What links careers in software and software sustainability?
Simon Hettrick
6 December 2024 - RSE Day, Brussels - @sjh5000 ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195
www.software.ac.uk
What do you mean by software sustainability?
Software sustainability as default behaviour will require culture change in research
What do we care about in research?
Discovery, reliability, reproducibility, transparency.
And something else...
What do research organisations care about?
Publications
Funding
People who are
vital to research
People who are named in publications
Academics
RSEs, Technicians,
Librarians, Data
Stewards, PRISMS,
RMAs... and more
?
The Venn of academic importance and recognition
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome
- Charlie Munger
Is software important?
Use software
Fundamental to results
69%
92%
n=417
Who's writing all the software?
Researcher
Software
Engineer
Research
Software
Engineer
~10,000 RSEs worldwide
Image courtesy Ian Cosden
Do we have a good example of incentives in research?
Not publications
144 kg
Publications
6,000kg
Software - 350 g
If we don't recognise the people who are vital to research,
we limit our ability to conduct research
Recognising all research outputs and every role that makes research possible
www.hidden-ref.org
- Training materials and courses
- Grimpact
- Citizen science
- Enabling access to facilities
- Community building
- Standards
New categories
The Hidden Role
Data stewards and managers, Librarians, Technicians, Lived Experience Contributors (including patients), Research Software Engineers, PRISMS (Professional Research Investment and Strategy Managers), Professional Services Personnel, Public Engagement Professionals (PEPs), RMAs (Research Managers and Administrators) and Clinical Trials Managers.
How do we change research culture?
Join us on Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/hiddenref/shared_invite/zt-2gxfqxmw5-EhN96l7Yg74y3Zh87D~QIA
How do you value software?
If we recognise the people who are vital to research,
we increase our ability to conduct research
To change research culture, we need your help...
Thank you!
@sjh5000
ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: EP/S021779/1
Licence
© Simon Hettrick. These slides are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Link to slides
https://slides.com/simonhettrick/be-rse-2024
Image credits
- Carrot and stick: cc-by Alan O'Rourke
- RSE Con25: courtesy of Society of RSE
- College: courtesy Queen's College, University of Oxford
- Pillars: purchased from iStock
- Clouds: by taylorvanriper925, free Unsplash licence
- Ascension: John Singleton Copley, Public Domain
- Better software Coliseum, courtesy Giacomo Peru
- Scales: by Elena Mozhvilo, free Unsplash licence
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There's Wally: by William Murphy , CC-BY