Research software,
research culture
and RSEs
Simon Hettrick
19 May 2023 - Research Software Indaba - online @sjh5000 - ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195
A quick summary of 13 years of progress around software in the UK
www.software.ac.uk
Is software important to research?
Use software
Fundamental to results
69%
92%
n=417
A whistlestop tour through our experience of...
If we want software sustainability as default behaviour we must change academic culture
"Oh come on! How big can this Goliath guy be?"
Collaborate; don't compete
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2020-08-14-10-pivotal-moments-history-institute
Advocacy
Fellowship programme
Fellowship
https://www.software.ac.uk/programmes-and-events/fellowship-programme
Skills
The Carpentries
https://www.software.ac.uk/programmes-and-events/carpentry-programmes
Incentives
https://hidden-ref.org/
Careers
"Research Software Engineer"
- Collaborations Workshop,
22 March 2012,
Queen's College Oxford
www.society-rse.org
2013
1 RSE Group at UCL
2013
1 RSE Group at UCL
2023
40 groups across the UK
RSE Conference 2022
~10,000 RSEs worldwide
Image courtesy Ian Cosden
"Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come"
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We need recognition for software and its role in research
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We need a broader understanding of how to measure contribution towards the success of research
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We need recognition of software throughout universities and research organisations
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We need embedded RSEs to reap the same benefits as those in RSE Groups
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We need RSEs... a lot more of them!
We have come far, but there is much still to be done
Thank you!
@sjh5000
ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: EP/S021779/1
Licence
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Link to slides
https://slides.com/simonhettrick/research-software-research-culture-and-rses-2023