Graphical User interfaces for Research Software

Diego Alonso Álvarez is a physicist with 13 years of research experience in academia, including a PhD in semiconductor nanostructures and postdoctoral research on novel solar energy concepts and solar cells. He has learnt first-hand the value and difficulties of developing good software while doing research: his work has consistently involved software development for simulation, laboratory instrument control and outreach. Diego is aSoftware Sustainability Institute Fellowand member of the Society of Research Software Engineering, and is enthusiastic about promoting good coding practices among other researchers. He joined theResearch Software Engineeringteam at Imperial College London in November 2018 and has contributed to theStrainMapandPOWBALprojects, amongst others.

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The goal of these workshops is to help developers lose their reluctance to invest time creating a GUI for their research software.

Research software has been a driving force behind the birth and rapid growth of informatics, but it was the appearance of graphical user interfaces (GUI) in the 1980s that made computers accessible to everyone. A GUI helps to reduce the learning curve for using software, increases the base of potential users and can ultimately increase citations and impact. Moreover, a well-designed GUI can perform validation and increase the robustness and reproducibility of the results, productively decoupling developers from users.The goal of these workshops is to help developers lose their fear - or reluctance - to invest time creating a GUI for their research software, and help them to give those first steps in the development of graphical user interfaces. The target audience is anyone who develops research software as part of their work, in any role, academic level and department.More information on the <a href="https://imperialcollegelondon.github.io/GUIs-for-RS/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sylabus of the course</a> as well as links to the course material (when available) can be found in the <a href="https://imperialcollegelondon.github.io/GUIs-for-RS/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Course Webpage</a>. The creation and delivery of these workshops is possible only thanks to the <a href="https://www.software.ac.uk/programmes-and-events/fellowship-programme" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Software </a><a href="https://www.software.ac.uk/programmes-and-events/fellowship-programme" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainability institute Fellowship Programme 2020</a> and the strong support of the <a href="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/self-service/research-support/rcs/research-software-engineering/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RSE team at Imperial College London</a>.

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