Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: INnovative Training Enabled by a Research Software Engineering Community of Trainers (INTERSECT)

协作研究：网络培训：实施：小型：由研究软件工程培训师社区 (INTERSECT) 支持的创新培训

• 批准号: 2017259
• 负责人: Jeffrey Carver
• 金额: $ 24.38万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-15 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2017259&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CyberTraining; Implementation; Small

Software forms the backbone of much current research in a variety of scientific and engineering domains. The breadth and sophistication of software skills required for modern research software projects is increasing at an unprecedented pace. Despite this fact, an alarming number of researchers who develop software do not have adequate training in software development. Therefore, it is imperative for researchers who develop the software that will drive tomorrow’s critical research discoveries to have access to software engineering training at multiple stages of their career, to not only make them more productive, but also to make their software more robust, reliable, and sustainable. This project, INnovative Training Enabled by a Research Software Engineering Community of Trainers (INTERSECT), provides training on software development and engineering practices to research software developers who already possess an intermediate or advanced level of knowledge. To achieve this goal, INTERSECT provides expert-led training courses and workshops to help build the pipeline of computational researchers trained in best practices for research software development. This project serves the national interest and NSF's mission of promoting the progress of science by preparing a workforce who are trained in research software engineering best practices and addresses a gap in the current training and education available to research software developers.The INTERSECT project provides training in research software engineering practices for researchers who are engaged in software development by (1) involving practicing Research Software Engineers (RSEs) in workshops to curate, develop, and refine training material and (2) using experienced RSEs to conduct training courses focused on that material. INTERSECT assembles experienced RSEs from the growing RSE community across the country who are interested in being instructors, to gather information about their capabilities, knowledge, and expertise. In addition to developing materials, INTERSECT is curating the materials used in the workshops and training sessions into existing frameworks. This curation provides an open-source platform that allows RSEs to have ongoing engagement with the training material and helps coordinate efforts across the RSE-trainer community. To support the generation and curation of materials, INTERSECT sponsors multiple RSE-trainer workshops. These workshops connect practicing RSEs, who are also instructors, from across the country to both leverage the diversity of knowledge present in different institutions and to build and strengthen a national community of this increasingly important group of Cyberinfrastructure Professionals. By contributing to the growth of this community, INTERSECT will have a broad and long lasting impact on research software through increased access to peer support, resource and knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities for community members. By providing intermediate and advanced level training events and RSE workshops, INTERSECT will help to cultivate sophisticated Research Software Developers, bring awareness to the RSE career path, and strengthen the nascent national community of RSEs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

软件是当前许多科学和工程领域研究的支柱。现代研究软件项目所需的软件技能的广度和复杂性正在以前所未有的速度增长。尽管如此，仍有数量惊人的软件开发研究人员没有接受过足够的软件开发培训。因此，开发软件的研究人员必须在职业生涯的多个阶段获得软件工程培训，这将推动未来的关键研究发现，不仅使他们更有效率，而且使他们的软件更强大，可靠和可持续。这个项目，创新培训由研究软件工程社区的培训师（INTERSECT），提供软件开发和工程实践的培训，研究软件开发人员谁已经拥有中级或高级水平的知识。为了实现这一目标，INTERSECT提供专家主导的培训课程和研讨会，以帮助建立在研究软件开发的最佳实践培训的计算研究人员的管道。该项目服务于国家利益和NSF的使命，即通过培养一支受过研究软件工程最佳实践培训的队伍来促进科学进步，并解决当前研究软件开发人员培训和教育方面的差距。INTERSECT项目为从事软件开发的研究人员提供研究软件工程实践培训，包括：（1）在研讨会中涉及实践研究软件工程师（RSE），以策划，开发和完善培训材料，以及（2）使用经验丰富的RSE进行培训课程，重点是该材料。INTERSECT汇集了来自全国各地不断增长的RSE社区的经验丰富的RSE，他们有兴趣成为讲师，以收集有关他们的能力，知识和专业知识的信息。除了编写材料外，INTERSECT还将讲习班和培训班使用的材料纳入现有框架。该策展提供了一个开源平台，允许RSE持续参与培训材料，并帮助协调整个RSE培训师社区的工作。为了支持材料的生成和管理，INTERSECT赞助了多个RSE培训师研讨会。这些研讨会将来自全国各地的执业RSE（也是讲师）联系起来，以利用不同机构中存在的知识多样性，并建立和加强这一日益重要的网络基础设施专业人员群体的国家社区。通过为该社区的发展做出贡献，INTERSECT将通过增加社区成员获得同行支持、资源和知识共享以及联网机会，对研究软件产生广泛而持久的影响。通过提供中级和高级培训活动和RSE研讨会，INTERSECT将有助于培养成熟的研究软件开发人员，提高对RSE职业道路的认识，并加强新生的国家RSE社区。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。