May 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to our May 2025 Newsletter! We are excited to announce that nominations for our next cohort of trustees is now open so please consider volunteering! There is also a selection of announcements, events and blog posts from the UK and International RSE Communities.
Headlines
Our main updates this month include exciting updates on the opening of nominations for trustees.
Trustee Elections 2025
The call for nominations for the 2025 Trustee Elections is open now. We are calling on members of the RSE Community to step forward and help us shape the future of the Society and the RSE movement
- More information and instructions can be found in the Call for Nominations.
RSECon25 Registration Open
Registration is still open for RSECon25, the ninth annual conference on Research Software Engineering, at the University of Warwick on 9-11 September 2025.
- More information and registration links on the RSECon25 website.
- We are doing everything we can to review all the submissions as fast as possible. If you submitted something, you should hear back by Friday June 13th.
Nominations for RSE Awards
We’re still looking for nominations for our annual RSE Awards. We’re asking for you to nominate your colleagues for three awards: Training & Education, Rising Star and Impact. The ceremony will take place at RSECon25.
- To nominate someone, please visit the Awards page.
Community News & Events
This month, we have updates from a number of communities that you may want to get involved with.
RSE Stories
We’ve published more RSE Stories from RSECon24. Sandra Gesing talks about the US landscape for RSE and Martin Stoffel talks about his experience of RSEing as a Research Data Scientist. We’ll be collecting more RSEStories at RSECon25!
Launch of a New Special Interest Group – Geoscience
Following the Birds of a Feather session at RSECon24, we have been working to establish a Special Interest Group for the numerous RSEs and related individuals working in the geoscience domain. We are delighted to announce that this has now been approved by the Society.
The group is open to anyone working or with an interest in RSE activity in this space.
We aim to provide a space for people to meet, form connections, share expertise, and collaborate. More details can be found on our webpage.
The community has a JISC mailing list that you can subscribe and can be found in #geoscience on the UKRSE slack space.
If you are interested in any of this please keep an eye out or get in touch.
CompMotifs: Hack the Sciences
Join us on 7-8 June for a two-day workshop-hackathon building visionary software tools for the computational sciences, at the Imperial College White City Campus.
We will have talks from computational researchers in chemistry, biology, physics, and neuroscience, as well as professional toolmakers in the sciences. This will be followed by 1.5 days of building new open source tools for science. Lunch and dinner will be provided.
We aim to build a friendly and helpful community of tool-oriented scientists and science-oriented toolmakers, and we are especially keen to welcome women and diverse backgrounds..
PyData London Conference
PyData is a community about data science, and their yearly conference has attendees from academia and industry. It’s a great way to get a view outside the academic bubble and pick up on new tools and techniques.
Transform Your Research Code Into Professional Software
Bridge the Gap Between “Code That Works” and “Code That Transforms Research”
If you’ve mastered the basics of coding but feel stuck wondering “what’s next?” ARC’s workshop is your launchpad to the next level. Your research deserves professional-grade software, and your career deserves the skills that set you apart.
This Workshop Is Your Gateway If You:
- Know the fundamentals but crave advanced, real-world applications
- Want lightning-fast code with elegant, maintainable design
- Dream of open-source impact; code that researchers worldwide can build upon
- Seek cross-disciplinary inspiration; discover game-changing techniques from other research fields
Book now – 50% OFF for UCL Members*
*Many UCL staff/students may find they do not need to cover their attendance via personal funds; for more information please discuss eIDT (internal-departmental transfer of funds between UCL departments) funding sources for this workshop with your departments/managers.
Society Updates
And finally, a few updates from the Society.
New Trustee Appointment
We are pleased to announce that previous trustee Marion Weinzierl has been voted back in on a temporary basis, after a couple of trustees had to step down earlier in the year. We’re so grateful to Marion for coming back to help us out!
Regular Updates
Remember, the Society has a number of events, initiatives and resources that you might want to check out. These are linked below.
| Special Interest Groups | We have six Special Interest Groups being run by our community members, and supported by the Society. Check out our SIGs page to get involved (or start your own!). |
| Events and Initiatives Fund | The Society has Events and Initiatives funding to provide support for events and initiatives which support our mission statement and charitable objectives. |
| Membership | Not yet a member? Why not join us today? We welcome anyone who supports our mission, whether or not they are employed as RSEs. |
| Jobs | A reminder that if you are looking for RSE-related jobs, you can join the #jobs channel on the RSE Slack workspace or visit our vacancies page. |
| Zenodo | We have a Community Zenodo Account for RSEs in the community to share publications about RSE. |
| Podcasts | Code for Thought is back and now in its ninth season, with episodes now in English, German and French. It is available on all major podcast directories, including YouTube. |
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