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| Carpentries Clippings, 23 January |
|  | | | | | This month we wish to express our gratitude to our Code of Conduct Committee (CoC) that governs behaviour within The Carpentries community, ensuring that our community remains friendly and welcoming. The current committee members are: Andrea Sánchez-Tapia, Annajiat Alim Rasel, D. Sarah Stamps (Chair), Jannetta Steyn (Board of Directors Liaison), Jean Baptiste Fankam Fankam, Kari L. Jordan (Core Team Liaison), Karin Lagesen, Lora Leligdon, Malvika Sharan, and Yo Yehudi.
We thank you for all the work that you do for The Carpentries! |
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| Do you have a gratitude to share? We would love to feature it. Email community@carpentries.org to have it posted to our newsletter. |
| | Updates from The Carpentries Core Team
1 February 2025: The Carpentries becomes independent!
On February 1st, The Carpentries will officially be an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation! This is a significant milestone for the organisation and The Carpentries community, and marks the next chapter in our growth and sustainability. We are excited for what this independence will enable us to achieve as we continue to serve our global community.
With gratitude and excitement, Kari L. Jordan & Erin Becker The Carpentries Executive Team |
| | You are Invited: LLMs for Data Science discussion series.
A short series of monthly community discussions on a theme of LLMs for Data Science will be hosted by members of the Curriculum Team and Community Engagement Team in the first quarter of this year, with the potential for further sessions after that.
These are follow-up discussions to the the two community discussions in November last year on Teaching LLM Assistants in Carpentries Workshops, reported on in the two blog posts listed in the next section of this newsletter. The follow-up discussions will provide a platform for community members to share their ideas, experience, questions, and concerns about teaching generative AI methods and tools, and further inform The Carpentries’ strategy in this area.
The sessions will take place as follows:
The sessions are listed on The Carpentries Community Calendar and you can sign up to join these discussions on the community sessions Etherpad.
Please join us! |
| | What you may have missed on The Carpentries blog |
| Teaching LLM Assistants in Carpentries Workshops, part 1
Last year, The Carpentries hosted two community discussions on Teaching LLM Assistants in Carpentries Workshops. In Part 1 of 2 blog posts, our Director of Curriculum, Toby Hodges, and our Associate Director, Erin Becker, summarise the main points of discussion and outcomes of those two community sessions. |
| | Teaching LLM Assistants in Carpentries Workshops, part 2
This follow-up blog post on the two community discussion sessions in November on Teaching LLM Assistants in Carpentries Workshops describes our plans to coordinate community effort around curriculum updates/development around this topic. It includes a summary of plans to add new content to existing Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry lessons and to coordinate between developers of lessons on AI-related topics in The Carpentries Incubator. |
| | Ending Support for _styles_ in the Incubator
In May 2023, the Workbench replaced our previous lesson infrastructure, a Jekyll-based template affectionately known as styles. Any lesson repositories still using styles in The Carpentries Incubator after the end of this year, 31 December 2025, will be archived. |
| | | The Carpentries Community Calendar
Community Sessions
Community Sessions are a great way to interact with, learn from and share your knowledge and experiences with other Carpentries community members from around the world.
Welcome Sessions
New to The Carpentries community? Join members of the Core Team and community to learn about the organisation, ways to engage, and to have your questions answered. These sessions provide onboarding for new Instructors and are ideal for new Member contacts and anyone curious to learn more about The Carpentries community. This is also a great place to re-onboard if you haven’t been engaged with us for a while!
All upcoming Welcome Sessions are listed on the Welcome Sessions Etherpad. |
| | Community Opportunity PostingsThe Department of Medicine and Life Sciences of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona is seeking to fill two tenure-track positions, on computational and quantitative biology. Deadline for applications is 28 January 2025. The University Library of the University of Cambridge in the UK is seeking an Open Research Community Manager (Fixed Term) to establish and develop a Cambridge Open Research Community, bringing researchers across the University together to enable exchange of expertise in open and rigorous research practices. Deadline for applications is 2 February 2025. The University of Kansas Libraries are seeking a Research Data Librarian in a tenure-track faculty position. The position will contribute to advancing KU Libraries’ research data services. This posting has been extended. Review has begun and will continue until a sufficient, qualified pool is determined or 12 February 2025, whichever comes first. Interested applicants should submit applications as soon as possible. The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship program, open to U.S. citizens only, helps scientists – including social and behavioral sciences, health sciences and medicine, engineering and physical sciences, earth and life sciences, and interdisciplinary scientific fields – hone their skills by putting them to practice for the benefit of Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems. Applications for the 2025 fellowships close on 26 February 2025. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries are currently seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to join the team of the Evidence Synthesis and Open Science programs, to investigate and promote open science principles and methods towards a more efficient, effective, transparent and accessible synthesis of research knowledge across disciplines. Applications received by 28 February 2025 will be given first consideration. The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub is re-imagining its existing Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops, with new funding to scale computational and bioinformatics training across Canada. They are seeking a Regional Coordinator in Quebec (French speaking). Candidates with Carpentries Instructor training background are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications for the position are presumably open until it is filled. Dartmouth Libraries in the U.S. are recruiting for two collaborative and innovative professionals to join their growing Research Data Services (RDS) program: a Senior Research Data Science Specialist and an Artificial Intelligence Research Data Science Specialist. These positions are part of their commitment to advancing support for data science and artificial intelligence (AI) research and education at Dartmouth. Applications for the positions are presumably open until filled. The Kavli Foundation, a science philanthropy nonprofit organisation in Los Angeles, U.S., has an open position for an Associate Program Officer. The ideal candidate has a background in physical sciences (either chem/material science, astrophysics, nanoscience or related), and is excited about working with a team of program officers to manage grantmaking and activities supporting basic research in these fields. Applications are presumably open until the position is filled. Harvard Medical School (HMS) is searching for a Program Manager for the Research Rigor, Reproducibility and Responsibility (R3) Faculty Hub. The successful candidate will implement a comprehensive and cohesive program that defines, facilitates, and promotes high standards for responsible, reproducible and rigorous research across an HMS community. Applications for the position are presumably open until it is filled. Chicago Public Schools searching for a Senior Data Analyst to work in a team that oversees the selection process and the algorithm that underpins the process to place students in pre-k through high school seats across the district. Applications for the position are presumably open until it is filled. RefinedScience has a remote position open for a Principal Data Scientist. This role involves tackling complex clinical data challenges, developing predictive models, and extracting valuable insights to inform strategic decisions. In this role the incumbent will lead projects from conception to deployment, mentor junior data scientists, and collaborate with clinicians, academic partners, computational biologists, and data engineers. Applications for the position are presumably open until it is filled.
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