Fall 2022 Career Support Workshop
The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) and the US Research Software Engineer Association (US-RSE) hosted an in-person 2-day workshop at the Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago on October 24-25, 2022. The workshop focused on elucidating best practices for recruitment, career development, and retention of staff data scientists and research software engineers in academic settings. The primary outcome of this workshop will be a guide book that addresses how data scientists, research software engineers, hiring managers, and administrators can successfully create rewarding career paths for these new types of positions.
The workshop had breakout sessions focused on a number of different topics pertinent to academic careers for RSEs and data scientists. The format was semi-unconference style, with some pre-selected topic areas and some group generated topics. Participants actively engaged in content creation throughout the workshop and participated in writing, review, and editing of the end product(s) after the workshop concluded.
Fall 2022 Workshop Schedule
Day 1 - Oct 24, 2022
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Time |
Session Title |
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8:00-8:30 |
Registration + coffee (breakfast on your own) |
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8:30-10:00 |
Welcome, logistics, overview of project, and introductions (1min talks) |
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10:00-10:30 |
Networking Break with coffee, fruit, pastries |
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10:30-11:30 |
Breakout Sessions - Determine section Outlines |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Report back and whole group discussion about section outlines |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch (Issue check-ins) |
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1:30-3:30 |
Breakout Sessions - Content Creation |
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3:30-4:00 |
Networking and Break |
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4:00-5:00 |
Breakout Sessions - Content Creation |
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5:00-5:30 |
Day 1 Reports |
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6:30 - 7:30 |
Dinner - at the Quad Library |
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8:00 - ??? |
Social Hour(s) (offsite) |
Day 2 - Oct 25, 2022
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Time |
Session Title |
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Breakfast of your own |
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8:30-9:00 |
Logistics and Updates |
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9:00-10:00 |
Breakout Sessions - Content Creation |
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10:00-10:30 |
Networking Break with coffee, fruit, pastries |
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10:30-12:00 |
Breakout Sessions - Content Creation and Cleanup |
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12:00-1:30 |
Group photo (6th floor) and Lunch |
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1:30-3:00 |
Whole Group Mayhem - read another section(s) in the context of your group and give conceptual feedback |
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3:00-3:30 |
Afternoon break |
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3:30 - 4:30 |
Breakout Session - review comments and input, decide on next steps |
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4:30-5:00 |
Next Steps |
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5:00-5:30 |
Outros, high fives, vuvuzela sounds |
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner - Quad Solarium |
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7:30+ |
Social hours and Malört |
Workshop Program Committee
David Beck
University of Washington
Director of Research and Education, eScience Institute
Ian Cosden
Princeton University
Director, Research Software Engineering for Computational & Data Science
Blake Joyce
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Data Science Manager II
Jing Liu
University of Michigan
Managing Director, Michigan Institute for Data Science
Christina Maimone
Northwestern University
Research Data Services Lead
Kenton McHenry
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
Associate Director of Software, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Micaela Parker
Academic Data Science Alliance
Executive Director
Steve Van Tuyl
Academic Data Science Alliance
Program Manager