diff --git a/weekly-updates/Aida-Mehonic/Kirstie-CheckIn-Meetings.md b/weekly-updates/Aida-Mehonic/Kirstie-CheckIn-Meetings.md index 2a3f2568..18a95d47 100644 --- a/weekly-updates/Aida-Mehonic/Kirstie-CheckIn-Meetings.md +++ b/weekly-updates/Aida-Mehonic/Kirstie-CheckIn-Meetings.md @@ -1,8 +1,69 @@ # Check in meetings with Kirstie +* [Date: 21 April 2021](#date-21-april-2021) * [Date: 7 April 2021](#date-7-april-2021) * [Date: 25 March 2021](#date-25-march-2021) +### Date: 21 April 2021 + +#### Who did you help over the past fortnight? + +* RD - new joiner in the AI Programmme/PMU +* HD - on Turing impact and strategy +* HM - onboarding postdocs in general +* SG - mentoring chat + +#### Who helped you this week? + +* IGK - mentoring chat +* KW - facilitating sessions on HackMD + +#### What did you achieve? + +* We onboarded ASG postdocs 🎉 +* We have made a plan for the Impact Reading/Working Group ✨ +* We made provisional stakeholder engagement plans for DS4S work +* I started suggesting 'product management-y' advice to the computer vision toolkit work in DS4S, for example what the scoping process might look like + * KW: Yeaaaaaah!! This is why you're here from the _start_ of projects not just at the end! +* We sent the RAM JD to Recruitment 🎉 + * KW: And got some comments back ✔️ + +#### What did you struggle with? + +* I think for me, the next stage of "success" will be to: + * Demonstrate very hands-on technical interventions: for example, whether to integrate a toolkit within existing open source projects + * KW: Raphtory, sktime, data safe haven are all good examples of RAM work... but you're also doing a lot of work at the moment, from my perspective there's no great rush to demonstrate this success just yet! + * Build up to producing more scholarly output: I think I am still in the service+strategy mindset, and I am slowly expanding my ability to produce scholarly works (position papers, Turing Way chapters, lit reviews, research papers, etc) + * KW: Don't forget Zombie Marie Curie's advice: https://xkcd.com/896 + * What about uplevelling the Data Availability Statement work to a 10/10 according to the Turing Way? + * https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/das-public + +#### What would you like to work on next week? + +* I have a meeting with AD tomorrow to discuss RAM work for DCE + * KW: I think this will be a super fun meeting! Enjoy! :stars: +* I have a meeting with DWP about DSH + * KW: FAB - I'll come along to the meeting, but you and JR take the lead! Make sure to check in with NG beforehand too please 🌺 +* I would like to help scope the computer vision toolkit for DS4S in more detail, including whether it should fit in an existing open source project +* I would like to complete a first draft of the "RAM position paper" ✨ +* I would like to start writing a Turing Way chapter (there are several that I want to write: onboarding guide; tool design; maybe something around parental leave and smooth return to work with IGK; also to pitch in to the data visualisation chapter) +* continue with OLS training +* fix the date for the inaugural lecture of the impact reading group + +#### Where do you need help from Kirstie? + +* SH idea: to turn some use-cases for the comp vision toolkit into a Kaggle challenge - thoughts? +* Computer vision toolkit for DS4S - any advice? +* Visualisation toolkit for EnvSensors - any advice? +* Pangeo - any advice? +* Stand-up meetings for ASG postdocs - thoughts? Next training session? + * KW: SO MANY THOUGHTS! Keep going with the trainings for now and we'll chat more ❇️ +* How do I encourage postdocs to use the shared github repo? e.g. we could start logging information around which datasets people have gained access to; and where they have been unsuccessful + * KW: Demonstrating the behaviour that you want to see is really the best way to go. It's slow.... but the best way to go 🌈 +* AC suggested that us 3 should meet to discuss the next ASG MGTM board meeting and a possible RAM update presentation + * KW: Yes - sounds great 💯 + * Link to the midterm review and showcase DS4S - will be super fun! + ### Date: 7 April 2021 #### Who did you help over the past fortnight?