Code for Thought

Code for Thought

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  • [EN] Revealing the structure of crystals and proteins with CrystFEL - Thomas White

    English Edition: Meet Thomas White from DESY (German Electron Synchrotron) who is the creator and maintainer of the tool CrystFEL. The tool to help understand and analyse the structure of materials such as crystals and proteins. Thomas and I dive into the details of the science and experimental setup - and, of course, the software tool he created. 

    Links:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_diffraction 
    • https://www.cfel.de 
    • https://www.desy.de/~twhite/crystfel/ 
    • https://www.ccp4.ac.uk 
    • https://vimeo.com/1017833941 
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-electron_laser 
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_femtosecond_crystallography 

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    41 min
  • [EN] ByteSized: how to get your (digital) ducks in a row - with Richard Acton

    English Edition (ByteSized): In this first episode of the new ByteSized dRTP season, sponsored by the STEP-UP programme from the EPSRC (UK) you'll meet Richard Acton. Richard created a tool to help you keep track of all the steps you should take to make your software shareable and reproducible. With checklists, built right into your GitLab, GitHub repo. 

    Links

    • https://rsspdc.org/ home page for the checklists
    • https://rsspdc.gitlab.io/slides/bytesize-workshop_2026-02-26.html#/outline 
    • https://gitlab.com/rsspdc/checklists download the checklists MD files from here
    • https://www.software.ac.uk/news/software-management-plans Software management plan (SMP) from the Software Sustainability Institute
    • https://ligm.univ-eiffel.fr/~teresa/presoft/ another template of a SMP from Teresa Gomez-Diaz (Paris, France) - PRESOFT
      • https://zenodo.org/records/1405614

    I'd like to thank the STEP-UP project for their support of this podcast. STEP-UP is a collaboration between Imperial College London, King's College London, University College London and the University of Westminster. STEP-UP is funded by the Engineering and Science and Physical Research Council in the UK. 

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    33 min
  • [DE] Eine Begegnung mit Katrin Schöning-Stierand (HCDS Hamburg)

    Deutsche Ausgabe:


    Links

    • https://www.hcds.uni-hamburg.de/ HCDS Hamburg
    • https://www.hcds.uni-hamburg.de/hcds/team/katrin-schoening-stierand.html 
    • https://www.hcds.uni-hamburg.de/news/2025/20250502-rse-day.html RSE Tag in Hamburg 2025
    • https://www.hcds.uni-hamburg.de/current/all-events/digital-total.html Digital Total 2023

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    29 min
  • [EN] Computing, but not as you know it: analog computers (I) - B Ulmann, D Thuerck

    English Edition: with my guests Bernd Ulmann and Daniel Thuerck I am looking at the fascinating world of analog computers. Far from being "yesterday's" machines, there is a lot of interest in building analog devices. So what are they, what are they used for, and how do you work with them. 

    Links:

    • https://anabrid.com/ 
    • https://the-analog-thing.org 
    • https://anabrid.com/redac
    • https://shop.anabrid.com/collections/lucidac 
    • https://www.analogmuseum.org/english/ 
    • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/analog-and-hybrid/9783110787887/  Bernd Ulmann's book
    • https://analog-computing-days.org/  The Analog Computing Days conference in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 11/12 June 2026
    • https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co64127/phillips-economic-computer  The Phillips MONIAC analog computer at the Science Museum in London
      •  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Machine 
      • https://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2022/trickle-down-economics-phillips-machine-shows-how-macroeconomy-flows 
    • https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/charles-babbages-difference-engines-and-science-museum Part of the Difference Engine by C Babbage
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule a simple "analog computer" 
    •  https://research.ibm.com/projects/analog-ai 
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer 
    • https://research.ibm.com/projects/analog-ai Research into analog computers at IBM

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    43 min
  • [EN] Making Software Count - Simon Hettrick, Jack Atkinson, Will Swansborough-Aston

    English Edition: making software, digital data and other artefacts count in research evaluations has always been a challenge. But there are plenty of people and initiatives like the https://hidden-ref.org in the UK who want to change research culture. And I talked to three people who are working in this field to find out what the challenges are and what they do to make software and digital technologies count (more): Simon Hettrick (Uni Southampton), Jack Atkinson (Uni Cambridge) and Will Swansborough-Aston (Uni Exeter).

