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Postdoc in Data processing for open global environmental monitoring – WUR

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“Are you a researcher skilled in software development and motivated in making Earth Observation data more accessible and impactful? Are you interested in working in a cutting-edge international consortium and research how different Earth Observation data clusters can interoperate? Then we are looking for you!

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will work on developing a backend for processing of global scale Earth Observation data within the novel Open Earth Monitor initiative. Your work is a key component for Open Earth Monitor to accelerate the uptake of environmental information to guide current and future users in research, decision making and citizens towards the most sustainable solutions.

Your task will be to make the Open Earth Monitor data processing backend interoperable with multiple satellite data and processing service providers, such as Sentinel Hub, EODC and VITO with the aim to improve the user accessibility. This work will be carried out in collaboration with multiple international scientific institutions and you will work closely together with the team of Prof. Edzer Pebesma from University of Münster (Institute for Geoinformatics), and researchers from EURAC Research, Sinergise, MultiOne, GILAB and OpenGeoHub. You will also have an opportunity to build upon the OpenEO API by helping extend the API with machine learning capabilities and handling of in-situ data….”

Software Developer (Open Source – 4TU.ResearchData) — AcademicTransfer

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“4TU.ResearchData is a repository for research data and software in the technical and exact sciences, open for use by all researchers. The repository has a broad community of users and supporters who advance FAIR data and software practices.

4TU.ResearchData is run by a consortium of four technical universities in the 4TU.Federation (TU Delft, University of Twente, TU Eindhoven and Wageningen University & Research) and is hosted by TU Delft

In the spirit of Open Science, 4TU.ResearchData has migrated its repository software to an in-house developed, free and open source software called Djehuty (https://github.com/4TUResearchData/djehuty). Our vision is to co-develop this software with our 4TU.ResearchData community of researchers and research support professionals, such as research software engineers and data managers. At 4TU.ResearchData we strongly believe that community-driven development is essential for innovation and sustainability of our services….”

Open eScience Call 2023 (OEC 2023) – eScience Center

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“The call at a glance:

Open to researchers from all disciplines.
Receive in-kind support from eScience Center research software engineers (RSEs) on state-of-the-art research needing research software.
Two project sizes

Early career: 1.5 person year (PYR)
Spearhead: 2.5 person year (PYR)

Two rounds: lightweight pre-proposal and full proposal.
Timeline:

February 14th: Information event
March 16th: Deadline pre-proposal
June 8th: Deadline full proposal…”

Open Source Infrastructure Engineer: Site Reliability Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure | 2i2c

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“2i2c manages, supports, and builds community-centric infrastructure for interactive computing in the cloud with partner communities in research and education.

We’re looking for an Open Source Infrastructure Engineer that will join our Site Reliability Engineering team and make our cloud infrastructure more reliable, scalable, and efficient. It will help build a future of data-intensive scientific research and democratize the design and access to cloud-based resources for research and education purposes….”

Job: Software Developer (PHP). End of play: Dec 12, 2022 | tsv.fi

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The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies is looking to employ a Software Developer (PHP) to work in a three-year EU-funded project starting from February 1, 2023 or on agreement.

We are looking to employ a Software Developer to work on a PHP-based open source publishing system. The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies maintains nationally significant services for open publishing in Finland.

You will participate in an international EU-funded project which aims to advance the European infrastructure for open access publishing. Besides the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, the project includes around twenty other European organizations. You will take part in developing a platform called Open Journal Systems intended for managing and publishing scholarly journals and will work with other project partners and the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), which leads the developer community of the system.

Tasks include:

Designing, documenting and developing new features for Open Journal Systems based on the goals set in the project
Presenting the results of the work in project meetings
Collaborating with the project partners and the developer community

Requirements:

University degree in computer science or other related field
Very good knowledge of PHP and relational databases
Knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript
Experience in maintenance of web applications
Good knowledge of English
Ability to work responsibly in a team and independently

Desirable:

Experience in software development projects and international projects
Familiar with Laravel, Vue.js, XML, Git and Github
Knowledge of scientific publishing and software used for scientific publishing, especially Open Journal Systems
Knowledge of Finnish (not required)

The position is for a fixed-term of three years starting from February 1, 2023 or on agreement. The probationary period is 6 months. The office of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies is located at Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 Helsinki, Finland. We also offer flexible options for remote work.

