[SORSE] Christmas SORSE Event: When Spreadsheets Attack! (and other maths disasters.)

Contribution List

1. Welcome to the Christmas SORSE Event by your host

Claire Wyatt (RSE Community Manager at the Software Sustainability Institute, Vice-President of the Society of Research Software Engineering)

12/17/20, 2:45 PM

Introduction

2. About the Society

Paul Richmond (President of the Society of Research Software Engineering, University of Sheffield)

12/17/20, 2:48 PM

Introduction

3. When Spreadsheets Attack! (and other maths disasters.)

Matt Parker

12/17/20, 3:00 PM

Standup + Math

In October 2020 the UK government lost thousands of COVID test results because they hit the limit of the maximum number of rows in an Excel file. This is but one of many, many mistakes made all around the world because of spreadsheet abuse.

In 2012 the State Office of Education in Utah miscalculated its budget to the tune of 25 million dollars because of what State Superintendent Larry...

4. From an RSE perspective

Alexander Struck, Christopher Cave-Ayland (Imperial College), Marion Weinzierl, Stephan Druskat and Thomas Krause

12/17/20, 4:00 PM

Community Tales from the front line

5. From a research perspective

Simon Hettrick

12/17/20, 4:20 PM

Community Tales from the front line

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