Roadshows
Would you like to learn more about
- making a model in Landlab
- best practices in writing code for your research
- using GitHub to store and safeguard your work
but you don't have the time or money to visit CSDMS in Boulder for the Annual Meeting, ESPIn, or training?
Then let CSDMS come to you with the CSDMS Roadshow!
The idea
In a Roadshow, CSDMS research software engineers (RSEs) visit your group, lab, or department and present one to three days of interactive instruction. Lessons are drawn from the CSDMS Ivy course material, which includes information on shell, Python, git, conda, Landlab, BMI, pymt, and best practices in scientific software development. The Roadshow also includes a brief overview of CSDMS, focusing on the resources we provide for students and early-career researchers.
Our goal is to reach people with the CSDMS message of open source software development in support of research in earth and planetary surface processes.
The plan
The only equipment needed for a CSDMS Roadshow:
- a classroom or conference room,
- a projector, and
- an internet connection.
Participants should bring a laptop with a web browser and an internet connection to work on the interactive Jupyter Notebook lessons. All course material is run on EarthscapeHub.
A sample agenda for one to three days of instruction is given in Table 1 below.
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
|---|---|---|
| CSDMS Overview | Git II | BMI |
| Shell I | Conda | pymt |
| Python I | Python II | Landlab II |
| Git I | Landlab I | Best Practices |
The topics and content of a CSDMS Roadshow can be customized.
Interested? Contact us!
If you're interested in hosting a CSDMS Roadshow, please contact us at csdms@colorado.edu.
If you're a CSDMS member and you'd like to join a nearby Roadshow, see the list of upcoming Roadshows below.
Roadshows, near and far
- Roadshow #1 (Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ)
- Roadshow #2 (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN)
- Roadshow #3 (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC)
- Roadshow #4 (TBD. It could be at your institution--let us know!)
Other options for help
If you'd like:
- live help (through Zoom) from a CSDMS research software engineer (RSE), see CSDMS Office Hours
- help with a CSDMS product or service without going through a Zoom call, try the CSDMS Help Desk
- to ask a question or discuss an issue with the wider CSDMS community, try the CSDMS Forum
