name: inverse layout: true class: center, middle, inverse --- # The Hacker Within # UC San Diego Chapter .footnote[Research Developer Roadshow - Research IT & The Library] --- layout: false # What is The Hacker Within? * Meeting of scientists/researchers/staff to share **tips and tricks** to make their computational work flow run smoothly * Peers at all **levels of experience** who share topics useful for scientific software development * Great place for introducing **new libraries**, showing off **useful features** of a tool, or bringing up a **problem** * Organized as Chapters by University/Research Organization * Current chapters: [University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign](http://www.thehackerwithin.org/illinois/), [UC Berkeley](http://www.thehackerwithin.org/berkeley/), [UC Davis](http://www.thehackerwithin.org/davis/), [Swinburne (Australia)](http://www.thehackerwithin.org/swinburne/), [International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Austria](http://www.thehackerwithin.org/iiasa/) --- # Example Topics from Other Chapters ??? * Discussing computational problems with a project * Useful features or tips-and-tricks of a programming language used in a project * Demonstrating and discussing a project or technology * Python, Machine Learning, RStudio, Bash, Visualizations, HPC, Git ---
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] --- layout: false .left-column[ ## How it works: ] .right-column[ 1. First meeting of the quarter is used to generate topics and schedule talks * E.g. What do you want to learn? What would you like to teach? 2. For main meetings, we gather and go through a round of introductions 3. A volunteer will give a tutorial or lead a discussion about a computational topic for about 40-45 minutes 4. There will be a time for a couple of Lightning Talks, which are 5-10 minute blasts of information about a particular topic or question of interest to the group ] --- .left-column[ ##How it is organized: ] .right-column[ * Use a Hacker Within GitHub repository to schedule event * It's encouraged to provide code from events in notebooks like Jupyter or Rmarkdown (when possible) * **Less is more** motto - talks are only 40-45 minutes ] --- .left-column[ ## Who is this for? ] .right-column[ * Anyone interested in **software development best practices** * Anyone who wants to share a tip or trick, a new library, show off useful features of a scientific library or programming language, or bringing up a computational problem * Anyone who wants to learn about the above ] --- ## Coming in Winter 2017!
--- ## How to get involved 1. Come to the kick-off meeting on 2017-01-19 @4pm (Biomedical Library Building Events Room) 2. Sign up for mailing list
3. If you are interested in giving a talk, helping host or organize, email
4. Look for a survey on our webpage about possible topics and interested volunteers
--- class: middle, center The Hacker Within isn't a class and no one is required to attend. We show up to have fun and to learn. Hopefully, your tutorial will teach something useful in a way that is enjoyable. To do this, please consider bringing your A-game. That is, find the enthusiastic tinkering problem-solver inside yourself (The Hacker Within yourself) and bring that version of yourself to share that enthusiasm with us. Enthusiasm is infectious! - https://github.com/thehackerwithin/berkeley