So, ResBaz happened on Wednesday and Thursday at Dovedale.

32 postgraduate students, 15 instructors and helpers, 12 classes, 3 keystories, and 100 pizzas later, we’re left with a hugely successful event and a very tired Anton.

Students came from UC (47.1%), Lincoln (32.4%), Otago (5.9%), and ‘other’ – mainly the CRIs – (14.7%). 19 attendees were female and 13 were male.

The most popular classes were Open Refine, Unix Shell, Programming with R, Programming with Python, and Version Control with Git, but there were keen students learning about NVivo, Overleaf and Survey tools as well. The coding classes were run as short, condensed Software Carpentry workshops.

The three keystories were presented by Professor Jennifer Brown, head of the school of Mathematics and Statistics at UC, Lucy-Jane Walsh, Digital Content Analyst at the UC Arts Digital Lab, and Professor Jen Hay, director of the New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB). All three were inspirational and showcased the way coding has enabled interesting research.

Anton did an outstanding job organising the event (and instructing a Unix Shell class), and he coordinated the enthusiastic instructors and helpers superbly. One of the exciting outcomes of ResBaz is the community of instructors that Anton pulled together, across many UC departments, LU, and CRIs. Also, students with similar interests and problems made contact with each other and began helping each other.

Sponsors were cloud-storage and IT company Catalyst, and us – the UC Library. Thanks to both.