Research Software Quality Across Continents

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 - 10:00


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
14 Apr 2026
AM
10:00
Session 1 - Fotis Psomopoulos (Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)) (until 10:45)
10:00 Welcome and Introduction - Caxton Murira (Science for Africa Foundation) Anelda Van der Walt Fotis Psomopoulos (Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH))  
10:15 Research Software Quality - Peter van Heusden (University of the Western Cape)  
10:45
Session 1 - Anelda Van der Walt (eResearch Center, Univ. of Cape Town) (until 11:30)
10:45 From Observatory to Intelligent Observatory: Embedding Research Software Quality in AI-Enabled Astronomy - Stephen Potter (SAAO)  
10:55 Innovation Cultures: Lessons from Civic Tech on Open Source and Digitally Unequal Contexts - Gabriella Razzano (OpenUp)  
11:05 Elevating Usability to Access the Transformative Potential of Research Software - Paul Korir (CEMA, University of Nairobi)  
11:15 It's all code - Barbara Ojur (SKA/SARAO)  
11:30
Session 1 - Caxton Murira (Science for Africa Foundation) (until 12:00)
PM
12:00 --- Lunch / refreshment break ---
12:30
An overview of EVERSE - best practices / solutions / services - John Apostolakis (CERN) (until 13:30)
12:30 An Introduction to EVERSE - Fotis Psomopoulos (Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH))  
12:40 Introduction to the RSQKit - Michael Philip Sparks (The University of Manchester (GB))  
12:50 Indicators and assessment workflows - Daniel Garijo  
13:00 The Dashverse tool - a dashboard for your metrics - Faruk Diblen (Netherlands eScience Center)  
13:10 The TechRadar - Dr Thomas Vuillaume (LAPP, CNRS, Univ. Savoie Mont-Blanc)  
13:20 Discussion - questions & answers  
13:30
Exploring key topics - Giacomo Peru (until 14:00)
13:30 Breakout discussion groups - Good practices  
13:30 Breakout room(s) - Indicators  
14:00
Exploring key topics (until 14:15)
14:15
Wrap-up (until 14:30)