CSF Technical and Professional Development Opportunities and Resources

Stay tuned for updates on upcoming CSF onboarding, training, and professional development opportunities for software engineers and staff involved in software development activities at NSF NCAR.

Internal Resources

• NSF NCAR Education, Engagement & Early-Career Development (EdEC) - Training and educational opportunities for scientists and engineers, the community, and the general public on a variety of topics.
• UCAR/NCAR Affinity Groups
• Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) - A community of practice within NSF NCAR and UCAR to serve the interests of the software engineering community. Open membership is available to all staff.
• Earth System Data Science (ESDS) - A community of practice within NSF NCAR and UCAR with a common interest in advancing the use of modern approaches and technology to support Data Science

External Resources

• INTERSECT - An NSF-funded initiative designed to provide advanced training in research software engineering through community-driven, modular educational programs.
• The Carpentries - An educational community dedicated to equipping researchers with skills for computational and data-intensive research.
• The Turing Way - A community-driven guide to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science.
• US-RSE - A professional community that supports and advocates for research software engineers.
• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) - A professional community that develops and disseminates the transdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. INCOSE is designed to connect systems engineering professionals with educational, networking, and career advancement opportunities in the interest of developing the global community of systems engineers and systems approaches to problems
• Object Modeling Group - Provides a neutral forum where best practices from a wide range of fields can be discussed and standards can be generated that drive the adoption and innovation of cutting-edge technology spanning industries worldwide. OMG is responsible for the UML and SysML standards.

Questions? For more information or opportunities to get involved, please contact: csf@ucar.edu