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The Teach and Code Socials are informal social seminars held each term hosted by ARC Education. We build community by sharing knowledge and learning in teaching digital research.
The Teach and Code Socials are termly social and informal seminars organised by ARC Education and in collaboration with the UCL community and beyond. These events aim to build community, and share knowledge and learning in teaching digital research skills.
The series are held termly, usually the second Wednesday from 4.00pm onwards, with an informal format as follows:
- Short talk on a tool, program, environment, language or technique of general interest to researchers, research software engineers and data scientists.
- Discussion inspired by the talk, over pizza and drinks.
- Option to retire to an appropriate social venue.
All are welcome, whatever your background or career stage!
Latest and Upcoming events:
We are continuously adding future speakers and dates - so please watch this space for updates!
If you would be interested in speaking at a Teach and Code Social event please contact us through the Slack forum or by email.
The Teach and Code Social series is available to all. Please register for attendance using the Pretix link provided for each event below, letting us know if you will be joining in-person or remotely. Those attending in-person can provide any dietary requirements during registration. The MS Teams link for remote attendance will be provided by Pretix
To keep up with announcements about the Teach and Code Social series and other ARC events, sign up to our mailing list or follow us on Twitter.
| Speaker | Title | When | Where | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dongsheng Wang (JP Morgan) | Document AI and Large Language Models | 13th March 2024, from 4.00pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed |
| Ankur Sinha (UCL) | Open Source Brain and NeuroML: enabling standardised, open neuroscience | 10th April 2024, from 4.00pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | |
| James Wilson (UCL) & Ben Waugh (UCL) | Tech meets Teach and Code Social | 8th May 2024, from 3.00pm* | 40 Bernard Street - Room 203* | Closed |
| Nikos Konstantinidis (UCL) | 5th June 2024*, from 4.00pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | Recording | |
| Jasmin Jahić (University of Cambridge) | Software architecture: between rigid processes and 'somehow I manage' approach | 14th August 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | Recording | Slides |
| Milan Klöwer (University of Oxford) | 11th September 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | Recording | | |
Sneha Jha (Imperial College) | 9th October 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | Recording | Slides | |
| Mark Smith (Imperial LHCb group) | Tech meets Teach and Code Social | 13th November 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Pretix |
| Fabian Plum | Open-source, low-cost macro 3D scanner to create models of insects (scAnt) | 11th December 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Pretix |
Andrew Gray (UCL) | ChatGPT “contamination”: estimating the prevalence of LLMs in the scholarly literature | 8th January 2025*, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Opening soon.... |
*Please note a change of week, time or location from the norm
See the TechSocial Series Archive for our series backlog