Introduction to the Research Software Engineering Team

28 April 2022 - 14:30-15:00

Online

Bob Turner, RSE Team, University of Sheffield

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Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/ugv-wieg-kgb.

This session, aimed at people newly joining the University of Sheffield as academics, will introduce the RSE Team. We will cover:

• Why there is an RSE Team at the University of Sheffield:
  • External drivers including UKRI focus on open and reproducible research, and high profile research software failures.
  • Improving RSE careers.
  • Facilitating access by research projects to software engineering skills.
  • Our sustainable funding model.
• What the RSE Team does:
  • Implementing good practice (e.g. testing, version control, documentation).
  • Software development in Python, R, Matlab, C, etc.
  • Improving software performance.
  • Packaging and managing dependencies.
• How to access free at point of use help via Code Clinics.
• How to engage with the RSE Community.
• How to collaborate with the RSE Team on funded projects (e.g. by adding a percentage of an RSE to as grant application).