The salary, based on the general collective agreement for the private teaching sector in Finland, is 3800–4000 €/month, depending on  how the requirements for the position are met.

 

Product Manager – Octopus

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“You will be part of the Digital resources team that delivers services that support the procurement, licensing, management, discovery and use of content and software for UK further education, higher education and research. Our work areas are: licensing (content and software), open research, content and discovery.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop a new, innovative open research product called Octopus. Octopus will allow researchers to publish their work for free at any stage in the research process. We are looking to recruit a product manager who is driven by the principles of open research and has the skills required to deliver this product to researchers and to grow a user base.
In the first year of the role, you will work cross-functionally to guide Octopus, an innovative research publication platform, from its launch to growing a user base and developing a sustainability plan. Developed by Dr Alexandra Freeman, Octopus breaks down the publication of scientific research into eight elements, unlike a traditional journal article.

The platform is free for researchers to publish their work, free for anyone to read and embeds the principles of openness and transparency throughout. Its aim is to reset the incentive structure in research to reward best practice in every aspect of the scientific process….”

Product Manager – Octopus

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“You will be part of the Digital resources team that delivers services that support the procurement, licensing, management, discovery and use of content and software for UK further education, higher education and research. Our work areas are: licensing (content and software), open research, content and discovery.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop a new, innovative open research product called Octopus. Octopus will allow researchers to publish their work for free at any stage in the research process. We are looking to recruit a product manager who is driven by the principles of open research and has the skills required to deliver this product to researchers and to grow a user base.
In the first year of the role, you will work cross-functionally to guide Octopus, an innovative research publication platform, from its launch to growing a user base and developing a sustainability plan. Developed by Dr Alexandra Freeman, Octopus breaks down the publication of scientific research into eight elements, unlike a traditional journal article.

The platform is free for researchers to publish their work, free for anyone to read and embeds the principles of openness and transparency throughout. Its aim is to reset the incentive structure in research to reward best practice in every aspect of the scientific process….”

Job advertisement No. 28/2022 – Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)

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“As the German National Library of Science and Technology our future-oriented services ensure the infrastructural requirements for a high-quality supply of information and literature for research in science and industry. With the Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG), we are working to revolutionise the exchange and use of scientific knowledge in the digital age.

The Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology – Program Area C, Research and Development, is looking to employ a

Research Software Engineer (m/f/d)

to work in the Data Science & Digital Libraries Research Group (Prof. Dr. Sören Auer) at the next possible date….”

SciPost: Job Opening details

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“Full-stack Web Developer

SciPost is a not-for-profit, by-and-for scientists organization aiming to reform the world of scientific publishing.

We are looking for a seasoned full-stack web developer to help us implement our expansion plans, recently funded from the NWO Open Science Fund .

We offer highly flexible terms, coupled to your level or expertise and preferred level of involvement. Preference will be given to candidates with the best technical expertise, familiarity with the frameworks we use, sense of responsibility and general professional attitude.

Job description

We are looking for one or two developers capable of contributing to one or both of the following activities:

frontend improvements (improve presentation and user experience)

backend improvements (improve underlying systems and their deployment)

The position(s) are offered flexibly, depending on availability and qualifications. Funds are available to cover an equivalent of six months full-time.

Though the head office is situated in Amsterdam’s Science Park, this job provides the opportunity to work remotely and flexibly….”

