The vital role of Research Software Engineering
Simon Hettrick
30 June 2023 - Training event, Southampton - @sjh5000 ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195
We're not a traditional group...
Is software important to research?
Use software
Fundamental to results
69%
92%
n=417
n=594
"Not at all"
"Vital"
There are problems
Lack of reliability, robustness and extensibility
n=197
"Beginner"
"Professional"
n=197
Time to change the world
(the academic world)
Research
Software
Engineering
Research
Software
Engineer
2013: RSE campaign begins
~10,000 RSEs worldwide
Image courtesy Ian Cosden
https://society-rse.org/
~40 RSE Groups across the UK
http://bit.ly/RSEGroupsUK
rsg.southampton.ac.uk
+1 more!
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)
Research software expertise on demand
- We make code reliable, robust and extensible
- Broad range of software and research skills
- Pay for expertise only when you need it
- Costed like any other position in the university
- Fully supported by UKRI and other funders
- 26 active projects and >90 completed
- ...the more advance notice, the better
We're (re-) launching a community for researchers who rely on software
Thank you!
@sjh5000
ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: EP/S021779/1
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