• 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