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THE RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Building careers, collaborations, groups and communities
@alysbrett
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Research software at UKAEA
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The UK’s national fusion lab
Fusion energy research and related technology
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Fusion energy research at UKAEA
Two Tokamaks experiments
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JET MAST-U
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Technology facilities at UKAEA
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▸ Robotics▸ Materials▸ Apprentice training
£86 million new government funding:National Fusion Technology Platform
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UKAEA: Software Engineering Group
Develop & maintain data systems and tools
Help researchers with software
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JET data pipeline
Process Access Analyse VisualiseStore Discover
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Data Dashboard
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Discovering data
At-a-glance summary
Microservices + CMS front end
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Control-room visualisation
Tool for viewing real time data
Customised views help experiment team make decisions
Open-source tool from neutron scattering
Plugin & interface for fusion data
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Data Access: Simple Access Layer
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▸ Diverse data
▸ Varied, complex access methods
▸ Unfamiliar scientists
▸ Long term value
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Signal data Modelling LogsImagesVideoAudio
SALREST API
Storage layer
Client
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Data Access: Simple Access Layer
Machine meta-data
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Programming at UKAEA
159 survey responses
549 Gitlab users
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The research software problem
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Study at: https://goo.gl/gmHwGm 14
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31 repositories ~600,000 papers
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⅔ of papers indicate
software reliance in 2017
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SOFTWARE IS ESSENTIAL FOR RESEARCH
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Who writes research software?
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Study of main UK academic jobs site
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Missing role
Researcher career structures don’t reward software focus
Software Engineer
ResearcherResearcher Developer
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The “Research Software Engineer”
Software engineering skills + understanding of research
Software Engineer
ResearcherResearcher Developer
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A note about names and categories
▸ A common name is powerful
▸ Pre-existing roles and teams
▸ Job titles and group names vary
eg “engineer” is protected term
▸ Community is inclusive
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Career case study: Dr Louise Brown
PhD Mech. Eng. Extensive software engineering experience (academia and industry)
Started working on TexGen textiles software package at University of Nottingham
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As a “Research Fellow” Louise couldn’t get career progression
Because metrics are based on research publications
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Awarded RSE Fellowship
Promotion quickly followed
Can now dedicate herself fully to RSE work
▸ TexGen
▸ Disseminating software skills
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The story of the UK
RSE movement
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UK RSE Association
A Brief History…
Simon Hettrick:A very brief history of Research Software Engineersbit.ly/RSETalk2016
A not-so-brief history of Research Software Engineersbit.ly/NotSoBriefRSE
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Background…
2010
SSI
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SSI set up to improve research software
Enabled RSE movement to get off the ground:
▸ Networking▸ Events▸ Publicity▸ Money▸ Links to funders, ▸ Research, policy, evidence
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Origins: SSI Collaborations Workshop 2012
2010
Term coined
Mar2012
SSI
“Developing the profession of a scientific software engineer and the career track of software developers in academia.”
- James Hetherington
The term “Research Software Engineer” adopted
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2010
Term coined
FirstRSG
Mar2012
Late2012
SSI
2012: First Research Software Group
First RSE Group at University College London
New model of organising software expertise in a University
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2010
Term coined
FirstRSG
UK RSE
Mar2012
Late2012
Early2014
SSI
2014: RSE Association Founded
RSE Workshop Sep 2013
“Should we create a community to represent RSEs?”
160 members in first 3 months
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2014: Elections, word spreads
2010
Term coined
FirstRSG
UK RSE
Democratic
Mar2012
Late2012
Early2014
Late2014
SSI
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2015: RSE Fellowships
Funding body creates dedicated RSE Fellowships
Five years funding 211 applicants - 7 fellowships awarded(2nd round in 2017)
2010
Term coined
FirstRSG
UK RSE
Democratic RSE fellows
Mar2012
Late2012
Early2014
Late2014
June 2015
SSI
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2010
Term coined
FirstRSG
UK RSE
Democratic RSE fellows
Expansion
Mar2012
Late2012
Early2014
Late2014
June 2015
2015-16
SSI
2015-16: More groups + coordination!
RSE Leaders forum:Networking, help & moral support for people setting up or running RSE Groups
RSE network coordinator (Claire Wyatt)
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2016: First RSE Conference
2010
Term coined
FirstRSG
UK RSE
Democratic RSE fellows
Expansion FirstConference
Mar2012
Late2012
Early2014
Late2014
June 2015
2015-16
Sep 2016
SSI
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2010
Term coined
FirstRSG
UK RSE
Democratic RSE fellows
Expansion FirstConference
Current activities
Mar2012
Late2012
Early2014
Late2014
June 2015
2015-16
Sep 2016
SSI
2017-18
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Current activities
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What do RSEs do?
