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Hacking Ecology: Facilitatingdata-intensive research in ecology
A Weecology Production
Ethan P. White@ethanwhite
ethanwhite.org
Slides:http://is.gd/hackeco
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Images: NASA JPL, jpl.nasa.gov; D. Estrin et al., environment.ucla.edu, Kokopelad, commons.wikimedia.org
EcoDataRetriever
1. Train2. Hire3. Collaborate4. Reward
Alex SzalayImage: Jake Vanderplas, https://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2014/08/22/hacking-academia/
Train
Period of Training
Days Weeks Months Years
Semester(coming soon)
ScientificProgramming
Groups
UniversityCourses
SoftwareDeveloper Researcher
Research SoftwareEngineer
Hire
Ben MorrisUndergrad
Henry SenyondoLab Engineer
Daisie HuangEngineer @ Dryad
Dan McGlinnPostdoc
Me: “I need to hire a Research Software Engineer.”
University: “A what?”
Me: “A staff position in my lab to develop software.”
University: “So, like a Statistician?”
You Gotta ShareYou Gotta Care*
* That's right, 1000 bonus points for your Dynamic Ecology bingo
Collaborate
“rOpenSci is all about community. Join us!”
https://ropensci.org/
Code is a core contribution to modern science
Reward
“academia fails to properly reward the valuable skill set of the data scientist”
– Jack Vanderplas
SoftwareDeveloper Researcher
1. Train2. Hire3. Collaborate4. Reward
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