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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Slides

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