Outreach Signals
Publishing Details
Contact & Outreach
About This Podcast
The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.
Podcasting 2.0 Features
Explore Statistics
Recent Episodes
S1E5 5/10 Classes and Design [2026]
Here we touch on some ways to build classes in C++ and how class design such as class hierarchies can help to make code more readable, more maintainable and less error prone (amongst other things).…
S1E4 4/10 On Polymorphism [2026]
Inheritance, templates, function overloading - they all fall into the category of polymorphism in programming. My guest Klaus Iglberger and I discuss the different aspects of how this could be done…
S1E3 3/10 Throw, try, catch...test [2026]
Exceptions are essentials, as are error codes. Writes Bjarnes Stroustrup. And so on our 3rd stop through C++ I talk about what you could do when things go wrong. And what you can do to prevent errors…
S1E2 2/10 Data Types and the world of (smart) pointers [2026]
In the beginnings were...data and data types. Which is where we begin our journey through C++. The language provides for a range of interesting, fundamental, complex and custom types - one of which…
S1E1 1/10 C++ - An Introduction [2026]
This first episode is about introducing C++, where it started, how it evolved. You will hear from 2 practitioners: Klaus Iglberger (C++ coach/trainer) and Marc Hartung (tech lead at Dive in…
S2E9 9/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Performance
In this last episode of this course, I talk to Itamar Turner-Trauring who created the website PythonSpeed and spent a considerable time on finding ways to make Python code faster and more efficient.…
S2E8 8/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Design and Patterns
In this episode I talk to Jeremiah Miller - a software engineer - and Max Albert - a research software engineer in the research software group at the University of Southampton about refactoring and…
S2E7 7/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Project Management
In this episode I talk to Monika Byrne Svata, Agile Delivery Manager at UCL about project management and in particular Scrum and Kanban. GitHub has features, like Issues and Projects that can help…
S2E6 6/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Documentation
Documentating software is part of the life of software engineers. But what kind of documentation do we need? In this episode I take you through three levels of documentation: the basic README and…
S2E5 5/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Testing with Python
Testing your software is part of development. In this episode I talk about different types of testing, automated tests, legacy code etc. My guest is Stef Piatek from UCL who tells us how he…
S2E4 4/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Data Formats
In this episode I'll be discussing data formats such as CSV, JSON and YAML. My guest is Nick Radcliffe from Stochastic Solutions and the Uni. Edinburgh. Nick's expertise is in data science and he has…
S2E3 3/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (Comp233) - Introduction to Python
Python is one of the most widely used programming languages in research and science. How did it come to that. And what makes Python special? It's something I discuss with my guest in this episode,…
S2E2 2/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Git Part 2
In this episode we look into more essential Git commands, such as branching and merging. Branching and merging are key concepts that help you develop code or even text documents in a team. They help…
S2E1 1/9 Research Software Engineering with Python (COMP233) - Git Part 1
Peter Schmidt - the host of this podcast - interviews Sam Harrison, an environmental modeller at the UK Centre for ecology and hydrology. Is it version control important for his research? what tool…
S1E10 10/10 C++: Wrapping it up
In this last episode of the companion podcast for the C++ course at UCL, I invited both Klaus Iglberger and Marc Hartung (Dive, Berlin) to go through some aspects of parallel computing. But also to…
S1E9 9/10 - Distributed Memory and Parallel Computing
Marc Hartung and I will discuss distributed memory in parallel computing in this episode, with tools like OpenMPI. We also discuss some of the hardware aspects around HPC systems and how shared and…
S1E8 8/10 When things happen all ... in parallel
Parallel programming is a huge, exciting and evolving field. Together with my guest Marc Hartung from Dive in Berlin, Germany, we try to cover some aspects of it: including OpenMP, how to synchronise…
S1E7 7/10 Oh please, make it faster...performance in C++
How can we measure the performance (run-time, memory usage etc) of our C++ code? And what does performance mean, anyway. These and other questions are the topic of this episode - with my guest Klaus…
S1E6 6/10 The code you're looking for is in ... the library
Software libraries play a crucial role in software development, and C++ is no exception. Klaus and I walk through the different aspects of building, using and selecting…
S1E1 TEASER: Research Computing with C++
Welcome to the new podcast from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College London, UK. A companion podcast for courses on Research Computing at UCL.In this first season we'll…
Frequently Asked Questions
UCL for Code in Research has published 20 episodes since December 2024, covering topics in Technology.
UCL for Code in Research is currently active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 29m.
Sign up on Grep.FM to access contact details for UCL for Code in Research, including email and social media links.
