Improve visibility of research software for career advancement

The Australian BioCommons, ABACBS and the ARDC Software Program recently co-hosted a wide-ranging panel discussion, Improve visibility of research software for career advancement.

Our MC and panellists, A/Prof Denis Bauer (CSIRO), A/Prof Kim-Anh Lê Cao (The University of Melbourne), Dr Sonika Tyagi (Monash University), Mr Fred Jaya (University of Sydney) and Professor Gordon Smyth, (WEHI) shared their experiences of developing, sharing code and software at various stages of their careers. Offering tips for getting started with sharing your own code and software, the suggested ways in which these activities can be better supported and sustained. Catch up by watching the recording and explore the resulting crowd-sourced list of resources on code review, software maintenance, registries and citations collected during the lively chat discussion.

Research software is both an essential part of doing research, and an important (but undervalued) research output. The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) has a National Research Software Agenda that describes how we can work together to See, Shape and Sustain research software. The goal is to lift recognition of research software to that of a first-class research output and to ensure that it is well-shaped and sustained and BioCommons backs #ResearchSoftwareAU whenever we can!

BioCommons’ Dr Johan Gustafsson, is co-leading the new Visible Research Software Interest Group along with Dr Paula Andrea Martinez (ARDC) and Dr Vanessa Crosby (University of New South Wales). It’s a focal point for the community to come together to jump-start coordinated activities to improve the visibility of research software, recognise authors of research software and improve software sustainability that started with the research software community’s wish to share information and resources. 

Watch the panel discussion video to learn how to Improve visibility of research software for career advancement.