The RSE movement started in the UK in 2012 with the Society of RSE. Their goal is to make known the work of Research Software Engineers in Universities and industry.

What is an RSE?

Quoting UK-RSE:
Regardless of your formal job title, if you answer yes to many of the following questions, you are doing the work of a Research Software Engineer:
  • Are you employed to develop software for research?
  • Are you spending more time developing software than conducting research?
  • Are you employed as a postdoctoral researcher, even though you predominantly work on software development?
  • Are you the person who does computers in your research group?
  • Are you sometimes not named on research papers despite playing a fundamental part in developing the software used to create them?
  • Do you lack the metrics needed to progress your academic career, like papers and conference presentations, despite having made a significant contribution through software?

Participating

A team comprised of C4DT, ENAC-IT4R, and SCITAS started discussing how to set up a kickoff meeting. You can find more information on our first blogpost.

To participate, you currently have two options:

Looking forward to seeing you!

Upcoming meetings

  • June or July 2024 somewhere at EPFL

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Further Information

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EPFL RSE Kickoff Meeting

It was a great pleasure meeting you all for the RSE Kickoff Meeting on the 8th of May 2024. We had a bit more than 30 people, with 20+ being on-site, and 10+ on the zoom call. If you were participating, be sure to check the matrix channel for the feedback form! Agenda: Hybrid part (1h): Linus Gasser - Welcome Peter Schmidt - RSE Origins: A dive into the history of RSE Gilles Dubochet - RSEs & Open Science: How RSEs can participate in Open Science Chiara Gabella - Open Data Management: Training and support from the EPFL Library On-site only: Community Brainstorm (45’): Group discussions on chosen topics
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Open_source_services_meet_up_202403

The Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) was excited to host our first Open Source Services Meet-Up at EPFL on March 12th. The meet-up served as an opportunity for members of EPFL’s open source community to gather and share their ideas and experiences. This sharing kicked off with lightning talks which were followed by break-out sessions encouraging attendees to exchange on the subjects that they had voted for prior to the meeting.
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Kickoff Preparation

On the 5th of March 2024 we had our preparation meeting for the upcoming EPFL-RSE kickoff meeting. We were 9 RSEs from EPFL and discussed what we want for the kickoff meeting on the 7th of May. Discussing, we came up with the following proposition for our kickoff meeting: Date and time: 7th of May, 2pm-4pm Place: BC410 and zoom for 1st hour Program: 2pm: Presentations (hybrid) 30’ - Peter Schmidt from RSE UK (confirmed): The growth of Research Software Engineering and its vital role in research 15’ - Gilles Dubochet (Linus asked, waiting for reply) 15’ - TBD (any ideas for a non-male speaker?
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