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00_organization/challenge_intro_slides.md

@@ -47,26 +47,41 @@ slideOptions:
 - Examples: feature, tutorial, documentation, new packaging, bugfix, ...
 - Run through complete cycle (issue, discussion, PR, review, merge)
 
-### Timeline
+---
+
+## Timeline
 
-1. Pick a software (till **Oct 23**, evening)
-2. Present the software: how you got it, what are main features, some tutorials you did, ... (**Nov 6**)
-3. Present *"RSE infrastructure"* of the software: Which CI / documentation / building / git workflow ... does it use? How do contributions work? (**Dec 11**)
-4. Suggest contribution (**Dec 16**)
-5. Present the contribution (**Feb 5**)
+- Pick a software (till **Oct 22**, evening)
+- **Step 1**: Present the software: how you got it, what are main features, some tutorials you did, ... (**Nov 5**)
+- **Step 2**: Present *"RSE infrastructure"* of the software: Which CI / documentation / building / git workflow ... does it use? How do contributions work? (**Dec 17**)
+- Suggest contribution (**Dec 17**)
+- **Step 3**: Present the contribution (**Feb 4**)
 
 ---
 
 ## Grading
 
-Challenge / exercises / engagement = 45% / 50% / 5%
+Challenge / exercises / other = 45% / 50% / 5%
 
 The challenge part:
 
-- All 3 reports: 3/8
-- Presentation: 1/8
-- Actual contribution: 2/8 difficulty, 2/8 quality (*"net benefit"* for maintainers?)
-- *"outstanding"* / *"passed"* / *"failed"*
+- All 3 reports: **3/9**
+- Presentation: **2/9**
+- Actual contribution: **2/9** difficulty + **2/9** quality
+    - **difficulty**: extent / difficulty of the contribution
+    - **quality**: how well executed? Communication, documentation, tests, ... (*"net benefit"* for maintainers?)
+- *"outstanding"* / *"good"* / *"ok"* / *"not enough"* (*"good"* -> 1.0)
+- You need to pass (at least *"ok"*) all steps individually
+
+---
+
+## Example Contributions
+
+1. Ported several demo cases ([see one](https://github.com/FEniCS/dolfinx/pull/2508)) from FEniCS to [FEniCSx](https://fenicsproject.org/): difficulty *"outstanding"*
+2. [Improved website search](https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/pull/2474) of [Makie](https://makie.org/website/): difficulty *"good"*
+3. [Solved a simple good first issue](https://github.com/pymor/pymor/pull/1898) in [pyMOR](https://pymor.org/): difficulty *"ok"*
+
+(all did a good or outstanding job in terms of quality)
 
 ---
 
@@ -75,7 +90,6 @@ The challenge part:
 - Something in the simulation universe (this includes equation solvers, meshing, scientific visualization, (AI), ...)
 - Truly open source, all development in public
 - Uses Git
-- Written in Python or C++ (not a strict must)
 - Real community project (not 1-2 PhD students developing, but multiple research groups behind project)
 - A project that is open for contributions (`CONTRIBUTING.md` or similar)
 - Ideally a software you have not worked with before (if you have, please discuss with us)
@@ -90,10 +104,9 @@ The challenge part:
 - [DUNE](https://www.dune-project.org/): Modular toolbox for PDEs
 - [Eigen](https://eigen.tuxfamily.org): LA library in C++
 - [ESPResSo](https://espressomd.org): MD Simulator with Python API (Stuttgart)
-- [FEniCS(-X)](https://fenicsproject.org/): FEM library in C++ with Python interface
 - [Firedrake](https://www.firedrakeproject.org/): FEM library in Python
-- [Gmsh](https://gmsh.info/): Mesh generator
 - [LAMMPS](https://www.lammps.org/): MD simulator
+- [MercuryDPM](https://www.mercurydpm.org/home): particle code
 - [Nalu-Wind](https://github.com/Exawind/nalu-wind): CFD solver for wind farms
 - [Palabos](https://palabos.unige.ch/): Lattice Boltzmann method solver
 
@@ -106,36 +119,45 @@ The challenge part:
 - [preCICE](https://precice.org/): Coupling library (Stuttgart)
 - [pyiron](https://pyiron.org/): Workflow manager in Python
 - [pyMOR](https://pymor.org/): MOR library in Python
+- [pyLife](https://pylife.readthedocs.io/en/stable/): fatigue of mechanical components in Python
 - [SU2](https://su2code.github.io/): CFD code in C++
 - [SUNDIALS](https://computing.llnl.gov/projects/sundials): Nonlinear solvers, ODEs
 - [TRILINOS](https://trilinos.github.io/): Collection of scientific software libraries, mainly solvers
 - [VisIt](https://visit-dav.github.io/visit-website/index.html): Scientific visualization software
-- more projects in [xSDK](https://xsdk.info/packages/) or [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects)
+- more projects in [xSDK](https://xsdk.info/packages/), [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects), or [HiRSE Code Promotion](https://www.helmholtz-hirse.de/promo.html)
 - **Or your suggestion** (also agent-based or discrete event simulation software)
 
 ---
 
+## What Happens if Maintainers do not React in Time?
+
+- Give them time, contact early
+- Not your fault
+- Keep all communication public, then easy for us to review
+
+---
+
 ## How to Submit my Choice?
 
