Is software important

to research?

Use software

Fundamental to results

69%

92%

n=417

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1183562

n=594

"Not at all"

"Vital"

Reliability

Reproducibility

Robustness

Extensibility

n=197

"Beginner"

"Professional"

n=197

Time to change the world

(the academic world, at least)

Research

Software

Engineering

>10,000 RSEs worldwide

Image courtesy Ian Cosden

https://society-rse.org/

41 RSE Groups across the UK

http://bit.ly/RSEGroupsUK

 rsg.southampton.ac.uk

• Founded in 2015
• 14 people
• Research Software Engineering, community management, policy research and culture change

rsg.soton.ac.uk

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
• 180 projects completed across research and enterprise
• ...the more advance notice, the better

Training in software engineering

• Providing the basic training in software and data engineering
• Taught almost 1900 staff from students to professors, from academics to professional services
• Courses for beginners and intermediates
• Training provided directly, via CDTs/DTPs and via CHEP (staffbook)