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Research Software Engineering: Maintenance Practices for Sustainable, Open-source Code
This is the final session in a series of workshops designed to teach best practices for research software engineering to ensure reproducibility and sustainability of code developed at CMU.
Attendance at all workshop sessions is not necessary.
This workshop’s goal is to equip participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to write efficient, scalable code and establish maintenance practices that ensure the long-term viability of their research software projects.
Specifically participants will:
- Identify the primary performance constraint (e.g., CPU, memory, I/O) limiting their current code
- Use basic profiling tools to pinpoint code bottlenecks
- Identify and apply appropriate strategies for versioning research datasets alongside code
No coding experience is needed. If participants have a project that they are working on, we can use that throughout the workshop. Otherwise, example projects will be provided for participants to practice these skills.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:00am
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Sorrells Library, Den
- Campus:
- Sorrells Library
- Audience:
- Alumni Faculty Pittsburgh community Staff Students
- Categories:
- Open Science Working With Data and Code
In-Person Workshop Information:
Directions for getting to the Den of Sorrells Library:
Sorrells Library is on the 4th Floor of Wean Hall, shown on the map here. If you enter in the front of Wean Hall, take the elevator down one floor. When you exit the elevator, the library will be on your left. The Den is in the back of the library.
Automated notetaking tools and recordings not initiated by the instructor are generally not permitted in workshops. However, participants may request permission to use approved tools, such as Zoom AI Companion, for accommodation purposes. To ensure appropriate arrangements, please submit these requests to instructors at least 24 hours prior to the workshop.
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If you require accessibility accommodations, please contact the event organizer.
