better coder?

  3. What are the big software problems that are holding back your research?

  4. How do we get more beginners involved?

Summary

Discussion group ideas for RSC launch

By Simon Hettrick

Discussion group ideas for RSC launch

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