Research software play important role in addressing real-world problems related to environment and society. They also become more complex with the availability of advanced computing methods and infrastructure, such as deep learning, big data analytics, and cloud computing. This is especially the case for the Earth Observation and Geo-information Science domains that need to deal with a wide variety of large spatiotemporal data. Moreover, best practices not only in software development but also community development are required to comply with Open Science and FAIR principles that are crucial for modern research. Research software development is essentially evolving into a team effort of professionals with different expertise and skills, including researchers, research software engineers, technology advisors, and community managers.
As a world-renown education, research, and capacity development institution, the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) has a long history and experience in research software development. Likewise, the Netherlands eScience Center builds and applies software in a collaborative manner to enhance the use of computing and digital technologies in academic research. The mini symposium aims to initiate a collaboration between ITC and the eScience Center on research software development by bringing the research and development communities of both institutions together to enable transfer of technical and practical know-how through presentations, open discussions, and networking activities. It will also help the eScience Center to better understand the specific needs of the Geo-Information and EO community. Based on the outcomes of the mini symposium, a series of hands-on training workshops on selected research software, as well as research software development best practices, will be co-organized to improve digital skills of ITC staff and students.
Programme
10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome and opening |
10:10 – 10:30 | eScience Center and research software development Presentation of the eScience Center and the Environment and Sustainability sector |
10:30 – 11:20 | ITC and research software development Presentations of the scientific departments of ITC with a focus on current research interests and the role of research software |
11:20 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30 – 13:00 | eScience Center Research Software Short presentations of research software (co-)developed by the eScience Center: · ESMValTool: Earth system model evaluation tool · eWatercycle: Reproducible, open, and FAIR hydrological modelling · Clustering Geodata Cubes: Clustering tool for geospatial applications · Laserchicken: Toolkit for handling airborne laser scanning point clouds · RS-DAT: Deployable analysis environment for remote sensing · Data Carpentry: Introduction to Geospatial Raster and Vector Data with Python · Mixed effects explainable boosting machines for spatio-temporal phenological modelling |
13:00 – 13:40 | Lunch |
13:40 – 15:20 | ITC Research Software Short presentations of research software (co-)developed by ITC: · ILWIS: Integrated Land and Water Information System
· LitMod: Multi-observable modelling of geophysical data for the lithospheric structure of the Earth and/or other terrestrial planets |
15:20 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
15:30 – 16:15 | Open Discussion: |
15:15 – 16:30 | Closing |
16:30 – 17:00 | Drinks |
This event is supported by the Netherlands eScience Center Fellowship Grant NSESC.ESCF.2022.013.
For more information or questions, please contact dr. ing. Serkan Girgin (s.girgin@utwente.nl).
