1. Principles and Processes in Chemistry 100
ResBaz a worldwide festival promoting the digital literacy emerging at the center of modern research
Prof Andrew Rohl
Curtin Institute for Computation
Lecture 3.1: Thermochemistry

2. Research Bazaar? Cathedral Bazaar Monolithic Built to a grand plan
Small group of leaders
Bazaar
Many participants with no prerequisites
No central control
From this apparent chaos, an excellent product can emerge

3. Software Carpentry Not for profit activity since 1998
Teach researchers in science, engineering, medicine and other disciplines basic computing skills to make them more productive
(Volunteer) Scientists teaching scientists
Two days of hands-on learning
Unix shell ⇒ automate repetitive tasks
Git and GitHub ⇒ track and share work
Python or R ⇒ build modular

4. What’s Missing? Students report they really enjoy the experience But…
Usually recognise they learnt something useful to their research
But…
Find it a daunting task to implement in their research
Find they need help after the workshop
Need to become part of a community

5. ResBaz
In 2015, University of Melbourne ran the first ResBaz conference
Held in Melbourne but got substantial funding from ARCS and Nectar to support intrastate attendees
150 attendees from 40 different institutions in ANZ
Based on Software Carpentry
Ran additional coursework
Natural Language Toolkit
Social Media for Research
Introduction to 3D Printing

6. Community Building Activities
Research tools poster session
Structured informal sessions (in a big tent!)
ECR advice through guest key-stories
Examples of cross-disciplinary engagement and community support
Networking with other attendees
Some attendees even camped on the grounds
Early morning yoga

7. Principles and Processes in Chemistry 100
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Lecture 3.1: Thermochemistry

8. Perth ResBaz 2016 Held at Murdoch University
80 attendees from all 5 WA Unis
In reconfigurable teaching space
Enabled two streams (R and python)
Ran activities with whole group
Additional coursework
Social Media for Researchers D3.js
LaTeX Nvivo
Research tools poster session
Star-gazing!

9. Anonymous Feedback
Everyone is talking, no stress, great vibe, lots of networking, great!
The helpfulness of all the tolerant tutors and colleagues
Really enjoyed my time learning all the tools especially R. Thank you for making Perth ResBaz happen
Liked I could always refer back to website if there was something I could not follow
Examples are a great way to understand programming
Challenges really helped cement understanding
Helpers are a great help, especially Matt
Great ratios of tutors to students
Really helpful for beginners
Awesome!! Hope to attend an ‘advanced’ conference

10. Suggested improvements
Levels of students too different. Too slow for some and too fast for others
Make a week long to cover more examples
Show more diagrams of what code is trying to achieve

11. ResBaz 2017 First week of February (30 Jan – 5 Feb)
Perth site will be at Curtin University