We are hiring on the #RSEng team @UKAEAofficial ! Are you interested in using #ResearchSoftware to help shape the future of the worldβs energy supply? Take a look at the link to see how to apply: smrtr.io/dZQhm
Every Thursday, some of our team gets together in the cafe area (with baked goods!) to offer a free hour of research software consultation to anyone at @UKAEAofficial . This Thursday was particularly special because it is International RSE Day #IntlRSEday!!!
ALT A group of research software engineers sitting in a semi-circle in front of a sign that says "Talk to us about research software questions or projects"
We have two members of the RSE team @UKAEAofficial travelling up to Newcastle for #RSECon22 . @mattasdata is on his way, and Aby is already there at the RSE Leaders Meeting. Please seek them out if you want to talk #RSEng in #fusion#energy
Just finished my second run of this course @UKAEAofficial and the students are loving it! A enthusiastic two thumbs up ππ Give it a try at your institution and feel free to reach out if you need tips.
The long postponed first ever @us_rse in-person workshop is underway in Princeton. @IanCosden introducing and setting the scene and there's already a great buzz and new connections being made.
We have some exciting plans to celebrate #RSE10Years β the 10th Anniversary of the Research Software Engineering movement! ποΈ Staff @UKAEAofficial will be joining us for a talk by @alysbrett on the history of #RSEng followed by some cake ποΈ Photographic proof to follow!
Here is @alysbrett the Head of the Software Engineering Group @UKAEAofficial and former President of @ResearchSoftEng delivering her presentation on the history of the #RSEng movement and how that fits into the history of our group! #RSE10years
ALT View from the back of the presentation room with Alys at the front and two screens showing slides. You can see the backs of about 13 audience members strewn across the room.
ALT Alys gesturing with her hands to explain her slide about what research software is and why it is so hard.
I'm excited to join celebrations of #RSE10Years! ποΈ What does the Research Software Engineering #RSEng movement mean to me? In a sentence, it has helped me find a career after I had given up on an academic one. It is hard to overstate just how important that was.
Honorable mention for UKAEA RSE and ARC people contributing to pandemic response work along with many other orgs in the SCRC collaboration: scottishcovidresponse.github⦠Work continues on the FAIR data pipeline that sprang from this: fairdatapipeline.org/
Last Wednesday, I finished delivering a pilot of a new course at @UKAEAOfficial with the help of two colleagues from @RSECulham (Kristian Zarebski and Sam Mason). Some initial impressions and further details... π§΅
The RSE Conference is back!!
RSECon2022 will be at Newcastle University with Mark Turner as our Programme Chair.
Read about it in the RSE Society Newsletter: society-rse.org/newsletter-jβ¦
Happy #InternationalRSEDay everyone! We celebrated with some jaconde cake and by offering our weekly #RSEng consultation time to researchers at @UKAEAofficial . This is an hour each week where RSEs in our team help researchers with their thorny software problems.
ALT jaconde cake and box reading "Research Software Engineering, Drop-in Consulation" on table