-- [https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2425/challenge](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2425/challenge)
-- Comment in [issue #1](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2425/challenge/-/issues/1) till **23rd of October** (next Wednesday) evening (no FCFS)
+- [https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2526/challenge](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2526/challenge)
+- Comment in [issue #1](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2526/challenge/-/issues/1) till **22rd of October** (next Wednesday) evening (no FCFS)
 - Priority list with at least three choices
 - If **not** on our suggestion list, write short paragraph what the software does and give links
 
 ---
 
 ## Role of Advisor
 
-- Benjamin, Frédéric, Gerasimos, or Ishaan
-- Use, for example, exercise blocks and time after lectures for discussions
+- Benjamin, Felix, Frédéric, Gerasimos, or Ishaan
+- Use, for example, exercise blocks and time before and after lectures for discussions
 - Share links etc. to issues and PRs (or tag us)
 
 ---
 
 ## Presentations
 
 - Length depends on number of students in course (maybe 5-10 mins)
-- Everybody has to present at least once
+- Everybody has to present once or twice (depending on number of students)
 - Everybody should learn something from every presentation
 - Style: like a presentation in a team meeting, not like a presentation at a conference
 
@@ -146,7 +168,7 @@ The challenge part:
 - Submit a report for each step
 - 1-2 pages (2500-5000 chars)
 - Written in markdown
-- Submission via a merge request to the [GitLab challenge repo](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2425/challenge)
+- Submission via a merge request to the [GitLab challenge repo](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2526/challenge)
 - Add links, instructions, ... should work like a compact summary for everybody in the end
 - Will be visible to everybody in SSE group
 - We will prepare templates

00_organization/course_intro_slides.md

@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ slideOptions:
 - Gerasimos (Chourdakis) [`@MakisH`](https://github.com/MakisH)
 - Ishaan (Desai) [`@IshaanDesai`](https://github.com/IshaanDesai)
 
+Additional challenge advisors:
+
+- Frédéric (Simonis) [`@fsimonis`](https://github.com/fsimonis)
+- Felix (Neubauer) [`@Logende`](https://github.com/Logende)
+
 SSE Hall of Fame:
 
 - Alexander (Jaust) [`@ajaust`](https://github.com/ajaust)
@@ -71,15 +76,13 @@ SSE Hall of Fame:
 Two parallel branches:
 
 - **Weekly lectures** (90 mins) and **exercises** (90 mins) to learn and train concepts and tools
-    - Wednesdays, 09:45–11:15 and 15:45–17:15
-    - This room: 38-0.108
-    - No strict distinction between lecture and exercise
-    - Interactive style (not a theory course)
+    - Wednesdays, 09:45–11:15 (in V47.05) and 15:45–17:15 (in 38-0.108, might be too small in first week)
+    - Typically lecture in the morning and exercise in the afternoon
 - **Individual challenge**: contribute to real simulation software :rocket:
     - List of software candidates: this afternoon
     - 3 rounds of presentations from you (more later)
     - You get a direct advisor
-    - Use exercise blocks and time after lectures for discussions
+    - Use time before and after lectures for discussions
 
 ---
 
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ Two parallel branches:
 - Basic programming (Python, C++)
 - Basic software development skills (bash, Git, md, ...)
 - Some simulation background
+    - SimTech, COMMAS students: no issue
+    - CS, SE: ideally through Numerical Fundamentals (NumGL) and Fundamentals of Scientific Computing (WissRech)
 
 ---
 
@@ -100,22 +105,13 @@ Two parallel branches:
 
 ---
 
-## Waiting List
-
-- Students who have a fixed spot (top 40) in either the lecture or the exercise get in.
-- We take 50 students in total.
-- Remaining spots are filled by waiting list provided presence or excused today.
-- We manually add these students at the end of this week.
-
----
-
 ## Material
 
 - Great open-source book to recap: Irving, Hertweck, Johnston, Ostblom, Wickham, and Wilson: [Research Software Engineering with Python](https://third-bit.com/py-rse/)
 - All our material is on [https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering)
 - Mainly markdown ... use your favorite tool to render (simply GitHub viewer, [GWDG Hedgedoc](https://pad.gwdg.de/), [stuvus Hedgedoc](https://pad.stuvus.de/), [pandoc](https://pandoc.org/), [PDFs generated in CI](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/actions/workflows/create-pdfs-from-markdown.yml), [Marp example](https://github.com/uekerman/sse-marp-example), ...)
 - We rework the material as the semester goes.
-- We give many links to videos, docs, blog posts, podcasts, ...
+- We give links to docs, videos, blog posts, podcasts, ...
 
