Simon Hettrick
Professor Simon Hettrick is Deputy Director of the Software Sustainability Institute, and a Director of the Southampton Research Software Group.
Simon Hettrick
27 June 2024 - WAIS group chat, Southampton - @sjh5000 ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195
Use software
Fundamental to results
69%
92%
n=417
n=594
"Not at all"
"Vital"
n=594
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2016-08-17-not-so-brief-history-research-software-engineers
March 2019
RSE Conference 2022
Image courtesy Ian Cosden
The Society of Research Software Engineering was founded on the belief that a world which relies on software must recognise the people who develop it
https://society-rse.org/community/rse-groups/
https://github.com/SimonHettrick/parsing_rse_job_adverts
Adverts on jobs.ac.uk with "Research Software Engineer" in the title
Research software engineers who port and maintain these codes and optimise system performance are a crucial part of operational infrastructure
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-compute-review/the-future-of-compute-report-of-the-review-of-independent-panel-of-experts
Universities should embrace Research Software Engineering as an intellectually and academically creative collaborative discipline, especially in health, with realistic salaries and recognition.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/624ea0ade90e072a014d508a/goldacre-review-using-health-data-for-research-and-analysis.pdf
Not publications
144 kg
Publications
6,000kg
Software - 350 g
People who are
vital to research
People who are named in publications
Academics
RSEs, Technicians,
Librarians, Data
Stewards, PRISMS,
RMAs... and more
The Venn of academic importance and recognition
Recognising all research outputs and every role that makes research possible
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By Simon Hettrick
Professor Simon Hettrick is Deputy Director of the Software Sustainability Institute, and a Director of the Southampton Research Software Group.