    Links:

    • https://hidden-ref.org/ The Hidden REF 
    • https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/what-the-ref  What the REF podcast
    • https://2029.ref.ac.uk/  The Research Excellent Framework for 2029
    • https://joss.theoj.org/  The Journal of Open Source Software
    • https://data.agu.org/notebooks-now/ Notebooks Now
    • https://mystmd.org/guide/quickstart-jupyter-lab-myst  Myst markup language in Jupyter 
    • https://orkg.org/ Open Research Knowledge Graph 

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    51 min
  • [EN] Trailer Season 11 - and Happy Birthday Code for Thought

    English Edition: It's a new season of Code for Thought. But not just any season. As of January this year, the podcast is 5 years old. And with this short trailer I want to give you a glimpse of what's ahead between now and beginning of July.

    Code for Thought is a community podcast. And if you have any ideas, comments or suggestions, get in touch via email

    [email protected]

    or on Slack (UK and SSI) or LinkedIn or BlueSky.

    Thanks for all of your support and thanks for listening. 

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    11 min
  • [DE] Jupiter HPC für die Wissenschaft - mit A Herten und B von St Vieth

    Deutsche Ausgabe: Anfang September 2025 wurde der neue Hochleistungsrechner Jupiter in Betrieb genommen, mit viel Fanfaren und Prominenz. Zurecht, denn Jupiter ist der schnellste Rechner in Europa. Aber wie kriegt man so eine Maschine am Laufen? Und wie kann man sie instand halten. Das habe ich mit meinen Gästen Andreas Herten und Benedikt von St Vieth vom Forschungszentrum Jülich diskutiert. 

    Das ist die letzte Folge der 10. Serie von Code for Thought. Und es geht am 3. Februar 2026 wieder mit der 11. Serie weiter (einschließlich deutschsprachiger Folgen). Alles Gute für die Feiertage und 2026! 


    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    40 min
  • [EN] Meet the 2025 SSI Fellows - Sangeeta Bathia, Jyoti Bhogal and Deborah Udoh

    English Edition: In this last English episode of this season, I'd like to introduce you to the three Software Sustainability Institute fellows for this year: Deborah Udoh, Jyoti Bhogal and Sangeeta Bathia. All three have ambitious goals for their fellowship ranging from training, building networks to public health. 

    I'd like to thank the Software Sustainability Institute in the UK for supporting this episode and indeed the podcast in general. 

    Note: there will be a short break after the next German language episode. The new season will start on 3 February 2026.


    • RSE Asia https://rse-asia.github.io/RSE_Asia/
      • on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/rse-asia-association/
      • membership form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XSxDaTJzcNyGeDYXyJNVg1TDCo7un18PLFNiK6_jL2g/viewform?edit_requested=true
      • GitHub https://github.com/rse-asia/RSE_Asia

    Have a great holiday and I wish you all a Happy New Year. 

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    37 min
  • [EN] Digital Humanities at Southampton - with James Baker

    English Version: our journey this week takes us to Southampton University - the Digital Humanities group, led by James Baker, my guest. And there is a lot more to the digital in Digital Humanities than software. James takes us through a tour through the exciting work that happens there:

    Links:

    • https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/digital-humanities
      • https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc//humanities/Digital_2025_DH_Annual%20reportWITHCAPTIONS_RND3.pdf annual report of the group
    • https://github.com/Southampton-Digital-Humanities their GitHub repos

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    45 min
  • [EN] AudioUniverse: Let Data Speak for Themselves - with Ch Harrison, J Trayford

    English Edition: WHAM, BOOM, CLAC, WHOOSH - sound can represent many things, so why not experimental data? James Trayford and Chris Harrison want to show that you can, with their project called Audio Universe. And we're going to hear some of the sound samples during my conversation with them.

    Links:

    • https://www.audiouniverse.org the project's home page
    • https://github.com/james-trayford/straus The Sonification software STRAUSS
      • https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.07875 The article on STRAUSS in the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS)
      • https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16847 the ArXiv article
      • https://strauss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ documentation

    Some sound/video samples:

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjkAoqgJvYg&t=572s Caribbean Audio Universe Tour of the Solar System, stars appearing
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jH1WNpDi10&t=1632s tour of the solar system, planet orbit sequence
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0rsZiIqcbc Spectral Data Cube
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZkPPhaty0 light curves with different sound designs
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78S0lkSc7so warming stripes
    • https://soundcloud.com/audio-universe-685767042/sonification-predatorprey-cycles-goats-and-wolves

    Get in touch

    Thank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!

    Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:

    • Email mailto:[email protected]
    • UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie 
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)
      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)

    This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    39 min

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Welcome to Code for Thought, the podcast about software for research and the people who make it.  Languages: English, German, French