CodeRefinery Workshop

Workshop Overview

Are you writing code and managing data for your research? Do you spend too much time on tedious manual tasks? Struggling to understand and reuse your own or others’ older code?

Join CodeRefinery's FREE online workshop series to learn modern tools and best practices for writing research code that lasts and that others can use.

-> Mar 17-19 (09:00-14:00) and Mar 24-26 (09:00-14:00), 2026 (Iceland time).

This hands-on workshop introduces tools and techniques to help you write more FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) research code. 

Workshop Schedule:

• Mar 17-18   Introduction to version control with Git
• Mar 19      Collaborative distributed version control
• Mar 24      Reproducible research: Preparing code to be usable by you and others in the future
• Mar 24     Social coding and open software: What can you do to get credit for your code and to allow reuse
• Mar 25     How to document your research software
• Mar 25     Responsible use of generative AI in assisted coding
• Mar 26      Automated testing: Preventing yourself and others from breaking your functioning code
• Mar 26     Modular code development: Making reusing parts of your code easier

Who is it for?

• Students at levels - Bachelors, Master’s, or PhD.
• Researchers across disciplines and career stages.
• Research software engineers and developers working with scientific code.
• Administrative and technical staff supporting research or development work
• Anyone curious about version control, reproducibility, and collaborative coding practices.

Practicalities

• The workshop is FREE and open to everyone.
• You can participate online on your own OR during the first week, join us at the Computer Science department in Groska, Reykjavik, for an in-person exercise session with helpers.
• Registered participants from Iceland will receive an invitation to the in-person session closer to the workshop date. 
• All sessions will be conducted in English.

Registration

• In-person participants for the classroom must register with both UICE and CodeRefinery
  Register with UICE (university email required)
  Register with CodeRefinery
   
• Online only participants need to register with CodeRefinery
  Register with CodeRefinery

Organizers (Iceland):

• Prof. Ebba Þóra Hvannberg, Professor, University of Iceland
• Dr. Hemanadhan Myneni, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Iceland

Contact
If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please contact myneni(at)hi.is            

Download the PDF for the event details here.