Videos from our Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat are now up on our YouTube channel! Catch up on 5 days of engaging panel discussions on professional skills for #Research tech specialists including industry perspectives, grant proposals & teamwork▶️ youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Calling all Durham Researchers! Our Machine Learning & Statistics Community Day will introduce you to colleagues who work with your software, in your research area, or who have similar goals. Make sure you sign up for a day of discussion & collaboration➡️eventbrite.co.uk/e/n8-cir-machi…

New summer workshop! Join us and The Alan Turing Institute this June for a hands-on workshop about digital research using maps and newspapers! 🗺️📰Cost is free and travel bursaries are available. Read more and apply: n8cir.org.uk/events/summer-…

Jisc says UK digital research infrastructure ‘needs better collaboration’ shar.es/agsXnt . We give you a fantastic case study N8 CIR . Who needs american politics when we have fantastic examples right here in the UK??

Our Synthetic Data Generation Event is TOMORROW! We can't wait to delve into #SyntheicData and take you from novices to experts, coming away with datasets and code that can be shared with the community! Registrations are still open, come along! eventbrite.co.uk/e/synthetic-da…

Calling all Leeds Researchers! This Friday is our first #MachineLearning and #Humanities community event, Digital Leeds! Come along for a discussion, a chance to network and collaborate, and a free lunch. All disciplines/career levels are welcome. eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-leed…

We are looking forward to seeing you in Sheffield for our #SyntheticData Generation Event! There are still places, so check out the programme and come along for a free lunch and a chance to collaborate with other researchers! eventbrite.co.uk/e/synthetic-da… #MachineLearning #Reserch

Are you interested in using synthetic data for research? The N8 CIR #SyntheticData Hackathon is coming to Sheffield, sign up before 11/04/24 to take part!

Insigneo members Venet Osmani Information School, Anthony Hughes Sheffield Comp Sci & Mahnaz Arvaneh ACSE at Sheffield EngineeringSheffield are speakers.

Our N8 CIR retreats offer a fantastic opportunity for Research Software Engineers to learn vital skills.

Here's a session from 2022 with Alys Brett, Oz Parchment, Mark Turner and Marion Weinzierl, on how to build a successful team.
youtube.com/watch?v=EagutU… #N8ResearchCulture

Last week the Director of CIUK, Damian Jones, was delighted to be invited to the DRI Retreat in Manchester to join a panel discussing how to develop and foster positive vendor relationships - something that we pride ourselves on at CIUK Conferences

This week in #N8ResearchCulture , we'll be exploring the vital work undertaken by Research Software Engineers. Where better to begin by exploring the inspiring case studies of our colleagues at N8 CIR? n8cir.org.uk/case-studies/

Our 3rd local #MachineLearning community day!

Join us for a morning of discussion to identify common goals & foster connections & networks across digital #Research communities at Leeds! Anyone involved in ML is welcome & lunch is provided!
n8cir.org.uk/training-and-e…

And that’s a wrap on the DRI Retreat! 🎬

Thank you to all of you who came along this week, took part in discussions, asked questions, or joined us online. We will be posting content from the week soon so stay tuned!

Bringing the DRI Retreat 2024 to an end, Bede Director Alan Real has the difficult job of summarizing all the conference panels and discussions.

Fridays first panel - and our last typical panel - is about Fostering Positive Vendor Relationships ⬇️

Last words on ‘Strategy and Vision’: be loyal to your team, even when a mistake has been made. Be friends with your teammates. Give people a platform to improve themselves and build a career. Hire good people and make them better than you (the Star Wars principal)