Seminar 10th November 2015 2 p.m. 176/2013
How to become rich, famous, and popular while using your programming skills to make the world a better place
Dr Greg Wilson
Software Carpentry
- Categories
- NGCM
- Submitter
- Susanne Ufermann Fangohr
Photograph from a typical Software Carpentry workshop.
Please note the later time of this seminar.
Summary
Since 2010, Software Carpentry has taught basic computing skills to thousands of scientists in two dozen countries. Along the way, we have learned a lot about the gaps and overlooked opportunities in today's systems. This talk will explore several of these, and use them to illustrate how programmers can support some crucial but neglected parts of scientific work.
Bio
Greg Wilson is the co-founder of Software Carpentry, a crash course in computing skills for scientists and engineers. He has worked for 30 years in both industry and academia, and is the author or editor of several books on computing (including the 2008 Jolt Award winner "Beautiful Code") and two for children. Greg received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1993.