Yes, you read that correctly! We are looking for someone to take the lead in organising RSECon26 – the tenth annual conference for Research Software Engineering – due to take place in September 2026. We are looking for enthusiastic members of our community to step forward and help us deliver this prestigious event.
Anelda Van der Walt recently applied for funding from the Society to attend a funders workshop in Sweden. Here is her report from the event. The 3rd International Research Software Funders Workshop, jointly organised by the Research Software Alliance and the SciLifeLab Data Centre, took place from 11 – 13 September 2024 in Uppsala,...
Submitted by Dr Marion Weinzierl, Senior Research Software Engineer, ICCS University of Cambridge This year at RSECon24 we celebrated the 3rd meeting of the HPC RSE community, with members joining from the UK and internationally. We took this chance to discuss recent developments and topics in our space, share experiences and best practices, and...
Authors: Marion Weinzierl1, Jack Atkinson1, David Wilby2, Emma Hogan3, Kirsty Pringle4,5, Mark Richardson6, Helen Burns6, Sadie Bartholomew7,8, Colin Sauze9 (affiliations below) Introduction “Weather and climate research is an exciting and important field, today and for the future. Research software engineers play a crucial part in building and maintaining the large simulation models at numerous...
PLEASE NOTE: THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED The conference committee is made up of volunteers who give time and effort from October 2024 to September 2025. You don’t have to be an RSE or in the UK to join. You don’t need experience in organising a conference as guidance will be given at all...
On Thursday 10th October 2024, we are celebrating International RSE Day! The International RSE Day is to celebrate Research Software Engineers around the world and raise awareness for the increasingly relevant discipline of Research Software Engineering. The International Council encourages national and local RSE associations to hold regular or special events on this day,...
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Society of Research Software Engineering will be held at 17:15 – 18:15 on Wednesday 4th September 2024 in G.41, Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle University, UK as part of RSECon24. Purpose The purpose of the AGM is for the trustees to update the Society’s members on what we...
The nominations for the 2024 RSE Society Trustee elections have now closed. We have two candidates applying to join the board and, as there are five vacancies, there is no need for a competitive election this year. The two candidates will be presented at the AGM, which will take place at RSECon24 in Newcastle...
The 2024 Society Trustee elections are well underway, with nominations still open until Friday 12th July. We have hosted two Zoom Q&A sessions, have fielded questions via the #elections-2024 Slack channel and Social media, and have been talking to RSEs in our teams up and down the country. In this blog post update, with...
We would like to announce that the sixth round of Society Trustee elections will take place in September 2024. Every year, a number of the current trustees stand down, and a new batch of trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will take place at RSECon24 in Newcastle. The Society is...