Scicat Developer Meeting 2023

18 Jul 2023, 13:00 → 20 Jul 2023, 13:00 Europe/London

L5 (Oxford Mathematical Institute)

Laura Shemilt (Rosalind Franklin Institute), Max Novelli (ESS)

 

 

Scicat Developer Meeting 2023 is the 2nd Annual development workshop for the scientific metadata catalogue: Scicat. This meeting brings together users, administrators and developers of Scicat, from various institutions, to discuss current and new features of the catalogue. This year the meeting is held in Oxford UK by the Rosalind Franklin Institute .

 

We are meeting at the Mathematical Institute in Oxford in the Level 5 conference room: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/about-us/travel-maps

 

Due to demand we have introduced an online participation for Day 1 and Day 3. If you wish to join online select Yes to the question "Will you be joining online only?" on the registration form

 

The meeting is in the following format:

• Day 1 for Institutes 
• Day 2 for scicat developers only
• Day 3 for Users

If you are only interested in participating in one of the days please specify on the registration form. 

 

Registration Closes - 3rd July 2023

Registration Extended - 7July

 

Getting here:

By Air:
The closest airport is London Heathrow, but coach services are available to Oxford from Luton, Stanstead and Gatwick. 
London Heathrow & Gatwick: Take The Airline Bus from London Heathrow to Oxford https://www.theairlineoxford.co.uk/
London Standstead and Luton : Take the National Express Coach to Oxford https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/destinations/oxford/stansted-to-oxford

By Rail:
Eurostar departs from Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam to London St Pancras  https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en. Trains to Oxford can be taken from London Paddington or London Marylebone station https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

 

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Directions from Oxford train station:

 

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Tuesday 18 July

Opening and Welcome

Convener: Dr Laura Shemilt (Rosalind Franklin Institute)

Scicat Migration Lessons Learned

15 min presentation then unconference style discussion on the results of the migration.

Convener: Dr Max Novelli (ESS)

15:00 Coffee Break

Facilities Updates and Visions for the Future

Presentations from each of the Facilities and a summary of features they would like to see in Scicat.

Wednesday 19 July

Hackathon - search feature (TBC): Requirements Gathering

Start the hackathon session for the developers day. Gathering user requirments

Convener: Dr Mark Basham (Rosalind Franklin Institute)

11:00 Coffee Break

Hackathon - search feature (TBC): Storyboard creation and planning

Start the hackathon session for the developers day. Gathering user requirments

12:30 Lunch

Hackathon - search feature (TBC): Coding Feature

Start the hackathon session for the developers day. Gathering user requirments

15:00 Coffee Break

Hackathon - search feature (TBC): Coding Feature

Start the hackathon session for the developers day. Gathering user requirments

Hackathon - search feature (TBC): Close Out

Start the hackathon session for the developers day. Gathering user requirments

18:45 Conference Dinner

Information will be given at the workshop

Thursday 20 July

Opening and Welcome: Users day

Data and Infrastructure for Metadata Catalogues: Journey of Utilising Openstack at the STFC

Conveners: Aidan McCoombe, Martin Summers (STFC)

Data and Infrastructure for Metadata Catalogues: Globus and SciCat: key components of the Rosalind Franklin Institute research data lifecycle

Convener: Dr Silvia Ramos (The Rosalind Franklin Institute)

11:00 Coffee Break

User Presentations: User experience with Scicat in Structural Biology

Convener: Dr Audrey Le Bas (The Rosalind Franklin Institute)

User Presentations: User experience with Scicat in Correlated Imaging

Convener: Dr Chen Huang (Rosalind Franklin Institute)

User Presentations: 30.000+ datasets in an underground SciCat instance: the good, the bad, and the improvables.

Convener: Dr Brian Pauw (BAM)

1 Closing Remarks

Speaker: Dr Laura Shemilt (Rosalind Franklin Institute)