iNaturalist Systems architect

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“To do this, we need your help to keep iNaturalist’s infrastructure scaling. We’d like to start by offering a 5-month contract to help research, design, and implement improvements or alternatives to help iNaturalist’s core infrastructure, such as our search functionality, to perform at larger scales. We expect to hire a full-time systems architect at the end of the contract period. Depending on the applicant, there may be a possibility to transition from one role to another. POSITION SUMMARY: The systems architect will work alongside our team of five other developers including the member of our team chiefly responsible for dev-ops. The work can be done remotely, but the position will require working closely with the iNaturalist team through weekly iteration meetings and daily Slack and Github communication. The work will require forking and setting up local instances of the iNaturalist infrastructure, implementing changes to the infrastructure, testing at production scales, and helping apply changes to iNaturalist’s production systems. More specifically, we’re looking for someone with experience and ideas to try in order to ensure that iNaturalist users continue to receive fast responses to search queries at larger scales, and will do the work to implement and test these improvements. Search functionality is core to iNaturalist and impacts the response time of most parts of the platform and most new features we have planned. Our goal at the end of this contract is to have an implementation that either performs better than our current system at our current scale, or performs as good as our current system at larger scales….”

Using R packages to populate IR

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“Many institutions have reported that participation rates of article deposit in their IR are low regardless of their various efforts in outreach and engagement. Even when the deposit is mandated, the participation rate can still be quite low.

Once this hurdle was overcome, there is another challenge faced by the IR administrators, ensuring that the version submitted by the researcher is the appropriate version. If it is not, IR administrators would need to take additional steps to correspond with the researcher to obtain the appropriate version. Thus, increasing their administrative work load.

Therefore, some institutions had taken the pro-active initiative to complete the deposit on behalf of their researchers. This certainly is not a small undertaking. However, there are openly available R packages (https://ropensci.org/) that can be used to automate some of the processes. In this page, I will summarize the steps to do that….”

“Toward Empathetic Digital Repositories: An Interview with Diego Pino N” by Sophia Ziegler

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Abstract:  Diego Pino Navarro is a systems architect and open source software developer from Chile. He is the Assistant Director for Digital Strategy at the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) where he manages the digital services team. Diego is also the Lead Architect of Archipelago Commons, an open source digital library software for cultural heritage materials.

In this interview from October 18, 2021, Sophia Ziegler talks to Diego Pino Navarro about his work with Archipelago, and specifically how he invokes the role of empathy in ongoing digital library software development. Diego talks about his efforts to build a digital library system that empowers local control of digital items and metadata, thereby maintaining unique characteristics represented in their digital collections, while simultaneously generalizing for various schemas. This empathetic approach requires resisting capitalistic impulses for continuous growth and prioritizing generosity and care.

Ben Goldacre calls for funding to develop open research tools – Research Professional News

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“Campaigner says universities and funders should do more to get software engineers involved in research

Funders and universities should invest more in the development of open research tools, an important activity which is currently being done as a hobby, a leading academic and campaigner has said….”

Science Officer (full-time/part-time, permanent). Closing date: Dec 08, 2021 | Open Science Tools Ltd.

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We are looking for a Science Officer to help support current and prospective users in creating a range of studies in behavioural sciences using the PsychoPy/JS/Pavlovia ecosystem. You will provide support via consultancy jobs with clients, providing training in workshops, and supporting users on the forum. The role also provides a critical interface between users and developers of the software.

The ideal candidate should have a PhD in a behavioural science (e.g. psychology, economics, neuroscience), substantial experience in PsychoPy and related tools, and a passion for technology and software. Experience in teaching others would be beneficial, but a desire to push the envelope and a passion for the tools are more important.

We are particularly keen to find candidates that complement our existing staff by extending the range of academic fields and/or geographical areas that we can support.

At Open Science Tools we also believe in a diverse workforce to support a diverse userbase. We are particularly keen to see applications from candidates typically underrepresented in software development and scientific fields. 

Enquiries to admin at opensciencetools.org

Download the Science Officer job specification

Code The City 24 “Open In Practice” Nov 27-28, 2021

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The theory of being open is great but what does it mean in practice to work openly, to make data, images, information and code open for others to re-use? And how could that benefit your organisation – or you as an individual?

At this hack event we will explore by practicing how we be more open and support some of the key concepts that Code The City was set up to champion.

We’ll have a number of challenges (which we will list further down this page and expand on as we get nearer the event). These will trigger prototype projects which we will work on in small teams throughout the weekend. These projects will explore

Open Data – creation, curation, finding, improving; data scraping; using the data to build new products and services.
Open Licensing – taking and sharing images with open licences
Open Working – sharing our code on Github for re-use under permissive licences.