diff --git a/pages/ag/affinity-groups.md b/pages/ag/affinity-groups.md index 3445890f..0a7e4628 100644 --- a/pages/ag/affinity-groups.md +++ b/pages/ag/affinity-groups.md @@ -73,4 +73,9 @@ and who works in the field of neuroscience, regardless of job title or domain. This includes grad students, postdocs, and professors, as well as those in permanent positions with "engineer" or "scientist" in their title. +

DMV-RSE

+ +DMV (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) RSE is a regional affinity group for professionals in RSE and RSE-adjacent disciplines. +We organize informal gatherings where interested professionals can connect and learn from each others. +
diff --git a/pages/ag/dmv-rse.md b/pages/ag/dmv-rse.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1edde8f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/ag/dmv-rse.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: DMV-RSE Affinity Group +subtitle: +menubar: +permalink: /ag/dmv-rse/ +set_last_modified: true +--- + +# Overview + +DMV (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) RSE is a regional affinity group for professionals in RSE and RSE-adjacent disciplines. We organize informal gatherings where interested professionals can connect and learn from each other. + +# Membership + +DMV-RSE is open to anyone who considers themselves a research software engineer or ally and lives in the DMV area, regardless of job title or domain. This includes workers in academic research (students, postdocs, and professors), as well as RSE professionals in government, industry and other sectors (e.g. non-profit orgs). + +To stay informed, please: + +* Join [US-RSE](https://us-rse.org/join/). +* Subscribe to event announcements by joining one of: + * The `#rg-dmv-rse` channel on the US-RSE slack. + * Our [Google group](https://groups.google.com/a/us-rse.org/g/rg-dmv-rse) + * Our [Meetup group](https://www.meetup.com/dc-research-software-engineers/) + +If you are interested in giving a talk or have other ideas for a future meetup, please contact one of the coordinators (see the [Questions?](#questions) section below). + +# Activities + +We organize in-person meetups approximately every 2-3 months. These are currently hosted at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology in Washington DC. Each meetup consists of an invited talk by a guest speaker on a focused RSE topic with time for networking before and after. The event is followed by a dinner/happy hour at a nearby restaurant. + +## Upcoming meetups + +- January 22, 2025: Career development in RSE: from writing successful recommendation letters to publishing research code with examples from space physics projects. + +## Archive of past meetups + +- September 26, 2024: Data Pipelines. [https://lu.ma/n1yxzw4a]() + +# Group coordinators + +- [Jennifer Melot](https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/jennifer-melot/), Technical Lead for the Emerging Technology Observatory initiative at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, managing a small engineering team and building data pipelines and web applications. +- [Kristijan Armeni](https://www.kristijanarmeni.net), Assistant Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, working at the intersection of computational cognitive neuroscience, AI, and language + +# Questions? + +Reach out to group coordinators +[Jennifer Melot](mailto:jm3312@georgetown.edu) and +[Kristijan Armeni](mailto:karmeni1@jhu.edu) with questions.