The Hacker Within
- The Hacker Within (THW)
The Hacker Within – Illinois Chapter (THW-IL)
I am the founder of the Illinois chapter of THW and first president. Currently, I am an advisor to the group to help it continue to thrive.
For background on THW, here is the ‘Why’ section:
Why:
The tenets of scientific endeavor (e.g., data control, reproducibility, comprehensive documentation, and peer review) suffer in projects that fail to make use of current development tools such as unit testing, version control, automated documentation, and others.
To avoid these pitfalls, this weekly meeting exists for sharing skills and best practices for computational scientific applications. This group is modeled after The Hacker Within, which began as a student organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is now reborn as a collection of such chapters around the world. Each of the chapters convenes a community of scientists, at all levels of their education and training, to share their knowledge and best practices in using computing to accomplish their work.