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www.software.ac.uk

Researcher

Software

Engineer

Research

Software

Engineer

>10,000 RSEs worldwide

Image courtesy Dan Katz

www.society-rse.org

2013

2025

https://society-rse.org/community/rse-groups/

rsg.southampton.ac.uk  

About us

• We work across all faculties (and are based in ECS)

  • 10 RSEs

  • Including 3 HPC RSEs

• Work with research and enterprise projects

  • Short / Long term - 150 + Projects

• Deliver software-engineering training

  • ​1800+ staff trained since 2015

  • Free via CHEP

  • Bespoke training for CDTs​

Our approach to RSE

• We discuss and refine your plans for the software

• Quote for the required RSE effort

  • Identical to including a PDRA

• ​Post-award

  • Schedule the work

  • Project manage the software development

  • Timesheet against a costcode for the project

• We are investigating how to deploy code to the NHS and how to certify code for medical use

Case studies

• Identifying patients with a suitable heart rhytmn for an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Streamlined the evaluation process, reduces workload and improves diagnostic accuracy, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes
  • Developed research code into a well- documented, modular library
  • Added a front-end interface for use in an exploratory trial of the technology in a clinical setting

Deep-ICD

• Cochlear implants are effective, but referral rates are low. Clinical capacity and low patient and practitioner awareness are barriers to uptake.

• Developed data-driven patient stratification to increase clinical capacity and improve patient outcomes

• Developed a data model, tools for extracting and anonymising data from legacy formats and a queryable database for researchers

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