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What do RSEs do?
▸ Build quality software - as part of research projects
▸ Help researchers
▹ Navigate computing infrastructure
▹ Learn skills
▹ Establish good practices
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Better software...
▸ Well designed, understandable
▸ Tested
▸ Documented and maintainable
▸ Easier to use, reuse and extend
▸ Better reproducibility
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Example project: CHERAB
Spectroscopy simulation framework
Modelling of hot plasma diagnostic data
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CHERAB: RSE input
Dr Matthew Carr (Physicist)Dr Alex Meakins (RSE)
Preparing CHERAB for worldwide use
▸ Improving architecture▸ Speeding up▸ Open-source▸ Packaging
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CHERAB: Impact
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RSE groups
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Research Software Groups
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Flexible access to software expertise
Pooling resources for small projects
Central source of advice, training, infrastructure
Stable careers for RSEs
Peer group
Can maintain wider range of skills
Focus for a wider network
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Research software groups in UK
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The support and recognition provided by a central RSE group allowed Tania to develop her skills and career
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Career case study: Dr Tania AllardPhD in materials science
Encountered issues with poorly-written research software
Joined the RSE group at the University of Sheffield
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Help setting up an RSE Group
http://rse.ac.uk/resources/how-to-start-an-rse-group/
RSE leaders discussions
Slack channel for people running or trying to start RSE groups or networks
RSE group case studies
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Research software
communities
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Communities within organisations
Networking Knowledge sharing Self-help
Raising the profile & status of research software work
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Institutional communities & events
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▸ Southampton ▸ UCL ▸ Oxford ▸ Cambridge ▸ RAL/STFC ▸ Nottingham ▸ Newcastle▸ ORNL
“Research software community”
“Research Programming Hub”
“Research Software Developer Network”
“Computing seminar days”
“Software Expo”
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National RSE associations
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UK RSE: current activities
▸ Continued growth
▸ Bigger conference!
▸ Formal organisation
▸ International links
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www.rse.ac.uk @ResearchSoftEng
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UK RSE membership
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The Society of Research Software Engineering
Currently registering as a “Charitable Incorporated Organisation”
▸ Legal entity▸ Independent of any individual or University▸ Elected trustees▸ Manage funds
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RSE Conference
Two successful events in 2016 & 17
> 200 participants from 14 countries
Talks, workshops, tutorials
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RSE18
September 3rd & 4thUniversity of Birmingham, UK
http://rse.ac.uk/conf2018/
Registration opens June 5th
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More national RSE associations
Gemany: DE-RSE
www.de-rse.org
Netherlands: NL-RSE
nl-rse.org
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National RSE Associations
Nordic Countries: NORDIC-RSE
www.nordic-rse.org
Under construction:
▸ Australia & New Zealand
▸ More in discussion...
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International RSE
movement
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International RSE activity
Conferences
RSE17
▸ Int. workshop▸ WSSSPE co-located
Sessions / talks in several national & international conferences
Networks& groups
Name and concept being adopted, eg
▸ Princeton, ORNL, USA
▸ Radboud, Netherlands
RSE Surveys
Comparative data from:
▸ Germany▸ Netherlands▸ UK▸ USA▸ South Africa▸ Canada
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International RSE leaders workshop
30th-31st January 2018
Bringing together RSE leaders from around the world to help each other improve access to software expertise in research by pooling knowledge, coordinating efforts and establishing collaboration.
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Participants Running/starting RSE groups & networks
Leading research software initiatives
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Coordinating efforts, sharing experience
Sharing group models RSE evidence bank
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researchsoftware.org
International RSE websiteBlog post published
Blog posts:
▸ Workshop
▸ How to set up a national RSE Association
▸ Tools for managing RSE projects
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Getting involved
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Request invitation via www.rse.ac.uk
(Or ask Scott Henwood / UK RSE people in the break!)
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Canadian Research Software Development
CRSC18
May2018
RSE Survey
2017 2019
What’s next?
How can you help?
?
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PICK WHAT FITSAction can be taken on all scales
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You know your context best
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CHANGE ISHARD
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COMMUNITIES ARE POWERFUL
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BIG GOAL SMALL STEPSKeep going and small changes add up
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MAKE IT HAPPEN!
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Simon Hettrick:A very brief history of Research Software Engineersbit.ly/RSETalk2016
A not-so-brief history of Research Software Engineersbit.ly/NotSoBriefRSE
[email protected]@alysbrett
[email protected]@ResearchSoftEng
Read more www.rse.ac.uk
www.researchsoftware.org
RSE State of the Nation Reportdoi.org/10.5281/zenodo.495360
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