Software's vital role in open research

Simon Hettrick

27 June 2022 - Festival of Open Research - Southampton -  @sjh5000     ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195

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Open research

requires

open software 

Who relies on software?

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"Not at all"

"Vital"

Research

Software

Engineering

Research

Software

Engineer

~10,000 RSEs worldwide

Image courtesy Ian Cosden

https://society-rse.org/

Southampton Research Software Group

 rsg.southampton.ac.uk

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Research software expertise on demand

  • Broad range of software and research skills
  • Pay for expertise only when you need it
  • Costed like any other research position
  • Fully supported by UKRI and other funders
  • 40 active projects and 80 completed
  • The more advance notice, the better
  • Fortnightly software surgeries

Training in software engineering

  • Providing the basic training in software and data engineering
  • For everyone from students to Professors, from researchers to professional services
  • Courses for beginners and intermediates
  • Training provided directly, via CDTs/DTPs and via CHEP (staffbook)

Thank you!

@sjh5000

ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: EP/S021779/1

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