With over 1000 users each month from more than 60 countries, ARDC-supported @Neuro_Desk is accelerating #neuroimaging research through accessible, flexible and reproducible analysis tools. ardc.edu.au/article/neurodes… @sbollmann_MRI @UQSchoolITEE @CibitIttc

🌏 In 2017, @ValaviRoozbeh, now a Senior Research Scientist at @CSIRO, developed a series of #R code that would become #blockCV, a #software package for assessing the accuracy of #ecological models. It was meant for his PhD work on evaluating species distribution models or #SDMs, but he decided to do more with it. "I decided to package the code, making it accessible to the broader ecological modelling community." And recognising its use beyond ecology, Roozbeh kept updating it to make it more widely usable. Now blockCV's been downloaded 47,000+ times, cited 350 times, and adopted by 7 other software packages. Other than in #ecology, it's been used for spatial models in #epidemiology, #RemoteSensing, #SoilMapping, #hydrology and #archaeology. In July 2023, Roozbeh was given the ARDC award for New Developers of #OpenSource Software in Ecology by @EcolSocAus for his work on blockCV. "Building and maintaining #ResearchSoftware comes with significant responsibilities," said Roozbeh. "Receiving an award like this serves as a motivating reminder of the importance of #OpenScience and research software development." 🔗 Read more about Roozbeh and his work in the latest edition of our interviews with leading research software engineers (#RSEs) in Australia 👉 ardc.edu.au/article/shaping-… #ResearchSoftwareAU #RSE

The #EurekaPrizes for Research Software👩‍💻 recognises the importance of developing & maintaining research software. Read our interviews with the people making research software > ow.ly/fqm050PBLtT #ResearchSoftwareAU #RSE

👩‍💻Are you a researcher who codes? A Research Software Engineer? Prepare for the next #EurekaPrizes by joining the #RSE Asia Australia Unconference on 13-15 September 2023. Scholarships available > ow.ly/IiTt50PBLup #ResearchSoftwareAU #RSEAA23

And the winner of the ARDC Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software is… 🏆Dr Minh Bui and Professor Robert Lanfear @ANUCECC @ANUComputing with IQ-TREE2! #EurekaPrizes #RSE #ResearchSoftwareAU @eurekaprizes Research software underpins research and scientific discovery yet often goes unseen. We acknowledge the funders and supporters of IQ-TREE2. @arc_gov_au @FWF_AT @czi @MooreFound @SimonsFdn – at Sydney, New South Wales

A #bioeconomic modeller at @DPIRDWA, Dr Adam Sparks leads a team of 12 that’s developing #agriculture apps and software for making spray decisions, reporting pests and more. Read more about their work > ow.ly/jMny50P15Y8 @Plant_Pathogens @rOpenSci #ResearchSoftwareAU

👏 Congratulations @ValaviRoozbeh! We're proud to sponsor this @EcolSocAus award, which supports new efforts to develop & share impactful software in #ecology and improves recognition of #ResearchSoftware & #RSEs as being vital to research.

📣 We're seeking EOIs in co-investment to establish a national network of Open Source Program Offices, which can provide a systemic approach to using and creating #OpenSource software at research organisations. Learn more > ardc.edu.au/news-and-events/… #OSPO #researchsoftwareAU