 ---
 
@@ -132,6 +128,15 @@ Two parallel branches:
 
 ---
 
+## Use of Generative AI
+
+- Also changes RSE rapidly
+- Even more important: having a good overview of technology and being able to **read** code (what we teach in this course)
+- If you use generative AI for your exercises or your challenge: **mandatory** to make this transparent (which parts of your code, how, ...)
+- It is important, experiment! But also build a firm understanding of the basics of technology!
+
+---
+
 ## Chapters
 
 1. Version Control
@@ -155,11 +160,11 @@ Two parallel branches:
 
 ### Timeline
 
-1. Pick a software (till **Oct 23**, evening)
-2. Present the software: how you got it, what are main features, some tutorials you did, ... (**Nov 6**)
-3. Present *"RSE infrastructure"* of the software: Which CI / documentation / building / git workflow ... does it use? How do contributions work? (**Dec 11**)
-4. Suggest contribution (**Dec 16**)
-5. Present the contribution (**Feb 5**)
+- Pick a software (till **Oct 22**, evening)
+- **Step 1**: Present the software: how you got it, what are main features, some tutorials you did, ... (**Nov 5**)
+- **Step 2**: Present *"RSE infrastructure"* of the software: Which CI / documentation / building / git workflow ... does it use? How do contributions work? (**Dec 17**)
+- Suggest contribution (**Dec 17**)
+- **Step 3**: Present the contribution (**Feb 4**)
 
 ---
 
@@ -196,8 +201,8 @@ td {
 | ---- | ---- | ------- |------ | -------- |
 | 12.11. |Lecture | 3 | Intro packaging, Python packaging | Ishaan |
 | 12.11. |Lab | 3 | Python packaging | Ishaan |
-| 19.11. |Lecture | 3 | Linux fundamentals, Make, CMake | Benjamin |
-| 19.11. |Lab | 3 | CMake and Docker | Benjamin |
+| 19.11. |Lecture | 3 | Linux fundamentals, Make, CMake | Gerasimos |
+| 19.11. |Lab | 3 | CMake and Docker | Gerasimos |
 | 26.11. |Lecture | 3 | Spack | Ishaan |
 | 26.11. |Lab | 3 | Spack | Ishaan |
 | 03.12. |Lecture | 3 | CPack and more CMake | Benjamin |
@@ -235,13 +240,16 @@ td {
 ## Examination
 
 - *"Course accompanying examination"*: no exam, but continuous examination (more like a lab course or a seminar)
-- Attendance is mandatory.
+- Attendance is mandatory
 - We look at:
-    - Challenge (reports, presentations, contribution) (45%)
-    - Exercises (not every detail, but *"outstanding"* / *"passed"* / *"failed"* ) (50%)
-    - Overall engagement (interactive lecture, discussions, small presentations, contributions, ...) (5%)
+    - Challenge (reports, presentations, contribution; more in the afternoon) (45%)
+    - Exercises (not every detail, but *"outstanding"* / *"good"* / *"ok"* / *"not enough"* ) (50%)
+    - Other (e.g. contributions to lecture material, ...) (5%)
+- *"good"* everywhere leads to 1.0.
+- We give (brief) feedback after every exercise.
 - You will need to register yourself to the *"exam"* on C@MPUS.
-- Point of no return: Once you handed in the first report (Nov 6), you have to register.
+- Last in: The deadline to pick a software (**Oct 22**, evening)
+- Last out: Once you handed in the first report (**Nov 6**)
 
 ---
 

00_organization/rse_basics_slides.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ slideOptions:
 > A Research Software Engineer (RSE) combines professional software engineering expertise with an intimate understanding of research.
 
 - *"Movement"* started in the UK, first UK RSE conference in 2016
-- First conferences in Germany and the Netherlands in 2019
+- First conferences in Germany and the Netherlands in 2019 ([deRSE 2026](https://events.hifis.net/event/2945/) is in Stuttgart, March 3-5)
 - [First de-RSE position paper](https://f1000research.com/articles/9-295/v2) in 2020, [several working groups](https://de-rse.org/en/working_groups.html)
     - [Learning and teaching RSE](https://de-rse.org/learn-and-teach/), [foundational competencies](https://de-rse.org/blog/2024/10/08/identifying-the-foundational-competencies-of-an-RSE-en.html)
 - [Why be an RSE?](https://researchit.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2021/10/14/international-rse-day-why-be-an-rse/) Interesting and novel projects, technical freedom, RSEs come from varied backgrounds, development for social good