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General Information

The eScience Center offers a range of workshops and training courses, aimed at PhD candidates and other researchers or research software engineers. We organize workshops covering digital skills needed to put reproducible research into practice. These include online collaboration, reproducible code and good programming practices. We also offer more advanced workshops such as GPU Programming, Parallel Programming, Image Processing and Deep Learning.

Research software is a topic of growing interest for many researchers. This workshop is tailored for support staff who are already familiar with Research Data Management and the FAIR principles but would like to learn more about how to manage software better and help researchers manage their research software/code.

The workshop will cover the following key aspects:

• How is software being developed? What is research software and how much do I need to know?
• What are Software Management Plans (SMPs) and how can researchers benefit from them? How can I help researchers to fill in SMPs?
• What initiatives exist in the academic landscape that relate to software, and what do I need to know to support researchers?
• What software licenses exist, why are they important and how do I help researchers pick the right one?
• Why is software publication and citation important? How should software be published and cited?
• Why is it important to adopt good software development practices and how should I advise researchers on these best practices?

The workshop will cover hands-on exercises and many opportunities to ask questions that are relevant to you, your experience, and your field.

The workshop is split over two separate days with homework exercises in between.

Where: This training will take place online. The instructors will provide you with the information you will need to connect to this meeting.

When: September 15 - October 13, 2026, Tuesdays 9:00 - 13:00 CEST weekly.

Requirements: Participants must have access to a computer with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).

Accessibility: We are dedicated to providing a positive and accessible learning environment for all. Please notify the instructors in advance of the workshop if you require any accommodations or if there is anything we can do to make this workshop more accessible to you.

Workshop files: You will find all slides, notebooks, archived collaborative documents, and other relevant files in the files folder of the workshop website repository after the workshop.

Contact: Please email or training@esciencecenter.nl for more information.

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Code of Conduct

Participants are expected to follow these guidelines:

• Use welcoming and inclusive language
• Be respectful of different viewpoints and experiences
• Gracefully accept constructive criticism
• Focus on what is best for the community
• Show courtesy and respect towards other community members

Syllabus

• Research Software and its position in the academic landscape
• Initiatives regarding software, like FAIR software, (Free and) Open Source Software, RSE community, etc.
• Software Management Plans
• Good Practices in Software Development
  • Version Control
  • Distributing software
  • Licensing
  • Publication and Citation

Schedule

The workshop consists of five separate online days with time in between for homework exercises

All times in the schedule are in the CET timezone.

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Setup

To participate in this workshop, you will need access to software as described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.

We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.

Software setup

For this workshop you need a laptop and access to the internet. There are no setup instructions.

Install the videoconferencing client

If you haven't used Zoom before, go to the official website to download and install the Zoom client for your computer.

Set up your workspace

Like other Carpentries workshops, you will be learning by "coding along" with the Instructors. To do this, you will need to have both the window for the tool you will be learning about (a terminal, RStudio, your web browser, etc..) and the window for the Zoom video conference client open. In order to see both at once, we recommend using one of the following set up options:

• Two monitors: If you have two monitors, plan to have the tool you are learing up on one monitor and the video conferencing software on the other.
• Two devices: If you don't have two monitors, do you have another device (tablet, smartphone) with a medium to large sized screen? If so, try using the smaller device as your video conference connection and your larger device (laptop or desktop) to follow along with the tool you will be learning about.
• Divide your screen: If you only have one device and one screen, practice having two windows (the video conference program and one of the tools you will be using at the workshop) open together. How can you best fit both on your screen? Will it work better for you to toggle between them using a keyboard shortcut? Try it out in advance to decide what will work best for you.

This blog post includes detailed information on how to set up your screen to follow along during the workshop.