Research software is not only an essential part of doing research, but it is an important research output. The producers of pipelines, workflows and software packages are increasingly being recognised for their contributions. How can you make, share and maintain good research software in a way that will advance your career?

Do you write code for your research? Are you making these new workflows, pipelines, scripts or computational methods available as software? Do you see your software contributions as a pathway to impact your career? If you answer yes to any of these questions, please join us!

For this panel discussion we have invited people who invest a lot of their time, writing, reviewing and maintaining bioinformatics software tools. We will have a wide-ranging discussion on how this benefits researchers and others, the effect on career development, research impact via software and what can be done to increase the recognition for this work.

The panel discussion will run for approximately 45 minutes, followed by a Q&A session.

MC: A/Prof Denis Bauer, Principal Research Scientist, Transformational Bioinformatics, CSIRO

Panellists:

1. A/Prof. Kim-Anh Lê Cao, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
2. Dr Sonika Tyagi, Central Clinical School, Monash University
3. Mr Fred Jaya, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
4. Professor Gordon Smyth, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)

This event is co-hosted by Australian BioCommons, ABACBS and the ARDC Software Program.

It forms part of the implementation of the ARDC National Research Software Agenda (https://bit.ly/rs-agenda) to make research software more visible, better cited and maintained.

Date/time: 24 February 2022 - 13:00-14:00 AEDT/ 12:00-13:00 AEST / 12:30 - 13:30 ACDT / 10:00-11:00 AWST

*How to join: *This webinar is free to join but you must register for a place in advance.