MattMay 15, 2024

Open Science Tools Ltd. is hiring a Software Engineer (full-stack or backend)

For details see: https://www.careers-page.com/open-science-tools-ltd/job/L86Y3R8R

Please boost or share with anyone who might be interested

#hiring #jobsearch #jobalert #fedihire #GetFediHired #psychology #neuroscience #PsychoPy #Pavlovia #software #engineering #developer #programming

Software Engineer (full-stack or backend) - Open Science Tools Ltd | Career Page

Do you want to support scientists to run better studies and encourage open scientific practices? Are you passionate about building better software tools? You might be the software engineer we need! Come and join Open Science Tools in building applications for ethical, efficient, open science. We have flexibility to be looking for either a dedicated backend engineer, or a more general full-stack developer. Your Mission To help us maintain, optimise, and expand the infrastructure supporting Pavlovia, https://pavlovia.org, a popular online science platformFor full stack: also to develop cutting-edge desktop JavaScript applications to support scientists and medics in lab-based environments You will have a critical role in advancing the state-of-the-art in behavioural science software, alongside our highly experienced team of developers and scientists. Do you think you can do that? Whats your reward? Flexible working conditions with intelligent colleagues. Open Science Tools are a small team but a nice bunch to work with, if we do say so ourselves!Making a difference. Wouldn't you rather help scientists instead of helping the shareholders of mega-corporations?Varied work. We are a small company so theres less specialisation than most. You would be chipping in on a wide range of tasks, wherever you have the skills to help! What should you bring to the table? You should have a background in Computer Science, or related field, or a proven track record with work experience in a relevant technical role. Proven technical skills and experience in some parts of our tech stack (see below) are useful, but the desire to push the envelope, and an interest in open-source software and scientific progress, are equally important. Tech stack: Linux servers, including data securityBack-end tools: GitLab, MongoDB, PythonFront-end tools: Angular, SvelteKit, Electron To reiterate, we have some flexibility around whether the candidate has more skills purely in back-end engineering versus full-stack development. Details This is a full-time, permanent position, preferably with hybrid working based in Nottingham, UK but part-time options will also be considered. The gross salary will be up to £60k p.a. dependent on experience. At Open Science Tools we believe in a diverse workforce to match our diverse users. We are particularly keen to see applications from candidates typically underrepresented in software development and scientific fields.  Please send your enquiries to: [email protected]

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Rebecca HirstAug 2, 2023

These workshops were developed to allow a more accessible "bite size" form of training for those who don't feel they need our usual 3 day "intense" course for #PsychoPy and #pavlovia

If you or someone you know might benefit from focused learning on specific aspects of #PsychoPy, please share!

https://mastodon.social/@psychopy/110808355099674925

Vlad AyzenbergMay 3, 2023

Seems to be back online!
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RT @vayzenberg90
FYI, the #pavlovia website seems to be having issues. Tasks will seemingly start and run just fine, but will throw an error at the end when saving the data.

Hopefully this saves someone else from getting to the end of a session only to lose the participant's data...
https://twitter.com/vayzenberg90/status/1653799303779872774

Vlad Ayzenberg on Twitter

“FYI, the #pavlovia website seems to be having issues. Tasks will seemingly start and run just fine, but will throw an error at the end when saving the data. Hopefully this saves someone else from getting to the end of a session only to lose the participant's data...”

Twitter
Vlad AyzenbergMay 3, 2023

FYI, the #pavlovia website seems to be having issues. Tasks will seemingly start and run just fine, but will throw an error at the end when saving the data.

Hopefully this saves someone else from getting to the end of a session only to lose the participant's data...

Rebecca HirstJan 27, 2023

New paper in BRM on assessing the reliability of online measures of visual function using
@psychopy and Pavlovia.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-022-02057-2

[I don't think any of the authors are on mastodon] #psychopy #pavlovia #research #online #visionscience

Assessing the reliability of web-based measurements of visual function - Behavior Research Methods

Many behavioural phenomena have been replicated using web-based experiments, but evaluation of the agreement between objective measures of web- and lab-based performance is required if scientists and clinicians are to reap the benefits of web-based testing. In this study, we investigated the reliability of a task which assesses early visual cortical function by evaluating the well-known ‘oblique effect’ (we are better at seeing horizontal and vertical edges than tilted ones) and the levels of agreement between remote, web-based measures and lab-based measures. Sixty-nine young participants (mean age, 21.8 years) performed temporal and spatial versions of a web-based, two-alternative forced choice (2AFC) orientation-identification task. In each case, orientation-identification thresholds (the minimum orientation difference at which a standard orientation could be reliably distinguished from a rotated comparison) were measured for cardinal (horizontal and vertical) and oblique orientations. Reliability was assessed in a subsample of 18 participants who performed the same tasks under laboratory conditions. Robust oblique effects were found, such that thresholds were substantially lower for cardinal orientations compared to obliques, for both web- and lab-based measures of the temporal and spatial 2AFC tasks. Crucially, web- and lab-based orientation-identification thresholds showed high levels of agreement, demonstrating the suitability of web-based testing for assessments of early visual cortical function. Future studies should assess the reliability of similar web-based tasks in clinical populations to evaluate their adoption into clinical settings, either to screen for visual anomalies or to assess changes in performance associated with progression of disease severity.

SpringerLink
PsychoPyDec 13, 2022

This is the PsychoPy team's #introduction to Mastodon.

PsychoPy is an #opensource package to build and run experiments in #python and #js

PsychoPy is a widely used tool for the behavioural sciences like #psychology #linguistics #economics #neuroscience

This account will also tweet about other parts of the ecosystem like #pavlovia (it's like GitHub for behavioural science) and #PsychoJS

Looking forward to chatting with you here! 🥰😁

Rebecca HirstDec 6, 2022

Did you know that you can use #Pavlovia # Surveys to present YouTube videos?

Select Question Type "Image" then set Content Mode to YouTube!

#research #academicmastodon

Rebecca HirstNov 12, 2022

#introduction

👋Hi I'm Becca!

🕵️‍♀️I live a double life as Chief Science Officer at Open Science Tools (the creators of #PsychoPy #PsychoJS #pavlovia ) and post doc at Trinity College Dublin.

👀👂My research focuses on multisensory perception and attention across the lifespan.

💻I like helping people make experiments so I talk about methods and #openscience

⚙️Passionate about helping develop accessible #opensource research tools

Show threadAmy SummervilleNov 10, 2022
@peircej Welcome! And I just want to say thanks for your work and awesome tools-- there's a study we were able to run during the pandemic that could not have happened without #PsycoPy and #Pavlovia, and being able to use those tools for free/minimal cost was amazing. Thank you!!!
Jon PeirceNov 10, 2022

Hi folks! I'm new here. Be nice to me! 🤗

I'm passionate about #OpenScience (and #opensource )

I'm founder of Open Science Tools, creators of #PsychoPy #PsychoJS and #pavlovia

My background is visual neuroscience and experimental psychology (or @cogsci depending how you like to categorise)

So if you're into those things too then let's connect!